Rickie Lee Jones
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The breezy melodies and jazz stylings of Rickie Lee Jones's debut album are usually found in the works of more mature pop artists. It's only the exuberance of Jones's often cackling voice that reminds you that a 23-year-old is at the controls. And Jones's "little girl lost" perspective, while hanging out in mid-1970s Los Angeles with neo-Beat songwriters-barroom troubadours Tom Waits and Chuck E. Weiss, makes for colorful storytelling. In fact, her tale about Weiss, "Chuck E.'s in Love," hit the Top 10. But there's a lot more elegant stuff here: "Last Chance Texaco" is a soaring ballad about automobiles and broken hearts, and the Sinatra-esque "After Hours" features a lonely Jones singing to a lamppost. --Bill Crandall ... Read more

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Slightly disappointed...but not a bad album.
Somehow I've never managed to own this album over the years even though I've owned and enjoyed a few other RLJ albums most notably "The Magazine", "Flying Cowboys" and my personal favorite, "Pirates". I found this one on vinyl for only $3 and since I'm still a big time vinyl nut I grabbed it.

I was not disappointed in the sound quality as it's one of the best sounding pop recordings I've ever heard but the material was only decent compared to the other RLJ I've heard.

Last Chance Texaco is a beautiful song , Easy Money and Danny's All-Star Joint are a lot of fun, and the supporting studio musicians are right on point throughout but I can't say this album grabbed me from start to finish the way I was expecting it to.

This is certainly not a bad album but it's now the least favorite of my four RLJ albums that I own.

Classy!
Wow, it's hard to believe that this album was done in the late 70's because it sounds like it could have been recorded day before yesterday.A great combination of soul, sultry ballads and even child-like songs of innocence and even some light jazz. I just can't say enough good things about this album.I don't believe Rickie Lee has done a better album than this one.Some words more talked rather than being sung and you feel and believe every word.This album will stir many emotions within and has done so for me since I bought it years back.

slow surprise
My mother bought me this cd for my 21st birthday (thank you mom).At first I wasn't too sure.I've always been a blues fan with tendencies toward harder rock kind of stuff--so, when I heard Rickie for the first time I didn't know what to make of any of it.Her voice is so mellow and cool.This cd just winds everything down, especially tracks like "Last Chance Texaco" and "Coolsville".I also like the lighter tracks like "Danny's all star joint" and "Easy Money"."Weasel's" pretty good too, and "Night Train"--it's all good.All in all, this is quite different from what I'm used to and much more than I expected.Though I didn't get it the first time, I kept listening.It'll grow on you.She's classy, soulful, mellow, poetic and unlike anything I've ever heard (but then again, I'm just some punk kid from Texas).Don't just take my word for it--this is quite an experience. ... Read more

Asin: B000002KK2
Subjects:  1. Album Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock    4. Singer/Songwriter    5. Soft Rock   

Pirates
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"Chuckie could be in Love"
If you want to start collecting Rickie Lee Jones music I suggest you start with Pirates.. You take a vocal genius, Rickie, on Pirates, listen for the very first time and I guarantee you will fall in love.Each song reserves its own splendid emotion which will catapult you to wanting to listen to more of her music.You will then be on your way to purchase Rickie Lee Jonesdebut album with her name as her title.With most certainty you will remember "Chuck E.'s in Love "from her days of radio play. She is talented on the acoustic guitar and piano as witnessed first hand at a live show in East Hampton, New York last year. Unfortunately I could not appreciate Rickie Lee Jonesat the peak of her career along with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter andCarly Simon.Howevertoday I am able to enjoy and spread their talents to others who just want to be enlightened with great music..

Takes me to another place and time...
Music has always conjured up vivid images for me.In my opinion, Rickie Lee Jones is possibly one of the most evocative composers of our time.Like one of the other reviewers said, she takes you to Philly hanging out on the stoop.Pretty amazing feat since I grew up in the Midwest with a totally different background.

"Woody and Dutch" is unhesitatingly my favorite of the songs on this CD and any other RLJ recording.Her use of taps as percussion with the scat-style singing is great.

Also enjoy "PIrates" and "We belong Together."

Music for the stoop
I was seven years old when this album came out. I wish I could say I grew up listening to Rickie Lee, but that would be a lie. I didn't discover her until high school. But to me, this album still conjures that time perfectly - hanging out on the stoop in West Philly, playing in the sandbox, Sesame street, all the shaggy-haired hippies entering the 1980s, all of it! An old friend from a nearby neighborhood has memories of roller skating around the dining room to this album and wondering what c**t-finger Louie meant. Listening to Pirates is like reading Jack Kerouac for the first time when you were a teenager. It's that bittersweet, highly romantic, pulsing-with-life thing that is just intoxicating. There is no better feeling in the world (although there are a few close contenders). The difference is that Pirates does it to me every time, whereas I could only read Kerouac a few times before it became a little stale.

Every part of this album is perfect, down to the romantic picture on the cover. The production is simply amazing. Those analog synths twist my insides up. Sometimes I just can't take it!

I am moving to the New Mexico desert in a few months, so Flying Cowboys will probably be spending more time on the record player. But until then, it's all about Pirates. I can't believe that one person made both of those albums. What a gift. ... Read more

Asin: B000002KL7
Sales Rank: 27163
Subjects:  1. Album Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock    4. Singer/Songwriter    5. Soft Rock   

Girl at Her Volcano
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Even 22 Years Later, This is still my favorite RLJ Recording
Yesterday I received the import CD version of Rickie's "Girl at HerVolcano". Words cannot express how this music can still touch me and bring me to tears at times. Hey bub, Rainbow Sleeves, Letters From The 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee and So Long are my definite favorites. I have other recordings by her, but to me, this will forever be the album by Rickie Lee Jones that I listen to 1st and the most. Rickie's original material is classic RLJ, songs she covers here.... hey, after Rickie has done it, NO ONE can do it better.

Walk Away Rene like you've never heard it before!
Only Rickie Lee Jones could turn the little know Walk Away Rene into an elusive, dream like, emotion filled, spectacular piece!

