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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 40 reviews)
Sales Rank: 77
Category: Music
Artist: Brandi Carlile
Publisher: SonyBMG
Studio: SonyBMG
Manufacturer: SonyBMG
Label: SonyBMG
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886972867823
EAN: 0886972867823
ASIN: B0013V2V3E
Release Date: April 21, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Late Morning Lullaby | | • | The Story | | • | Turpentine | | • | My Song | | • | Wasted | | • | Have You Ever | | • | Josephine | | • | Losing Heart | | • | Cannonball | | • | Until I Die | | • | Downpour | | • | Shadow On The Wall | | • | Again Today | | • | Turpentine (Video) | | • | The Story (Video) | | • | Downpour (Live Track) | | • | Josephine (Live Track) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
Nothing new, but still good quality May 12, 2008
For those unfamiliar with Brandi Carlile's work, she's probably best compared to KT Tunstall, with similar use of instrumentation and a similar vocal range. But whereas Tunstall's second album substantially developed on her first, Carlile's follow-up to her eponymous debut takes only modest steps forward, whilst ticking all the same boxes. So it's still angsty guitar-heavy rock with a little country influence; fortunately, it's also still rather good.
An example: in her first album, Carlile often slides around the music, glissing between notes, giving a lazy, luxurious quality to some of her songs. In the follow-up, she lets her voice slide further, across whole octaves, between registers even, and she even occasionally lets it break angrily. This is not a profound change to the way she sings, but a moderate development of her old style.
It feels like a quality album and is a good listen, and worth hearing more than once - but still I hope that Brandi will be a little more daring in her next album.
 Not quite country, not quite blues May 8, 2008
Is this blue with a country feel or country with a blues feel?
Advertised under the blues genre this is perhaps a little misfiled as if you're expecting something in the genre of BB King or Muddy Waters then you will be disappointed. This is more like Tammy Wynette produced by a blues artist and if you look at the back of the album you can see a very good reason for that; the producer is T Bone Burnett who is well known in the traditional american music tradition so it's perhaps not surprising that the end result is something of a crossover between the genres. Indeed it would be very tempting to compare it to the recent material that Robert Plant has been doing with Alison Krauss which is also produced by T Bone Burnett and also has that same feeling of crossing over between genres.
Ignoring the style how does it hold up as an album? Well most of the material here is very solid material, very well played, sung and produced. The sort of album which is likely to please everyone but when I try and think of any particular track I find that none of them were that memorable. Bradi Carli is the sort of artise whose work I suspect I will always have time to listen to if not going as far as spending very much money on it. This is an easy listening country / blues crossover, probably interesting to fans of either of those genres but with limited appeal outside of those.
Huge Potential - not there yet May 2, 2008
The standout tracks on this album (The Story, Turpentine) show just how much potential Brandi Carlile has. Her voice manages to blend the vocal abilities of the late Jeff Buckley with the vastly under-rated Maria McKee. The only issue is the quality of songs. Some just don't seem to be going anywhere and although pleasant are pretty much instantly forgetable. A decent album, well worth a listen but not necessarily worthy of all the hype. Not just yet anyway.
Competent modern country April 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like this CD but unfortunately I find it all a bit "me-too". It sounds like so many other female country acts at the present. The songs are all well presented and Carlile sings well and expresses the emotions clearly. Unfortunately the songs themselves seem uninspired with none of them staying in my memory after listening to the CD. I've played it over half a dozen times now and still can't whistle or hum any of the tracks until I hear them. Good enough for background music but just nothing very memorable.
Really good! April 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I hadn't heard of Brandi Carlile before, but will certainly look out for her music in the future. She shows considerable diversity on this album - from belters like 'The Story' to the bluegrass inspired 'Josephine'. Other highlights for me include "Turpentine" and "Shadow on the Wall" although it's the sort of album that you enjoy different things each time you liste. It's hard to say who Brandi is like, but there are touches of Katie Melua, Norah Jones, KD Lang and others, but ultimately, she is herself, and really good.
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