Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers
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Free Music Review: Maturing writer.
Hit: 5 Stars
In Ms. Edwards newest CD Asking for Flowers, she shows an interestingly matured viewpoint from earlier outings. The innuendo is more subdued and the anxiety she expresses might be coming for a husband who feels unappreciated, more than a woman not quite 30.
The title song is one easily changed to come over that waywith the addition of one word, "Asking[me]for flowers is like [me] asking you to be nice. Don't tell me you're too tired, for ten years I've been working nights", as is "I make the Dough, you get the Glory". Although there are bits of wry humor in songs like "Cheapest Key", in general, this is another great CD guaranteed in the words of Neil Young "To bring you right down" (referring to his song "Don't let it bring you down") but I enjoy a sad kind of album from time to time, and Ms. Edwards makes sad beautiful.
Free Music Review: Kathleen just keeps getting better...
Hit: 5 Stars
From top to bottom this record is amazing. If you love great song-writing and great musicianship you will not be disappointed. Kathleen's not going to amaze anybody with vocal gymnastics, but she doesn't have to, she drives the songs perfectly by blending her voice seemlessly with the tracks being laid down by the band.
I bought this without hearing any of the songs, and was almost dreading opening it and playing it thinking it might be a letdown from Failer and Back to Me. But, upon popping it in the CD player I was hooked from the first song.
Take all the time you want Kathleen if you're going to keep making them like this.
Free Music Review: Asking for kudos
Hit: 5 Stars
I was a little off put by the slick musicians involved in this-Ms. Edwards writes beautifully crafted landscapes tinted by earthy bluntness and such clean music seemed to weaken it a bit.
I was wrong! She's the best of this type of song writer and three albums into her career she hasn't missed a step.
She's right up there now with Lucinda Williams with a great song and a lasting impression.
Asking for Flowers is a great album!
Kathleen Edwards is a great song writer.
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Free Music Review: Another great one
Hit: 5 Stars
After loving her first two CDs, I wondered if she could keep it up for the 3rd one. The answer is yes. More great songwriting. The title track is a beautiful look reflecting on a relationship. "Buffalo" describes a lost relationship in cold upstate NY. "I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory" has the qualities of a good country song. If you liked her other CDs, you will like this one. She once listed her musical influences as Tom Petty and fellow Canadian, Neil Young. another good CD from A very talented singer songwriterFree Music Review: an amazing album
Hit: 5 Stars
Kathleen Edwards is a great songwriter, and this album is her best to date. A true "album," that holds together when listened to straight through, that succeeds as a whole. "Asking For Flowers" and "Oil Man's War" are my favorite cuts, and having heard her sing the devastating "Alicia Ross" live a couple of times was glad to see it included here. But from the early imagery contained in the first song's asking "have you ever seen lightning in snow?" to the haunting "Goodnight, California," this is a memorable record.