Wailin Jennys - Firecracker CD Album
CD Universe
Music Movies Games
» Search  Existing Customer?  Sign In   
McAfee SECURE sites help keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams
.
Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker CD Cover Art
Large Front

Wailin Jennys - Firecracker CD

 Wailin Jennys Discography of CDs
5 stars
5 out of 5 stars (4 Customer Reviews)


Buy CD Album
Our Price: $16.05   CD
For Sale Usually ships in 1-2 days

Though Cara Luft, a founding member of the Wailin' Jennys, was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, the band's tight harmonies and pretty folk songs haven't changed at all on their second album, Firecracker. In fact, they've even gotten better. Chvostek's voice is seductively low and versatile, and it blends well with and adds a lot of strength and depth to the higher ranges that Ruth Moody and Nicky Mehta provide. All three Jennys are also great songwriters, and everything on the album is well done, with thoughtful reflective lyrics about love and friendship and death, the cold autumn wind of the Canadian prairie blowing through the record, shaping and influencing the mandolin, the banjo, the acoustic guitar, the violin, the National Steel. It's music with a dark, sweet edge, like it understands the pain in the world but still chooses to focus on what's good instead. "Swallow," though in its attempt to maintain rhythm and rhyme the lyrics can occasionally sound a little corny ("You got me, arrow shot me/Now come connect the dot me"), lilts along like the bird itself as it explores love's transience, while "Avila" is simple and pretty, with a delicate chorus of "O sweet peace never have you fallen/never have you fallen upon this town," sung in three-part harmony, that sense of longing lodged between the notes of a slow, aching electric guitar solo that winds its way through the song. A similar feeling is also apparent in "Glory Bound," manifested as a desire for a reprieve from life's hardships. It's not morbid, it's simply sad and honest in that uplifting way that only country and folk music can be. There is a melancholy that lies within many of the Wailin' Jennys' songs, but there's still an overwhelming sense of hope and happiness that is even stronger, and makes Firecracker a really great, uncontrived album. ~ Marisa Brown

The Wailin' Jennys: Ruth Moody (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, accordion); Annabelle Chvostek (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin); Nicky Mehta (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica).

Additional personnel: Mike Hardwick (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro); Richard Moody (violin, viola); David Travers-Smith (trumpet, horns, organ, percussion); Joe Phillips (acoustic bass); Christian Dugas (drums).

Dirty Linen (p.50) - "[Their] spare, modern lyrics are set to haunting, traditional-sounding melodies with an alt-country/old-time sound borrowed from the American South."
No Depression (p.118) - "Whether leading with Moody's sweet soprano, Mehta's supple mezzo-soprano, or Chvostek's solid alto, the Jennys engage on a purely delightful level of melody and harmony."

Firecracker Music


Detailed Firecracker Music Information



List Price $17.97 (You save $1.92)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Country CDs, Folk, Folk Music
Label Red House
Orig Year 2006
All Time Product Rank 29,642
CD Universe Part number 7068584
Catalog number 195
Discs 1
Release Date Jun 06, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer David Travers-Smith
Personnel Ruth Moody - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, accordion
Nicky Mehta - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Annabelle Chvostek - vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin

Also: David Travers-Smith, Joe Phillips, Christian Dugas, Mike Hardwick, Richard Moody
Wailin Jennys - Firecracker Songs


Wailin Jennys - Firecracker Album Track Listing



Click to hear an MP3 sound sampleTrkSong
1Devils Paintbrush Road
2Prairie Town
3Begin See All 2
4Firecracker
5Avila
6This Heart of Mine
7Swallow
8Starlight
9Things That You Know
10Apocalypse Lullaby
11Glory Bound See All 2
12Some Good Thing
13Long Time Traveller
Firecracker Music Review


Customer Firecracker Reviews 




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

5 stars Great group and sound
My daughter turned me on to the Jennys, and this is my third album of theirs. She discovered them through Garrison Keillor's show. I have found their sound to be fresh and at the same time nostalgic. A great listen.
Submitted by Jim (Marion, OH, USA) Verified Buyer
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No

5 stars Best Female Group Alive, well, WHY NOT!
It is not often I copy someone´s headline, but in this chase it says it all! Buy their 2 Studio Albums and you have music to listen to in every situation in life, there are not many like these! Now to the strange thing, not a single line in a magazine or any other place, I found these for me "hidden gems" at MySpace. A cheap way for record companies to announce their new stars after burning all their money on the so called "famous" stars. If famous, why all these backup. No, HURRAY for groups like "The WAILIN JENNYS", they got what it takes.
Submitted by lelarsson (Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No

5 stars Best Female Voal Group Alive
Having bought both 40 Days and Firecracker CDs and playing them daily, I can only compare this trio and the music to Dolly, Linda and Emmylou. After seeing them in person and being "blown away" I can only say that, buy there music, listen to it and fall in love.
Submitted by Jackson (Trenton, OH)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No