Although all the songs are good, this is the reason for buying this CD. Her band does an outstanding job behind her with shimmering effects, but Rickie Lee's vocals give it a life it never had before.

This rendition will affect you emotionally, deep down into your soul, with it's heartfelt styling.

What a coup! How could Rickie Lee Jones be relegated to obscurity with this kind of talent?

Sublime
There are only a handful of albums in the world that are worthy of the description "sublime", and this is one of them. (Incidentally, I'd put the Blue Nile's "Hats" and the Cocteau Twins' "Heaven or Las Vegas" up there too). Truly this is an album you'd risk your life to retrieve from a house on fire.

Why? Well, it just shimmers with beauty; it's unlike anything else I know. Jazzy, sometimes poppy, sophisticated, smooth, lush, quirky, debonair, unique. Need I go on? I first heard it on crackly 10-inch vinyl about 15 years ago and was captivated, and recently spent a good couple of years & a fair amount of money to track down a CD copy.

Like many sublime pieces of work, it's very short; a triumph of quality over quantity, though the CD version includes an extra track called "Something Cool" which is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine. RLJ's version of Under the Boardwalk is a little incongruous and I sometimes skip it. The real gems are Just Walk Away Renee, So Long, Lush Life.. oh just all of it! And anyone who can listen to the Tom Waits-penned Rainbow Sleeves without sobbing must have something wrong with their tear ducts.

Natalie Imbruglia (who is well known as a pop star in the UK, not sure if the same is true in the US) described this album as being perfect to listen to whilst watching snow fall in New York. Without having ever done that, I'm inclined to agree. Girl At Her Volcano has the ability to pluck you from your present circumstances and transport you to a wistful place of sheer beauty.

Definitely Rickie Lee Jones's finest half hour. ... Read more

Asin: B00000718W
Sales Rank: 7327
Subjects:  1. Folk-Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock    4. Rock/Pop    5. Singer/Songwriter   

The Magazine
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Doesn't get better than this...
This album, which I first heard when I was 15, like the other reviewers on this site, has been one that I always come back to. It is, in short, a masterpiece of poetic, jazzy, unforgettable and unpredictable composition, and for all that, it constantly guts you with it's intimacy. Like Steely Dan compositions, RLJ has a way of investing changes that are so unorthodox but so perfectly suited to her music, that the sounds are always fresh, even almost 20 years on. Runaround is my personal fav because no one can match Rickie on this type of funky, streetwise pop song, but I can't fault the first nine tracks on this CD at all. The playing on this record is incredible - you can feel the musicians using the space allowed them on these tracks with sheer joy and inventiveness, yet the whole thing hangs together with ruthless self discipline. The final enigmatic Rorschachs song cycle is a journey that may be too challenging for some, but is rewarding and passionate at a level that popular music very rarely reaches. This LP is probably my favourite album for Rickie Lee and that's really saying something.

Sparkling, crystalline perfection.
This album along with Rickie's most recent release Evening of my Best Day are crowning achievements for one of America's most inspiring talents.She's been criminally underrated throughout her career, but anyone who has been exposed to her work will know the power and the presence she possesses.This is probably her most emotional release and definitely her most personal.Deep Space, Prelude to Gravity, Gravity, infact all of the cuts are great.Amazing production job and vocal delivery contribute to one of the best albums of the 80's.if not all time

"...like Cyndi Lauper, only she took more drugs."
The title of the review is an inside joke between me and no one else - until now - which, incidentally is not too bad a description of what discovering this woman's music was like for me.

The year was 1985 and I was a fifteen year-old heavy-metal kid who had only recently discovered the joys of classic Led Zep.My hipster choir teacher caught me listening to some acoustic Zep and handed me a copy of The Magazine on cassette, describing RLJ with the above quote.I was down for that, and upon curling up in bed with headphones and RLJ I was immediately hooked.The sheer, unbridled emotion of these songs was a perfect companion for my teenage angst.

Fast-forward eighteen years through subsequent love affairs with U2, R.E.M. and Tori Amos, and this is still one of my all-time favorite works by one of my favorite performers.I understand why fans appreciate her first two records more (especially those people who are old enough to remember when Saturday Night Live was still fresh, funny and vital), but I still think it's a crime that this record gets such short shrift.Due to the predominance of the DX-7, the songs on Magazine often sound glassily brittle & more slickly produced compared to previous records, but the effect is perfect for setting the fragile tone of this introspective record.The songs are all well crafted, featuring impeccable arrangements, first-class musicianship and Rickie's adroit vocals, slicing thin layers of emotion until it's all used up.

The only thing really missing here for fans of earlier RLJ are the jazz/funk, gin-n-juice, storytelling-type numbers like "Weasel & the White Boys Cool" and "Danny's All-Star Joint".Instead, we get some fairly stark and melancholy numbers that are perfectly suitable for those days when you're in a funk and want to be left there.Not that there aren't upbeat moments ("Jukebox Fury", "Runaround"), but here Rickie prefers to paint a collection of beautifully forlorn self-portraits that will mesmerize, make you smile, and break your heart, often all at once.

That said, as is the case with all her recordings, The Magazine will not be for everyone.With Rickie, it's not so much what she's saying as it is how she says it.The songs are merely snapshots of the situations and characters therein, relying on her evocative lyrical word-pictures and bravely naked vocal delivery to conjure the listener's emotions.That she succeeds so often, eschewing conventional pop sensibilities in favor of pursuing her own wild muse, is a testament to her spirit and genius, making her music the sort of "inside joke" you really should be in on.

