Personnel: Abra Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, drums); Jay Joyce (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Mitch Watkins (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, bass, background vocals); Mike Mogis (guitar, banjo, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer, glockenspiel); Neil Rosengarden (trumpet, French horn); James Hall (trumpet); Giles Reaves (piano, drums), John Deaderick (keyboards); Dave Harrison, Pat Mastelotto (drums); Maria Taylor (background vocals).
Producers: Jay Joyce, Mike Morgis, Mitch Watkins.
Recorded at Tragedy/Tragedy, Nashville, Tennessee; The Institute, Austin, Texas.
Personnel: Abra Moore (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, drums); Jay Joyce (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programming, background vocals); Mitch Watkins (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, keyboard bass, background vocals); Mike Mogis (guitar, banjo, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer, glockenspiel); Leigh Mahoney, Jamie Desautels, Shane Sanders, Will Taylor (strings); Neal Rosengarden (trumpet, French horn); James D. Hall, Mike Elam (trumpet); Giles Reaves (piano, keyboards, drums); John Deaderick (keyboards); A.J. Mogis (upright bass); Dave Harrison, Pat Mastelotto (drums); Maria Taylor (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Giles Reaves; Jay Joyce; Kevin Killen; Mike Mogis; Mitch Watkins; Will Taylor.
Everything Changed is Abra Moore's first album in six years. The struggle to bring it to life -- from the shambles of another record deal and the tumultuous life occurrences addressed in its songs -- places it automatically outside the realm of the simple ambition required to advance one's career by issuing a new pop album. As such, it is necessary to forgo the standard critical language in addressing it, and to meet it on its own terms and speak its language: that of the human heart, exposed, raw, and desiring wholeness. What is contained within these 13 songs is something mercurial, enigmatic; in essence, it is a work of desire but not covetousness. These songs communicate directly to anyone who has ever experienced wholesale, soul-threatening brokenness and wears the exquisite scar that informs everyday life in its aftermath. Inside the album's booklet, on its first facing page, is a photograph of Moore either entering or emerging from kissing her image in a mirror. It contains no vanity or narcissism. Instead, it expresses honest, ego-less self-regard and beatific love. It is nearly holy in its expression, because it understands that in order to extend oneself to others, one has to accept and embrace the truth and beauty of her own countenance in frailty and vulnerability, as well as in strength and purpose. The music on this record fleshes out this archetype with spiritual and emotional depth and dimension. Moore worked with producer and multi-instrumentalist Jay Joyce on Everything Changed. The end result not only extended her aesthetic reach, but raised his creative watermark as well. Using everything at her disposal, including standard rock instrumentation, ornate strings, keyboard and percussion treatments, electronic beats and textures, and wonderfully subtle atmospherics, Moore strips the considerable quirky charm displayed on her earlier records to the bone; in its place is naked, tender, and sometime frightening emotion, presented with painstaking attention to detail and lush arrangements not to soften the impact, but to celebrate it fearlessly. Ultimately, everything on Everything Changed is a love song that reveals its many faces to be sure, but also its shadows. On "I Do," with its gorgeous cornet and piano intro, love is expressed as solidarity and faith. "No Fear" is love as invitat
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)
Most Beautiful Voice When I start to listen this cd, really make me feel in the sky, I speak Spanish, but its not a wall to get the original scence of this cd, Moore have to enter in your ears in most beautiful times of your life... Submitted by pcklon (Mexico DF) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Absolutely Exceptional I used to think that it's impossible to chance upon an album that one will never get tired of listening to. But Everything Changed changed my perception. Everything--from the sincere lyrics that definitely struck me the first moment I listened to them, to the rhythm, the melody, the blending of the instruments to the slow and melancholy sound of her relaxing voice--is just too beautiful. Definitely an album nobody will regret having. Submitted by Bamboo (Manila, Philippines) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Abra Moore - Live I saw Abra Moore at the Mucky Duck music listening club here in Houston a few weeks ago. It was a lightly attended show as she was filling in for a cancellation. Her songs were thoughtful and her voice beautiful. It was one of the most pleasant music experiences I have had in a long time. I know that her tour and career and going in a good direction and will look forward to seeing her again if the opportunity presents itself. I especially liked one of her songs that included a verse in Hawaiian.
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Most Beautiful Voice
Absolutely Exceptional
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