Giant Sand Ramp CD

Ramp Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $1.39)
Category	Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop
Label	Restless
Orig Year	1994
All Time Sales Rank	32187
CD Universe Part number	1128183
Catalog number	72599
Discs	1
Release Date	Jul 01, 1993
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Dusty Wakeman; Howe Gelb
Engineer	Dusty Wakeman
Personnel	Joey Burns - vocals John Convertino - drums Howe Gelb - vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano Duane Jarvis - guitar Paula Jean Brown - vocals, strings, background vocals Also: Victoria Williams, Rainer Ptacek, Pappy Allen

Giant Sand Ramp Songs

	1.	Warm Storm
	2.	Romance of Falling
	3.	Wonder
	4.	Welcome to My World
	5.	Anti-Shadow
	6.	Jazzer Snipe
	7.	Z.Z. Quicker Foot
	8.	Neon Filler
	9.	Seldom Matters
	10.	Resolver
	11.	Nowhere
	12.	Always Horses Coming
	13.	Patsy's Blues

Ramp Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars WARM STORM
After falling for the twisted music of Howe Gelb with Giant Sand's recent studio album Chore Of Enchantment, "Ramp" has re-affirmed my views about the quality of Giant Sand's music. First track "Warm Storm" is astounding which is a shame because the rest of the album, although very good, can never quite live up to it. This is definitely the album to try if you want to dabble in their earlier as it is probably more accessible and melodious than the likes of "Swerve" and "Centre Of The Universe" Ramp - An unheralded classic.
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