Many thanks to my choir teacher, but with all due respect, RLJ is an entirely unique experience. ... Read more

Asin: B000002L6C
Sales Rank: 15173
Subjects:  1. Album Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock    4. Singer/Songwriter    5. Soft Rock   

3 for 1 Box Set
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What a deal!!
If you're already a RLJ fan, then you undoubtedly have these albums. If you're just recently flirting with fan-hood, then this is a must buy. The debut album is nothing less than extraordinary, Pirates plunges fully into the sublime, and Magazine is a wonderful mix of textures.Don't hesitate, it's a steal ... Read more

Asin: B0000520Y8
Sales Rank: 222842
Subjects:  1. Rock/Pop   

Duets
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If you are testing stereo equipment
This album, though old, has multiple tracts that help when testing new equipment.Track 2, with Ricki Lee Jones, will bust many a systems ability to take high notes.Buy it, take it to your favorite store and listen to the difference in equipment.

THE MAGIC OF VOICE AND BASS
This charming collection of duets features the bass of Rob Wasserman in a variety of different roles, from supportive to lead to orchestral. With the exception of Stephane Grappelli's violin, Lou Reed's guitar and Rickie Lee Jones' guitar and bells/percussion, every sound on this album is bass and voice, demonstrating that these two musical forces can be everything by themselves. My favorites include the joyful Brothers (with Bobby McFerrin), the weighty One For My Baby And One More For The Road (with Lou Reed), the poignant Leonard Cohen song Ballad Of The Runaway Horse (with Jennifer Warnes) and the moving Over The Rainbow (with the violin of Grappelli), quitespectacular instrumental. Stardust (with Aaron Neville) and Gone With The Wind (with Dan Hicks) are quite listenable too, but I don't enjoy Rickie Lee Jones' The Moon Is Made Of Gold, since her nasal whine is too pronounced and her delivery sounds affected and over the top. This is a successful experiment combining the human voice with the bass guitar and it delivers some very soulful sounds. It should appeal to fans of these featured artists and to everyone who loves the bass guitar. ... Read more

Asin: B000008CIY
Sales Rank: 45909
Subjects:  1. Fusion    2. Jazz    3. Neo-Bop   

In a Sentimental Mood
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Mac Rebennack's long commercial drought finally ended in the late '80s with In a Sentimental Mood, an album of pop standards bearing almost no connection to New Orleans R&B roots. His album-opening duet with Rickie Lee Jones, "Making' Whoopee," was a big hit after it was included on the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack, and it's easy to understand why Harry Connick Jr. fans who'd bought When Harry Met Sally were seduced by this coy come-on. Still, it's odd to hear Rebennack's scruffy baritone in service to such lush, sweeping orchestration (and to hear him sing a line like "I've got a sweet tooth for your sweet heart"). The Doctor does lend a nice bluesy feel to a Satchmo favorite, "My Buddy," and to Charles Brown's classic, "Black Night," and his version of "More Than You Know" is a small miracle of understatement. --Keith Moerer ... Read more

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Cool tunes
Some of the tracks on this CD are singularly special. "Makin' Whoopee" featuring Rickie Lee Jones is an absolute treat, a very nice pairing. "My Buddy" is just achingly good, as is "More Than You Know." There are some fine musical performances, notably the sax solo by Joel Peskin--edgy and cool. The charts are altogether mellow and Dr. John's gruffly appealing voice is a perfect compliment to his fluid piano playing. These are true "oldies but goodies" -- songs by Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington and Cole Porter. Classic songs by the classic Dr. John.
Recommended.

Great mood music
This is an excellent CD for setting the mood at a patio gathering of friends, or a small dinner party for two. Some feel-good music with a touch of sentiment. Highly recommend.

Right Place, Old Time for Dr. John Standards Collection
In his liner notes, Dr. John dedicated "In A Sentimental Mood" to Ray Charles and Charles Brown, two masters of urbane piano blues who gave standards their soulful stamp (helping form New Orleans-style rock and roll in the process).

Nicely mixing Great American Songbook authors (Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington) with modern, even classic jazzmen (Marcus Miller, Harvey Mason, arranger Marty Paich and even Charles' saxman David Newman) allows Dr. John to give classic songs a coarse New Orleans treatment in what might be considered an early entry among pop standards collections revived in the 1990s (Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers, even Sinatra's "Duets" sets).

"Sentimental Mood" draws on John's gruff vocals and sly humor, updating the style that made fellow New Orleans jazzman Louis Armstrong a belatedly beloved jazz balladeer. Despite tucking his rollicking piano rolls under producer Tommy LiPuma's trademark soft strigs, John salutes Dave Bartolomew and Fats Domino beside Cole Porter on "Love For Sale" (also quoting Pagliacci and Lalo Schifrin). He gives rock n' roll kick to "Accentuate The Positive" (which became the theme for the short-lived series "Homefront.") His smoky "Candy" gives Ray Charles-esque personal treatment to what had been a showy stylistic exercise. The same can't be said for "Makin' Whoopie," John's duet with Rickie Lee Jones that subdues the naughty plays on words in Eddie Cantor's original and Charles' live cover.

Despite Dr. John's fine voice and piano work here, "In A Sentimental Mood" is supplemental for fans of the singer or standards generally. While this was a nice comeback and pointed out new directions for the singer, Dr. John's one-disc "Best Of Dr. John" and "Gumbo" on Atlantic, or his 2CD "Mos Scocious" Rhino anthology speak more to his showmanship and influence. ... Read more

Asin: B000002LHG
Subjects:  1. Blues    2. New Orleans R&B    3. Piano Blues    4. Pop    5. R&B    6. Rock & Roll   

Flying Cowboys
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I've Only Heard (and Seen) "Ghetto of My Mind"; Wow!
Over the years I have videotaped many Saturday Night Live programs, and the one which featured RLJ was near the one which featured Neil Young's great performance of "Keep On Rockin' (in the Free World)" so I kept that tape.

What I did not know - my videotaping habits then were better than my viewing habits - was that RLJ had an astonishing performance of "Ghetto" literally mesmerizing! Doesn't matter that the song alone couldn't equal the performance in 1989, that kind of performance was so unique in the best sense of the term that I will buy the CD without hearing even one other song segment.

Sorry I can't share that video with everyone who posted to this CD. You deserve it!

