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FUSE is an Enhanced audio CD containing regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files, including interviews, lyrics and biographical information. Joe Henry's always been artistically restless, moving from the big production/poetic ... Full Descriptionmeandering of MURDER OF CROWS to the winning Jayhawks-backed country-rock of SHORT MAN'S ROOM and the more free-form, experimental TRAMPOLINE. It's admirable that Henry desired to move on from the roots-rock form he'd so thoroughly mastered, and TRAMPOLINE found him trying out new creative methods without landing on anything definitive. Its followup FUSE is where all that searching pays off. The album mixes hip-hop-inflected rhythms, R&B touches and a loose, Mitchell Froom-ish flair for gonzo studio tricks. Henry marries his ambitious arrangement ideas with some poetic but focused lyrics, making for one of the most literally "progressive" late-'90s singer-songwriter efforts you're likely to hear this side of Ron Sexsmith or the criminally underexposed Richard Julian.
Personnel includes: Joe Henry (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, bass, percussion); Jakob Dylan (vocals); Randy Jacobs (guitar); Chris Whitley (guitar); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, organ, keyboards); Rami Jaffee (electric piano, vibraphone); Daniel Lanois (bass, clave); Jennifer Condos, Ready Freddie Washington, Greg Richling (bass); Carla Azar, Curt Bisquera (drums).
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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Spin (5/99, p.152) - 8 (out of 10) - "...Next to Henry's enchantingly elusive new album, FUSE, his breakthrough TRAMPOLINE seems like a baby step. The songs still have gorgeous bone structure, but by sacrificing their meticulousness, Henry achieves a more enigmatic beauty..."
Entertainment Weekly (3/19/99, p.106) - "...Dark, brooding, and beautiful--with disarmingly offbeat lyrics about obsessive desire, angels of death, and a pet monkey--FUSE deepens with each spin but is so moodily low-key that depressives are forewarned to stock up on St. John's Wort."
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CMJ (3/8/99, p.24) - "...a jazzy, groove-oriented vibe...Henry seems to depend less on melody here, instead focusing on his lyrics and the scratchy passion in his voice, which coalesces with pulsing bass lines, searing guitar effects and strings to form stark, beautiful pictures."
Dirty Linen (6-7/99, p.61) - "...a beautifully constructed and lovely record....Lyrically, it is complex, demanding and perhaps demented..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/99, p.101) - "...On FUSE the vibe is more urban - a mellow, jazzy sort of urban....Every track...is superbly crafted, powerfully melodic and incisive..." Hide Description Fuse Music | List Price | $9.97 (You save $1.62) | | Category | Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, HDCD, Rock/Pop, Enhanced CD, Alt Country | | Label | Mammoth | | Orig Year | 1999 | | All Time Sales Rank |  13212  | | CD Universe Part number | 1184563 | | Catalog number | 980190 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 09, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Joe Henry | | Personnel | Jamie Muhoberac - piano, organ, keyboards
Curt Bisquera - drums
Rami Jaffee - electric piano, vibraphone
Jennifer Condos
Greg Richling - bass
Randy Jacobs - guitar
Joe Henry - vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, bass, percussion
Carla Azar
Also: Daniel Lanois, Jakob Dylan, Chris Whitley |
Purchase Fuse CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Kelly Willis What I Deserve CD (1999)
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In a different world, Kelly Willis would be a huge country star. Blessed with an emotional, pure voice, songwriting talent and good looks, she's the whole package and then some. But she didn't quite fit in with the Nashville scene, so she's based in Texas, where she's been dubbed "The Voice of Austin." Her previous albums only hinted at the full scope of Willis' artistic vision, but her fourth full-length release WHAT I DESERVE is the first one on which it truly shines through.
Willis wrote or co-wrote half the tracks on the album, but she's also chosen material by her husband Bruce Robison, Nick Drake, Paul Kelly and even the Replacements' Paul Westerberg. It's her unmistakable voice which ties it all together, whether she's crooning her way through the dreamy "Not Long for This World" and "Time Has Told Me," ...
| | Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road CD (1998)
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All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Can't Let Go" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Williams's fans waited a long six years for this album, as Lucinda went through music business hassles and a revolving door of producers. The reward for their patience is an album full of rootsy, heartfelt observations that alternately rock and mourn. CAR WHEELS is full of songs about loss and longing, like "Metal Firecracker," "Drunken Angel" and "I Lost It," but even when she's bemoaning her own lack of happiness on the bluesy "Joy," she lets loose with so much passion that it seems inevitable she'll find her emotional center again.
Produced largely ...
| | Wilco Summerteeth CD (1999)
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Moving beyond A.M.'s Uncle Tupelo-oriented country-rock, Wilco's double-length BEING THERE explored the sonic vistas of the Stones and Big Star. SUMMER TEETH takes things a step further. A loose, inspired masterwork of rootsy power-pop in the grand mid-'70s tradition, it's the greatest album Alex Chilton never made. With perfect pop melodies and a knack for throwing things askew via left-field sonic elements, this is as far from the country as Wilco could be.
Jeff Tweedy's ragged-but-right voice ...
| | Joe Henry Scar CD (2001)
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This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Singer-songwriter Joe Henry has moved through a number of stylistic phases throughout his career, from Van Morrison-like impressionism to country-rock to Tom Waits/Beck-inspired sonic experimentation. His restless artistic nature may have filled his catalog with peaks and valleys, but SCAR represents the first time all the aspects of Henry's muse have come together in a satisfying whole. Aided by no less estimable a figure than Ornette Coleman (!) who lends moody sax to a few of the tracks, Henry lets ...
| | Joe Henry Tiny Voices CD (2003)
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| | Andy Mcgann & Paddy Reynolds CD (1994)
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| | Devine & Statton Prince Of Wales CD (2006) Import; Remastered; Reissued
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| | Tom Lillo Blue Eyed Mystic CD (1999)
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"His voice has the range and depth of Brian Wilson...an Americana magnetism that falls into a John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen vein. The contagious lyrics... quickly capture the listener." - AMG All Music GuideTom Lillo is a singer/songwriter based in LA. After years of studio work, engineering and producing, he decided it was time to express himself. Teamed with producer David Miner (Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett), they assembled a group of friends with credits ranging from Dwight Yoakam to Frank Sinatra, including guest vocalist, Jason Wade of Lifehouse. The result is Blue Eyed Mystic."...wonderfully melodic album with great tunes and instrumentation...Hell of a debut, folks." - Jersey Beat"Four Stars...a perfect demonstration of the way folk, country and blues came together...a classic American sound." - THEGLOBALMUSE.COMBlue Eyed Mystic ...
| | Rise Against Sufferer & The Witness CD (2006) (Import) Import; United Kingdom
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| | Doobie Brothers Toulouse Street CD (1972)
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The Doobie Brothers shuffled personnel a bit after their debut album, changing bass players and adding a second drummer. For whatever reason, ...
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