Joseph Arthur - Redemption's Son
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Artist: Joseph ArthurBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Music Label: Umvd Labels
Soundtracks:
- Redemption's Son
- Honey And The Moon
- Dear Lord
- I Would Rather Hide
- Innocent World
- September Baby
- Nation Of Slaves
- Evidence
- Let's Embrace
- Termite Song
- Permission
- Favorite Girl
- You Are The Dark
- In The Night
- Blue Lips
- You've Been Loved
Free Music Notes for Redemption's Son
Free Music Review: By Jove, he's done it again...
Hit: 5 Stars
Joseph Arthur's previous album, "Come to Where I'm From", is an alternately haunting and enchanting record that seemed to sneak its way into your heart. Repeat listens to it reveal its brawny songcraft. The morose words and the mournful melodies convey that the man behind it had probably seen better days than when he wrote and recorded them; he sounded as though it was all he could do to roll out of bed in the morning.
Thankfully, "Redemption's Son" seems to find him in better spirits, although that still isn't saying much (only a few of these tunes truly qualify as upbeat). The real good news is that he appears to have taken some strides forward artistically, building upon what was already a solid foundation. This time around, his lyrics are more articulate and poetic, his arrangements more supple and complex.
The first notes of the title track pull you in almost immediately and the voice is indeed the one we recognize from his last offering, but something is different. That voice is more alive this time--he's singing far above the whispery level he used for much of his previous offering--and emotion that was hinted at and shown in flickers becomes far more evident.
Then, track after track, Arthur reminds you why his previous album was worthy of several spins. Also, he gives you new reasons to listen on such songs as "Dear Lord" that make you want to clap and sing along. The contrast in mood between those and more gently melodic "You Are The Dark" only serves to intensify the effect of both.
Put the two albums together and the end result is that of an artist who has worked his way out of an emotional funk by creating beautiful and powerful music that covers more ground than many artists can hope to cover in a career.
Redemption's Son Poster
Third album for critically acclaimed U.S. singer/songwriter discovered by Peter Gabriel. For fans of Leonard Cohen, Joe Henry & Jeff Buckley. Produced by T-Bone Burnett it features 16 tracks. Highlights include, 'Honey & The Moon', 'You Could Be In Jail',One of the most promising of Peter Gabriel's Real World label protégés came not from some dusty, Third World village, but from that American tire and rubber mecca, Akron, Ohio. But while Arthur's previous Gabriel-inspired adventures netted him considerable critical kudos and even a ?99 Grammy nod for his self-created album art, he turns an even neater trick here. The frameworks for Arthur's 16 poetic, alternately introspective and impressionistic songs may be more firmly rooted in traditional folk and singer-songwriter formula than ever, but the influence of Gabriel seems even more pronounced on the album's evocative, often hypnotic sonic textures. Densely layered yet deceptively organic, it's a record of endless production subtleties in service of songs that trickle and dart like a playful stream of consciousness. Whether putting his own peculiar spin on romantic foibles in the dirge-turns-anthem "Favorite Girl," the upbeat energy of "Let's Embrace" and "In the Night," or conjuring more intriguing existential imagery on the fragile "You Are the Dark," Arthur has produced an album that reveals itself anew on every listen. --Jerry McCulley
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