Chris Robinson - New Earth Mud (with Bonus DVD)
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Artist: Chris RobinsonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Music Label: Redline Ent
Soundtracks:
- Safe in the Arms of Love
- Silver Car
- The Kids That Ain't Got None
- Could You Really Love Me
- Untangle My Mind
- Fables
- Sunday Sound
- Barefoot By The Cherry Tree
- Katie Dear
- Ride
- Better Than The Sun
- She's On Her Way
Free Music Notes for New Earth Mud (with Bonus DVD)
Free Music Review: More questions than answers
Hit: 5 Stars
The Crowes are the greatest band that ever were, but i pay no attention to anything - other than some rumblings a year or so ago, had no idea this was coming out, so it was a wonderful surprise, although looking at the song titles before i heard it, "Katie Dear" kinda filled me with dread,(actually a fragile little dewy spider web on an autumn morning of a song) but turns out it was unjustified. A fewpoints:-It doesn't SOUND like the Crowes, but its Chris expressing himself, which he's a good at, so if you love the crowes deep down, than you'll love this too. The first song is the maybe the Crowes-iest thing here - a deep fried riff - put that guitar on yo hip boy! First listen reminded me in places of the By Your Side bsides
-Interesting people involved - one of the Stone temple Pilots, some guy I never heard of who is the most involved and comes off as a good guy who I'd be interested to know more about, The enigma that is Eddie Harsch (hurrah) oh and the greatest guitarist it's ever ben my pleasure to stand infront of slack jawed - MARC FORD! hell YEAH!
-Really nicely arranged - weird organs, moogs, only some dodgy Nick Drake sounding Saxophone on Untangle my Mind is a little jarring
-Good to excellent lyrics throughout. Not as bad as they have been (listening to the missing songs of the crowes career on Tall As Can Be it seems that it was often the quality of lyrics that dicated if a song made it onto the records - when Our Hero writes bad lyrics he really writes bad lyrics, but when he's good it's poetry pure and simple and bests Dylan) Somewhere between Wiser Time and Heavy all in all.
-Chris wrote alot of these on his own, which is interesting 'cause Rich always wrote the music and he the words as I understand it, so its good to hear his musical ideas, and guitar playing which is lovely in a Mark Olson/Creek Dipper way.
-In it's own right i think this is a beautiful record - Chris certainly developing, using shade and colour well and thinking about what he wants to say. Of course five stars, because I think he's a genius and am entirely biased
I think I can understand that for his first record on his own, Chris may not have wanted to involve any of the Crowes directly, it DOES make sense, and it feels selfish to say it, BUT
You have to wonder... What of the rest of the Marc Ford stuff? I don't want to do Paul Stacey a diservice, but with every listen to the holy trinity (Southern Harmony, Amorica, 3 Snakes) and the live recordings from that time (93 - 96 man - what shows!) Marc Ford's stock rises a little more and I miss him a little more every time. Ed is here as well in the background of the songs and its like we're being teased a little bit I imagine that there's some bridges to be rebuilt, but you have to imagine that the feeling those guys must have experienced when they played was sublime - just seeing them was terribly moving - being the source of that is almost unimaginable.
Take it for what it is - a brilliant record, tender, happy, a little wiser (3000 more in 2 days), a little wider than one might expect, and thats good. I look forward to listening to this almost constantly for the next few months i should imagine and then throughout the rest of my life as devoted Acrowe-lyte. Another quick selfish fantasy hinted at above - how cool would it be for chris and Mark Olson to do something?
It's just so tantalising that with Marc involved however far back that may have been, and however good this record is (and it is - fivestars!) the phantom of the most awe inspiring live presence of at least the last thirty years (ever for me) - the creature they called Robinson/Robinson/Ford/Colt/Gorman/Harsch (well Ok, noone called them that, but come on...!) hangs over it like Midnight Mass over Advent.
Whatever, enjoy it, cause its lovely, personal and very sincere without being cloying - perfectly balanced in fact. And thanks to the man for letting us in on whats going on in his life. Love him xx
New Earth Mud (with Bonus DVD) Poster
Strictly limited Australian edition of the Black Crowes vocalist's solo debut includes two live/acoustic bonus tracks, 'Sunday Sound' & 'We All Want Love', plus a bonus DVD (Pal format) containing a 40 minute documentary on the making of the album (by DarFormer Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson quickly stakes out his own turf on his solo debut, frequently eschewing his familiar rock rasp for a simpler, neo-folkie delivery. Tracks like the soulful "Fables," the haunting "Katie Dear," and infectious "Silver Car" most effectively navigate a new path. But ironically, Robinson's deliberate distancing from the Crowes' excesses paints him into problematic corners. The laid-back country jones he exhibits on "Sunday Sound" and "Barefoot by the Cherry Tree" often gets the best of him, while the spare, promising folk-rock of "Could You Really Love Me?" degenerates into familiar Robinson tent-revival vocal territory. If "Ride"'s funky corners and Robinson's general willingness to experiment show promise, they also suggest the singer's talents need a little competitive goosing, a reinforcement the decades-old truism that the greatest rock music is often the byproduct of the fiercest rivalries and infighting. --Jerry McCulley
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