A Definite "Desert Island" Disc
Although released in 1989,Flying Cowboys remains one of my favorite musical pieces in my entire collection of CDs and definitely one of the most essential in Jone's discography. It's high on my list of must haves if I was to be stranded on the immortal "desert isle".

Jones has always been a talented songwriter and always had a creative knack for telling her musical tales using vivid characters and lush musical arrangements.With some help from producer/songwriter/musician Walter Becker (from Steely Dan), she scores big on this project. The end result here is a mostly upbeat, poetic & jazzy collection of folk/pop with the exception of "Ghost Train". Although "Ghost Train" doesn't seem to fit into the mood of the whole, it is one of my favorites. It works extremely well in illustrating Jone's talent at more bluesier vocals and her overall versatility.From the ethereal "The Horses" to the calypso tinged "Love is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive", the other selections are upbeat, smoothly poetic and mildly romantic. Smooth jazz artist Vonda Shephard (from the Allie McBeal series soundtrack)and jazz great Randy Brecker also perform on a couple of selections.

For those not familiar with Rickie Lee Jones, I highly recommend Flying Cowboys.

I gotta agree....
...it's one of the finest albums you could own. Each time I listen, it reveals more to me and I can't stop listening. It's "perfect for all occasions" type of CD, it's a great feel good and happy recording. Love 'Ghost Train' and the introduction of more RLJ "characters" for us to meet - she must have had a great life, well so far! Each song holds a story within itself and you just want to hear more. If you are a RLJ fan, or even in you are not, and for some strange reason this is not in your collection, do something about it!Buy it, listen and you will know what I mean. ... Read more

Asin: B000000ORL
Sales Rank: 5219
Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Rock   

Pop Pop
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Nora Jones could take some lessons from Rickie Lee...
I'll keep this short and sweet...this is a GREAT smooth jazzy album of purely good music....propelled by the ever-cool RLJ and the always tasty Robben Ford....it almost seems like Norah copied the format but caught it in a toime when the ever-so-unpredictable public were ready for smooth, real music.BUY THIS CD....

The Best of its Kind
When the question is asked, "What pop singer did the best jazz standards covers," answers that tend to pop up are Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart.No, actually: Rickie Lee Jones' "Pop Pop" is the one.I'd give it 4 and 1/2, in truth; but the "best of" anything, no matter how esoteric, ultimately gets 5 in my book.The selections that stick with me are "Love Junkyard," "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," and "My One and Only Love."Ms. Jones has a most interesting voice:at once playful and plaintive, worldly and coquettish.I've heard slightly better covers of these done by Mark Murphy,Johnny Hartman and the New York Voices, among others:but if Rickie Lee Jones leads you to singers like Mark Murphy, Johnny Hartman and the New York Voices, she's definitely worth the ride.As it is, this album is worth having.Recommended.

Ahh....
Everything that's right with music is in this CD: well-written tunes, inspired performance, creative arranging/interpretation and no excess playing.This was my first real introduction to her music and there's no doubt I will be buying more.It makes you realize how powerful a great song and a great vocalist can be.I'm usually more one for instrumental music, but this makes you realize why once in awhile you need to hear the human voice.The guitar playing is masterful as well.There's a couple of jazz tunes on here that I had gotten sick of, but now am dying to play myself.

I'm hardly a RLJ expert, so I can't compare this to anything else of hers...yet.I've listened to this disc about 15 times through and through and I'm still in love with it.

Dave ... ... Read more

Asin: B000000OSL
Sales Rank: 16502
Subjects:  1. Folk-Rock    2. Pop    3. Rock    4. Singer/Songwriter   

The Bells of Dublin
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Ireland's world-class ambassadors the Chieftains seem determined to play with anyone who is anyone, regardless of genre. On The Bells of Dublin, they do an exceptional job of teaming up with the likes of rockers Jackson Browne and Elvis Costello, as well as songbirds Marianne Faithfull, Rickie Lee Jones, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Nanci Griffith. There are many resplendent performances here, the least of which is Costello and company's raucous "St. Stephen's Day Murders." Like a banquet of traditional Irish fare with some updating to accommodate individual guests, Bells is the kind of holiday record you don't want to end. --Martin Keller ... Read more

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KW NH
This CD is a strictly observed family tradition. I am very particular about my holiday listening and this is the first one played on Thanksgiving night and the last one back in the box when I take down the tree.In a world of done-to-death carols and relentless Xmas pop-schlock, this is so refreshing.Everything from Elvis Costello's hilarious "St. Stephen's Day Murders" to Jackson Browne's "The Rebel Jesus" is good-hearted, sincere and original after all these years. Some of us cry at "O Holy Night".I am deeply moved and inspired by "Once in Royal David's City" which was unknown to me before this.Also included is the best "Deck the Halls" ever.We always turn the volume way up at the mad clanging of the bells that begin and end the album and celebrate the Chieftans on such a fine outing.

Every single track has it's charm, I love it!!!
Simply put, this continues to be one of my all time favorite Christmas albums.Yes the songs vary in style but never do they veer too far from the wonderful flavor this CD allows me to enjoy.It's one of the only CDs I have that gives me that special Christmas feeling.I relish that first time I listen to it every Christmastime.

A (mostly) terrific CD
This is a delightful compilation of the Chieftains' rendition of Christmas songs.My whole family enjoys it immensely.I have to agree with another reviewer, however, that it does slow down into a non-Celtic vein on a couple of occasions, like Jackson Browne's "Rebel Jesus", which I like anyway, but really bogs down with Rickie Lee Jones's "O Holy Night" - which we skip.
Well worth the investment, for the most part. ... Read more

Asin: B000003F53
Subjects:  1. British Folk    2. Celtic    3. Celtic Folk    4. Christmas / Chanukkah    5. Ireland    6. Irish Folk    7. Pop    8. Traditional Celtic    9. Traditional Irish Folk   