5 stars “SET YOUR SIGHTS A HOMEWARD”
The third recording from the amazing Wailin’ Jennys is a real corker. It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful album will be released this year. Following their first indie release and 2004’s gorgeous 40 DAYS, FIRECRACKER is even better. While many are focusing this year on the nice vocalizing of the magisterial Emmylou Harris and the quite different Mark Knopfler on their album of duets, ALL THE ROADRUNNING, FIRECRACKER may get much less attention than it deserves. You won’t hear more exhilarating harmony work than that of the Jennys in this new cd. Ruth Moody—of the sweetest soprano and a folkie bent—and Nicky Mehta—with a poignant mezzo voice and an otherworldly outlook—join their newest member, Annabelle Chvostek—who has her own beautiful alto and a nice edgy sensibility. Annabelle replaces Cara Luft in the trio and brings something wonderful to their already impressive musicianship. They all play acoustic instruments with great skill: Ruth—the accordion and banjo, Nicky—the harmonica and guitar, and Annabelle—a great mandolin and violin. As in their previous recordings, each of the Jenny’s manage to retain their own sound and songwriting style while forging an unmistakable “Jennys sound” that is intoxicating. “Home” is the recurring image and theme of FIRECRACKER. Nine of the 13 songs directly address this: --“leave the dream of hearth and home” --“in a better home soon I will reside.” --“a place to call your own, to call your home.” --“take me back to my beginning…take me home.” --“follow heart, follow home…one round heart, one round home.” --“now the coldest day of winter has made a home of my heart.” --“my soul now seeks another home” --“looking for a place to find some rest” --“you set your sights a homeward.” Loving the singing and writing of Ruth, Nicky and Annabelle, it’s hard to single out particular cuts in this uniformly superb production. I was, however, struck by the particular poignancy of Nicky’s songs (“Begin”—listen to the way she stretches her deliver of “let go,” “Starlight”—the affecting mantra of “take me home…take me home,” and “Avila”—a sweet and simple a capella number of exquisite harmony) and the exhilaration of Annabelle’s (“The Devil’s Paintbrush Road,” “Swallow,” “Apocalypse Lullaby,” and the great title tune, “Firecracker”). Ruth Moody, too, continues to compose and deliver songs right from the heart. Take yourself a homeward and listen.
Submitted by David (Annapolis, MD, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No

Have you heard this album?Write A Review

Purchase Firecracker CD


Customers Who Buy Firecracker CD Purchase:



To buy, Click on price to add to cart
Taking The Long Way
Also Bought
Dixie Chicks
Taking The Long Way CD  (2006) 3.8 stars Audio Samples Definitive Album
CD Buy It 
One Moment More
Also Bought
Mindy Smith
One Moment More CD  (2004) 4.9 stars Audio Samples
CD Buy It 
Chinatown
Also Bought
Be Good Tanyas
Chinatown CD  (2003) 5 stars Audio Samples
CD Buy It 
MP3 Buy It 
40 Days
Also Bought
40 Days CD  (2004) 5 stars Top 100 Audio Samples
CD Buy It 
Funnel Cloud
Also Bought
Hem
Funnel Cloud CD  (2006) 5 stars Audio Samples
CD Buy It 
Live At The Mauch Opera House
Also Bought
Live At The Mauch Opera House CD  (2009) 1 stars Top 100 Audio Samples
CD Buy It 
Zebra! Zebra!
Other Ideas
Fake Shark Real Zombie
Zebra! Zebra! CD  (2007) (Import)
CD  
Wake-Up Call
Other Ideas
Meg Flather
Wake-Up Call CD
CD  
Canciones De Amor
Other Ideas
Jose Luis Perales
Canciones De Amor CD  (2006) 5 stars Audio Samples Remastered
CD Buy It 
Firecracker Album Live Recording
Getting To The Point Is Beside It
Other Ideas
I Love Math
Getting To The Point Is Beside It CD  (2008) Digipak
CD Buy It 
Part Of The Deal
Other Ideas
Sense Field
Part Of The Deal CD  (1999) Audio Samples EP
CD  
The Elephant King
Other Ideas
Fatback Circus
The Elephant King CD  (2006)
CD Buy It 
.

Share this Product

More
1. Different Kind Of Truth 
Van Halen
2. Different Kind Of Truth 
Van Halen
3. 21 
Adele
4. Old Ideas 
Leonard Cohen
5. Kisses On The Bottom 
Paul McCartney
All Time Top Sellers

This Week More
1. Best Of The Best: 25 Greatest Hits 
Gene Watson
2. Romance Language 
Kirk Whalum
3. Axeology: 1979-2001 
Axe
4. Complete Greatest Hits Of Manfred Mann 
Manfred Mann (Group) / Manfred Mann
5. Todd Rundgren: Todd 
Todd Rundgren
Next Week More
1. Rockpalast: Ian Hunter 
Ian Hunter
2. Electric Sea 
Buckethead
3. Michael Schenker Group: Rockpalast - Hardrock Lege 
Michael Schenker Group
4. Scorpions: Live In 3D - Get Your Sting & Blackout 
Scorpions
5. In Concert 
Blood, Sweat, and Tears

More  
1. Wall 
Pink Floyd
2. Lingua Franca 
Tram
3. Release Me 
Lyle Lovett
4. Celtic Thunder: Voyage 
Celtic Thunder
5. Gong: French TV 1971-73 
Gong
More
Blues
Dance
Jazz
Latin
Oldies
R & B
Music Features & More

Browse Movies
Comedy
Drama
Horror
Browse Games


cdu4asppid music 7068584 cdu4pidall cdu4pls3 ver239cdu cdu4all 2/14/2012 5:00:11 AM