Idaho Love Story Super-Audio CD

WE WERE YOUNG AND NEEDED THE MONEY contains 15 previously unreleased songs.

This is multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.

This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.

The City of Brotherly Love continues to be a wellspring of neo-soul talent. Another artist moving from Philadelphia to the national stage is singer Vivian Green, who co-wrote most of her debut A LOVE STORY and subsequently wowed audiences as an opening act for Maxwell's tour. Weaned on a steady diet of jazz and R&B, Green takes a laid-back approach that makes her a natural balladeer, and uses the fertile field of relationships--failed and otherwise--as a rich source of material. Whether she's questioning the erratic quality of a romantic union ("Emotional Rollercoaster"), resigning herself to a broken romance over a bed of cocktail lounge piano and trumpet ("No Sittin' By The Phone"), or defiantly questioning a lover's unrealistic demands ("Superwoman"), Green displays a sophistication that continually belies her young age. Her forays into more contemporary nuances like slightly dance-flavored beats on the captivating "Wishful Thinking" further ensures Vivian Green's place alongside fellow Philly denizens Jill Scott and Erykah Badu.

Recorded between 1992 & 2000.

Multichannel/Stereo

Recorded at Axis, The Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Blue Room, New Jersey; Electric Ladyland, New York, New York; The Stable, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Personnel: Vivian Green (vocals); Junius Bervine (various instruments, background vocals); Ty Tribbett II, Anthony Bell, Osunlade (various instruments); Eric Sayles (acoustic guitar); Isaac Phillips, Clay Sears (guitar); Emma Kumrow, Igor Szwac, Olga Konopelsky, Gloria Justen, Gregory Teperman (violin); Alexandra Leem, Davis Barnett (viola); Jennie Lorenzo, Lynne Beller (cello); Damon Bennett (flute); David Schneider (oboe); Christopher Stevens (trumpet); Jamar Jones (piano); Federico Gonzalez Pena (keyboards); Stephen Groat, Derrick Hodge, Pino Palladino (bass); "Little" John Roberts (drums); Eric Roberson (background vocals).

Producers include: Junius Bervine, Osunlade, Ty Tribbett II, Durell Bottoms, Paris Bowens II.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (3/6/03, p.71) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hip-hop-flavored and vaguely jazzy..."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Green's music displays a healthy measure of individuality that manifests itself in both her vocal delivery and material....Green also shows immense prowess as a balladeer..."