Rickie Lee Jones - Live at the Wiltern Theatre
by Rickie Lee Jones
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A low-key, unadorned, and unaffected glimpse of a 1992 concert, Rickie Lee Jones: Live at the Wiltern Theatre is visually indistinct and unremarkable, lit only with a blue light that's appropriate to the bluesy, soulful songs that Jones does best. As anyone who has followed her career knows, we aren't here for the decor; we're here to listen to her music and lyrics, which is precisely what Jones delivers. There's no polite banter in between tunes as she and her backup band breezethrough a resumé of 13 songs, six composed by Jones and pulled primarilyfrom her first two albums. She also flirts and cajoles with her audience on aplayful riff of "Makin' Whoopee" and Jimi Hendrix's "Up from the Skies." Sheturns in some jazzy scat on "Dat Dere" and some ska on "Love Is Gonna Bring UsBack Alive." While she certainly struts her stuff on other people's songs, thebest is saved for her own compositions. Her work, amply on display throughoutthis hourlong show, includes "Coolsville," "Easy Money," "It Must Be Love," and"The Last Chance Texaco" as well as a gorgeous piano riff that opens "We BelongTogether." These more than compensate for the minimalist milieu and lack ofpolite chat. When she soars through a quintessential Jones song, "Don't LikeGoodbye," viewers won't much feel like saying goodbye either. --PaulaNechak ... Read more

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THIS WOMAN ROCKS!!
If you have been an RLJ fan for as long as I have, you will know what I am saying when you view this DVD.Unfortunately living all the way "Down Under" we have only had the absolute pleasure of having Rickie visit us only twice since I first heard 'Chuck E's In Love.'Both times I will never forget the way Rickie sings live, it's a completely different feel than listening to the recordings.This concert captures it all, I wept with joy from start to finish after not having seen her perform live for such a long time.Each song is phenomenal, and that's an understatement, wait till you see/hear 'Coolsville,' you will never listen to it on CD the same way again.I simply did not want it to finish.RLJ is, was and will always be, GOD.I love you Rickie, don't ever stop what you do.Buy this DVD if you want to smile!!

Where was I in 1992?
I missed one of the most fantastic concerts ever, but at least I have the DVD to playback many times through many years of inmate enjoyment. No, not inmate as in reaching out, but inmate has in feeling the music completely. Rickie Lee delivers songs with no strings attach. No, you wont see her float through the air or wear outrageous cloths like Sarah Brightman does in "La Luna", or get pass around the audience like Peter Gabriel. The DVD starts in her dressing room, Rickie is sitting by a mirror putting on the last of her make-up, slips on a shirt, & walks out into a simple well lighted stage with a table for a foreground & a window frame for a background. The back up band are all professional, dressed simple, but play the music with such perfection, at times sounding like they are losing it, but no, its a multi layered time change. WOW!!! Most songs are written by Rickie, others are jazz standards, & one song was written by her father. The ultimate section is when she takes off her shirt & plays the piano with the tunes: "Coolsville" & "We Belong Together". The song "Coolsville" ends with the words "Common, I will take you back...I take you back..." & Rickie holds her hand out to the audience, waving them in, & then making a fist. Slowly she stops the song & sits in darkness with the saddest face...then she giggles & the audience goes crazy...what a moment. This is a great DVD

No Frills.... Just a Great Performance
Jones is a true original. She's known for intimate performances and this DVD captures her at her best. The only minor complaint is the absence of her interaction with the audience. I guess she was just in a quiet mood that night. Her dialogues between songs are often very humorous as well as informative about how some of her songs came to be. As I said, a very minor complaint. This is a truly spirited performance from a great musical maverick.
It contains many of her originals as well as Jazz and Pop standards from the 30's through the 60's.
Sit back with a good bottle of wine (maybe two) and some chesse and enjoy! ... Read more

Asin: B00000JN1X
Subjects:  1. Music Video - Pop/Rock   

Joshua Judges Ruth
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Leave it to the poker-faced Lovett to use a biblical joke to underline the thread of tangled relationships that weave between the wisecracks on this, his fourth album.With his elegantly drawled tenor and modulated sense of country, gospel, and R&B inflections, the Texan songwriter extends the larger ensemble settings and contrasting moods achieved with his preceding album, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, again mixing shaggy dog stories ("Church"), atmospheric portraits of places and people ("Baltimore"), and fatalistic love songs ("North Dakota") that underline his acknowledged debt to other Lone Star songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Nanci Griffith. Yet his ease with frank rock elements, and an often urbane outlook, point up a musical kinship with L.A.'s folk-rock wing, notably Jackson Browne.--Sam Sutherland ... Read more

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Five stars because there aren't ten.....
I always wondered why Julia Roberts married Lyle Lovett. After listening to Joshua Judges Ruth my question is now why did she divorce him?

In the movie "Stripes" Bill Murray says to his platoon mates: "Chicks dig me, but now I know why I lose chicks to guys like you....it's the STORIES". Well, now I know why Julia loved Lyle. His way of telling stories in song are awesome.

I got this CD for Christmas from my mother-in-law. It is unbelievable. The range of music, topics, and vocals is awesome. I pride myself on being a good judge of fairly unknown musical talentsuch as Delbert McClinton and Susan Tedschi, but they can't hold a candle to Lyle Lovett.

Everyone one loves "Been to Memphis", "Church", and "North Dakota", but my favorite song BY FAR on this CD is "Since the Last Time". This song is so heart felt and real, you can feel his emotions as they ooze from the speakers. It makes you smile, cry, and reflect in 7 minutes. I just told my wife that when I die (in40 years or more) she is to play this song at my memorial service.

His word smithing is incredible. Are there any lyrics that have ever been better than:

"He's got church on Sunday
And he got drunk the night before
And he got his good gal when he got home
The preacher said he wants some
more of that"

and:

"To the Lord let praises be
It's time for dinner now let's go eat
We've got some beans and good cornbread
Now listen to what the preacher said
He said to the Lord let praises be
It's time for dinner now let's go eat"

and:

"I ask her come here baby
She tells me no, no
I ask her drive me here
She tells me drive your own
She likes to race my motor
Then slam my hood
She makes me feel good
She makes me feel good"

If you don't have this CD waste no more time and buy it. It will quickly be your favorite.

