Kate Rusby - The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
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Music CD Cover Artist: Kate Rusby Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2005-10-11 Music Label: Compass Records Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for The Girl Who Couldn't Fly Album
Free Music Review: A somewhat different album, some disappointments, but good album nonetheless
Hit: 4 Stars
First, I am a fairly big fan of Kate Rusby. She is exceptionally talented.
I will start with what I don't like about this album. I find many of Rusby's albums to be slightly difficult to get into so I always listen to the whole thing several times before reviewing it. This album seemed to me more difficult to get into than normal. It is inspired, but takes a little more effort to appreciate. Also it would have been nice if she credited Oliver Goldsmith properly for Mary Blaize (IMO, Goldsmith's original version was clearer than Rusby's). I would also like to see a version of the tradition balad "The Elfin Knight" rather than the brief song on this album.
If you are looking for more on Mary Blaize, check Project Gutenberg for Mary Blaize, Goldsmith and Caldecott.
However, there some real treasures in this album and some of them have become my favorite songs from Rusby. The best songs, IMO, on the album are The Lark, Mary Blaize, Moonshadow, and Wandering Soul. Wandering Soul has become my absolute favorite of Rusby's songs.
I keep getting a sense that "Game of All Fours" is a double entendra with sexual undertones in the good old tradition of Old English riddles.
All in all a good album but listen to it a few times before forming an opinion.