Awesome!!!!
I was just thinking how there hasn't been an album by lyle lovett with a black-and-white cover in awhile when out of the blue:Bam!He drops this lil' beauty.It's chock full of mediocre, samey-sounding, uninspired ditties!His singing drones on and on for what seems an eternity wrapped in a candy coating of "kuntry"TM stylings (not to be confused with actual country which has a long and noble tradition).His voice quavers and floats in a sea of calculated vocal "emo-shun"TM (not to be confused with actual emotion derived from hardship or life-experience).His lyrics wallow in self-conscious "Clev-R-Ness"TM (not to be confused with actual cleverness which is occasionally entertaining and amusing).I really enjoyed listening to this while I ate a large order of McDonalds Chik-N-Selects, Super-size fries, and large Pepsi in my Chevy Suburban.

The best surround sound I've heard
I have been listening to DVD-Audio and other surround formats (SACD and DTS) for about a year now. This release has the best sound of any I've heard (I have about 30 surround audio disks).

Anyone who is likely to buy the DTS version of this release has probably already heard the stereo version, so rather than critique the content, I've chosen to evaluate the sound quality instead. ... Read more

Asin: B00000DD9O
Subjects:  1. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Alternative Country    3. Country    4. Pop    5. Singer/Songwriter    6. United States of America   

Traffic From Paradise
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Audio CD (14 September, 1993)
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Traffic from Paradise is cause for celebration, for it contains flashes of Rickie Lee Jones' old alchemy, which turned beat poetry into pop hooks. Few melodies are as captivating as the one Jones sings against the skeletal acoustic guitar and bass backdrop of ""Stewart's Coat.'' On the uptempo, swing-folk ""Jolie Jolie,'' another nothing-held-back love song, her mumbly voice bends notes and smears them like a muted jazz trumpet. On her version of David Bowie's ""Rebel Rebel," she brings out the wounded insecurity lurking in the heart of every nonconformist. Traffic from Paradise is only the second album of original songs from Jones in 10 years, and the singer credits Leo Kottke for jumpstarting her stalled interested in songwriting. Kottke cowrote two of the new album's songs and plays guitar on six of them.--Geoffrey Himes ... Read more

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Great for audiophiles too
Audiophiles take note: apart from the great music, this CD bubbles with low level detail and is very enjoyable listening through a high quality audio system. It's also useful for testing low level resolution when evaluating different systems.

Wonderful guitar, bass, harmonies
"Beat Angels" has it all... great harmonies, bass, lyrics, melody.Sal Bernardi on acoustic guitar is tremendous.John Leftwich does a great job on bass on several of the songs.I definitely hear Leo Kottke's guitar playing and vocals.Brian Setzer's electric guitar on "Rebel Rebel" is inspired. Rickie's voice is just plain haunting throughout.High quality audio makes it a pleasure to listen to "Traffic From Paradise".This music give me the shivers.Wow!Thanks Rickie!

"Mojo" at work here...
I only recently discovered Traffic From Paradise, and what a divine discovery it is...The term "Mojo" is probably most often used to refer to a sort of "magic spell", and among works of art, whether it be literature, poetry, film, photography, music, etc.., every once in a great while something truly profound and stirring comes our way, often (uncannily) when we're more open and ready to receive and appreciate its clarity, creativity, and power.Such works of art may be dark, luminous, or some combination there of, but in my opinion, one true sign of a great work of art is that it leaves an indellible and magnetic impression, in which we find ourselves thinking about the experience, with an urge to return to it, again and again.This is how Traffic From Paradise has affected me, and as I've pondered the photos and poetry of this CD while listening to it, I'm struck by a sense that this particular Rickie Lee Jones album was inspired by a deeply spiritual and unconditional LOVE, the kind of love that exists between mother and child; the kind of love that exists between God, angels, and their mortal flock.Indeed, I think the real miracle of this album is the love that surely inspired it, and if you read the liner notes and poetry of this album, RLJ seems to be paying humble and loving hommage and thanks to the "Universe" for the many gifts and lessons of life, as well as (perhaps) her recognition that children tend to be so innately connected with the love and rightmindedness of God and the Universe.Hence the album title, "Traffic From Paradise".And indeed, it is my opinion that this album stands as one of the most transcendent, love-inspired, brilliantly creative, lyrical, musical, and timeless creations of our time.The experience of parenthood is often profoundly transcendent and spiritually re-awakening; and quite often, so too is the experience of admitting a chemical dependency problem, and then having the enormous courage to surrender one's self to the miracle of treatment and recovery.Indeed, recovery from the morbid self-absorption of addiction can be a highly potent path to spiritual re-awakening in-and-of itself, and when combined with the miracle of parenthood, the results can be truly transformative.And, when such swift life-currents collude and combine with the creative genius of a great artist, the resulting creative luminosity may be staggeringly beautiful, and in my opinion, this is the sort of incredibly fertile soil from which Traffic From Paradise sprang forth.

This is a very well produced and well recorded album, sure to please most audiophiles, but regardless of how seriously you approach played-back music, my advice to newcomers would be to save this gem for times when you can listen and "grok" without interruption.All the stars and comets seemed to be in just the right alignment when RLJ "birthed" this album, and in this current dark age of "new" music that is mostly hideous trash that causes one to lunge for the "off" switch, Traffic From Paradise is an album to be enjoyed and savored. ... Read more

Asin: B000000OTG
Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Rock   

Music From Party Of Five (1994- Television Series)
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Audio CD (12 November, 1996)
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Give this one a Listen
Im not a fan of the show and I bought my copy on sale because of a song by Tori Amos.I was pleasantly surprised to know that there are more better songs on this compilation.My personal favorites are "Love Me Still" by Chaka Khan,a good rendition of "Freefallin" by stevie Nicks,"Without Letting Go",and "All Ill really Wanna Do".But the rest of the soundtrack album is awesome.There's a good mix of rock,dance music,jazz and pop (not the crappy kind of pop that was common in the late 90's.

Great
I loved this show on TV and the songs are very good.I really like "Blue Skies" by BT (featuring Tori Amos.)Other tracks I like include "Closer To Free, Without Letting Go, If You Love, Sunshine Superman, Climb On(A Back That's Strong,) and of course, Free Fallin'" by Stevie Nicks.I love the artists on here, too.I love the variety.I'd recommend this cd to anyone because it's very good.

Stevie Nicks!
Stevie is the only reason why I'd get this cd but since "Free Fallin'" is on the Enchanted box-set (which i have!) there is no need to get it! I must add it is an excellent version of Tom Petty's! ... Read more

Asin: B000002NC0
Sales Rank: 79935
Subjects:  1. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Pop    3. Pop/Rock    4. Soundtracks & Film Scores    5. Television Music    6. Television Soundtracks   

Peculiaroso
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Audio CD (01 February, 1994)
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Leo Kottke + Rickie Lee Jones = Peculiar
Peculiaroso is a bittersweet combination of humor and sorrow. It's hard to tell how Leo Kottke and producer Rickie Lee Jones were able to nail the formula, but it takes the vibrant yet gloomy atmosphere in stride.

The instrumentals are standard Kottke with a few twists: Peg Leg hops along with a percussive acoustic riff while the drums "kind-of" keep a beat. Poor Boy shows the man gliding up and down the fretboard with his slide on the John Fahey original, sure enough to please the fans of the Mudlark-era of Leo Kottke. Big Situation is another rhythmic pattern that loops itself with a semi-participant band.

Wonderland By Night and Twilight Time show you just how seamless the melodies of these golden oldies translate to solo acoustic guitar.

Although the man's voice can be rough to listen to at times, his original compisitions with lyrics paint all kinds of intruiging pictures. Turning Into Randolph Scott is pretty loopy as the album is bound to get. Kottke is describing a girl's limbs as being vegetable-like to achieve some sort of metaphore. What that would be is beyond me. On the other end is the somber Parade. Kottke's rubato-based guitar accompanies a lonesome narrative about a town that's about to be visited by both a parade and a thunderstorm at the same time. His rendition of Room at the Top of the Stairs is another solitary romp through his tightly rhythmic fingerpicking technique. The live version, believe it or not, is even better.

Few people can use ambiguity to their advantage like Kottke. And Peculiaroso is a fine example of that. It's not the greatest Leo Kottke CD out there, but it is as deverse as it is engaging.

Doggy
Want to know how to see whether this is a winner? Check how many used ones are available, and at what price. As I write this ther are 24, starting at $... Clearly, the market says this CD is not among his best. And I agree. Weak, limp, flaccid, dull, and boring.

Leo Kottke has recorded two of the finest CDs I own. And he has many other lovely ones. But this is a shame. I found it after hearing nothing new in many years, and regretted both the purchase and the knowledge. What a step down. What a decline from absolute greatness. Like the once feared hitter who's lost a half-second, it is painful to listen to after such beauty, joy and majesty.

Great music, period.
I have heard some Kottke fans express disappointment over this album. All I can say is, ease up on the wacky tabacky, fellas. "Peculiaroso" is delightful to the rest of us who aren't cursed with your tragic hipness. Every one of the cuts is highly enjoyable, and both his guitar-playing and rumbling vocals are dead solid perfect. Buy this CD -- it's a keeper. ... Read more

Asin: B0000000LC
Sales Rank: 105684
Subjects:  1. Contemporary Folk    2. Folk & Traditional    3. Pop   

Outlasting the Blues/Power of Love
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The Great Songs That Never Made Radio
It seems like a million years ago when Arlo Guthrie played the northwest university I was attending after making Outlasting the Blues with Shenandoah. The audience was pretty much split between fans of Alice's Restaurant who figured Guthrie had probably followed Janis, Jimi and the rest of the rockers into the great beyond, and the more aware crowd who showed up for "City of New Orleans." No one was ready for the very much alive and not tamed by radio Guthrie or the ch-ch-changes he'd been through. The big news was he'd become a monk, in the same Franciscan lay order as John Michael Talbot, from the country rock band, Mason Proffit. So along with the Arlo crowd pleasers, from "Comin' into Los Angeles" to "I Don't Want a Pickle" and "Alice's Restaurant," he previewed songs from this incredible rock masterpiece, songs of vision and power, notably, "Which Side Are You On?" So, for all the old 'sixties icons who had "sold out," (whatever that means), some were still searching. They included Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, whom Bob Dylan advised to read the Bible, and like Dylan, Stookey embarked on his own spiritual search. One of his best-known concert songs is an Arlo-Guthrie-penned tune that appeared on his Paul And album, "Gabriel's Mother's #16 Talking Highway Blues." Other bands also later covered songs from Outlasting the Blues.

Arlo's Best
This cd contains two albums, one from 1979, the other from 1981(I think). The former, Outlasting The Blues, is my favorite Arlo album. He really hit his stride with this one. His song Prelude is simply beautiful, and his version of Pete Seeger's Sailing Down My Golden River is perfect. His band, Shenandoah, is in top form. Don't miss this one! Arlo is one of those artists whose mission is to generate goodwill. We need more like him. ... Read more

Asin: B00004X0FE
Sales Rank: 146775
Subjects:  1. Contemporary Folk    2. Folk & Traditional    3. Folk-Rock    4. Pop    5. Singer/Songwriter   

In Search of Angels: The Meaning Myth & Allure of Angels
Director: Ken Short
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Outstanding! This video reaches out and touches your soul!
Watched this video last week at a friends house. It shows that angels transend the boundaries of religions and time,into spirituality. Beautiful photography throughout,quotes,music,history. For anyone who believes inangels, it will uplift you, and touch your heart, for anyone who does notbelieve, it will bring "light" where there is darkness. You feelas though the angels themselves have brought this video to you! This videoshines "light" on our loving angel messengers, who are sent tous, to bring love, peace, healing,comfort, and guidance in all of our days! ... Read more

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Naked Songs
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Audio CD (19 September, 1995)
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a great, very original CD that rewards multiple listenings
Naked Songs was my very first experience with Rickie Lee Jones, having been highly recommended by a good friend a few weeks ago. I refrained from starting with the more logical choice of her first album "Rickie Lee Jones," as I suspected that that friend might give me that CD for Christmas (I was right). As a result, it is possibly that my rating is skewed because this is my first contact with R.L.J. and therefore I am rating her against all the other music I've heard, rather than against herself. I cannot speak to the quality of "Naked Songs" in comparison to her other work, but I will say "Naked Songs" is one of the best CDs I've ever heard.

As others have noted, at first I was put off by her voice. Initially, it seemed too loud and a little annoying, but the rhythm of "Young Blood" and the lyrics and melody of "Altar Boy" caught me, and I kept listening. It took a couple of times through the CD, but I have since fallen in love with CD. The more I listen to it, the more I fall in love with other songs that I used to be tempted to skip over and am now instead tempted to put on "repeat." Without a doubt, this is a CD that bears multiple listenings and grows rather than shallows the more you hear it, in my opinion the sign of true quality in a record. Most notably, the songwriting, in terms of both lyrics and music, is incredible throughout.

Rickie Lee Jones is an artist worth looking into. I'm sorry that so few people today seem to have even heard of her. I find myself wanting to make friends sit down and check this CD out. Hopefully you will give her music a chance as well.

uncovered
i thought it was funny -that the one star review, the person from Maine, who said that they thought the musicians on this record hadn't practiced.that is probably true, seeing as it's a SOLO record, and there were no other musicians!
uh?
One of the things that are valuable about this recording is that you can hear traces of roots, and that's always fun.I hear little Curtis Mayfield in Youngblood.And the solo interpretation of Flying Cowboys, which was so great with the band, is very moving here on twelve string.all the emotion in the world springing up suddenly, and then the calm, odd, amazingvoice just speaks the words.an uncomprimising spirit, this really is naked songs, and not just solo recordings.

Rickie Lee Jones is an acquired taste. So I acquired
At first, her little-girl voice can be a bit off-putting--at least I used to think so. Jones herself once commented on the first time she ever heard her own recorded voice in a studio demo; "I sang 'Nights In White Satin' and when they played it back, it sounded like the young Michael Jackson singing 'Nights In White Satin'." But this live set shows that this lady has a gift for songwriting, as well as a gift for choosing offbeat but great cover material to do (such as the finale "Autumn Leaves"). On her "Pop Pop" effort, she does a killer version of the jazz classic "Dat Dere"--I suggest you look that disc up while you're on "dis here" site. But the blockbuster on this album is the gritty "Altar Boy". The one-woman/ one-guitar version of it here, sung in a hushed voice, focuses you more on the lyrics than its original on "Traffic From Paradise", where the scraping pizzicatto strings might tend to get in the way. And it's especially relevant today, given the boom in media coverage of sex abuse by clergy nowadays. So don't let first impressions of Jones fool you--this lady with the childish voice can sing and write with attitude. After all, Neil Young and Tom Waits both have technically horrible voices and look at their stuff. Listen to what she sings instead of how she sings it, and you're more than halfway there. ... Read more

Asin: B000002MZU
Sales Rank: 29170
Subjects:  1. Pop    2. Rock   

Jerry MaGuire: Music From The Motion Picture
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Audio CD (10 December, 1996)
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Crowe
The problem with creating a soundtrack from the score of a Cameron Crowe film is that the man has superb taste in music and his movies last 2 plus hours in many cases, thus only so many songs from the score can be on the 70 minute soundtrack to which a compact disc is limited.I don't think the best job of selection was done in this case...reviewers before me have made clear the reasons why.

good soundtrack
Technically, the two Paul McCartney songs were written while he was still with the Beatles. They're on his eponymous 1970 solo album.

they omitted the best song...
The best song in the entire movie is Charles Mingus' "Haitian Fight Song" when Jerry & Dorothy first sleep together... should've definitely been on the soundtrack... ... Read more

Asin: B000002BST
Sales Rank: 10927
Subjects:  1. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock    2. British Invasion    3. Folk-Rock    4. Pop    5. Pop/Rock    6. Soundtracks    7. Soundtracks & Film Scores   

Ghostyhead
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Not a late-to-the party attempt to revitavlize her sound, Rickie Lee Jones acknowledges the fact that trip-hop is a natural medium for her stripe of boho beatnik in the late 1990s. Intriguing, late-night stuff delivered with style and wit on standouts like "Scary Chinese Movie" and "Little Yellow Town." The lyrics are the make-or-break proposition, but you'll have to go to her web site to find 'em. --Jeff Bateman ... Read more

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ghostyhead come lately
I didn't love this album when it came out, and can't say I love it now, but I have found that the songs from this album have become some of my favorites when I see Rickie live.Little Yellow Town, Ghostyhead, Matters, Cloud of Unknowing, Road Kill - all awesome live.And Howard!What a great song in the live version!Give the album a try, it might surprise you.Then buy some of the live versions from her website and you will be amazed how beautiful these songs are when they are stripped down.

Smely Cat
The title track sounds exactly like Pheobes' 'Smelly Cat' song from Friends. I found the rest of the album annoying in it's dull pretentiousness.

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL!!
Get this album. If you are a RLJ fan and have not got this cd in your collection, do whatever you can to obtain a copy. In my opinion it has to be Rickie's best album and that's saying a lot as I own them all and LOVE every one of them. After a couple of listens this album will take you on a "ride" you will want to experience again and again. From the opening track of "Little Yellow Town" and the upbeat and my favourite, "Road Kill," right the way through the labyrinth of music to the final and subdued "Vessel of Light," every track holds it's own and contributes to a scope of sound you must experience. The album is currently extremely hard to get but according to the RLJ website should be avaiable soon on re-release. When it does, RUSH OUT AND BUY A COPY!! ... Read more

Asin: B000002NER
Subjects:  1. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock    2. Rock    3. Singer/Songwriter