Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
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Artist: Patty GriffinEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Music Label: ATO Records
Soundtracks:
- You'll Remember
- Stay On The Ride
- Trapeze
- Getting Ready
- Burgundy Shoes
- Heavenly Day
- No Bad News
- Railroad Wings
- Up To The Mountains (MLK Song)
- I Don't Ever Give Up
- Someone Else's Tomorrow
- Crying Over
Free Music Notes for Children Running Through
Free Music Review: LYRICALLY LESS SATISFYING, BUT THERE ARE MANY GOOD SONGS - AND THERE'S ALWAYS 'THE VOICE'
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm a late convert to the music of PG. I first bought '1000 Kisses' followed by 'Impossible Dream', and I have bought this album more recently. The songs are influenced by a number of different music genres - the upside being greater musical variety; but on the downside, it means some (many ?) listeners will find a few songs not to their taste (as I did). All songs are written by PG.
Some comments about selected tracks :
BURGUNDY SHOES - A song of nostalgia with fine lyrics. I can empathise with this song - I too, frequently took the bus ride to Bangor when I was a kid (but it was in North Wales, not Maine); it reminds me of a bygone era when life was much simpler. The song is 'topped and tailed' with some delicate piano playing, but the lush string arrangement in the middle, rather spoiled the mood for me.
NO BAD NEWS - With this song, PG demonstrates that she certainly knows how to rock - and she does so without the (almost obligatory) electric guitar bashing which seems to find favour these days.
UP TO THE MOUNTAIN (MLK SONG) - A slow tempo atmospheric gospel number featuring some great piano playing. The lyrics are OK - but I thought somewhat lacking in originality. The song doesn't get the full gospel 'treatment' (and, in a way, I'm glad), but in my book, the vocals are still amazing - 100% soul (Otis would have been proud).
I DON'T EVER GIVE UP - Some 'power ballads' I like, and some I don't - this one, I like a lot. It starts quietly with acoustic guitar and bongo drums, then gradually builds to a climax (the strings kick in to give some added drama). PG and the band take it down again during the last 2 minutes. 'Airplanes are flying', and PG is right up there flying with them on this one - good lyrics and yet more terrific vocals.
SOMEONE ELSE'S TOMORROW - I think easily the best song for those (like me) needing a heavy fix of lyrical imagery. A slow tempo haunting song with piano accompaniment only (no other instruments). Once again, strong vocals from this exceptional singer.
I enjoyed most of the remaining songs, but I positively disliked 'Stay On The Ride' (trite lyrics and a tedious 'conversational' style); also, the pseudo-punk rocker 'Getting Ready' (complete with jangling guitars, feedback and grotty backing vocals) didn't bowl me over.
In terms of the lyrics, I found 'Children Running Through' to be less satisfying than earlier albums - I get the feeling that PG might be running out of steam (but I hope not), and I didn't care for a couple of songs. On some tracks, she's gone a bit mainstream with her vocals, but as far as I am concerned, on this front she still delivers. Sure, a slight disappointment for me after 1000 Kisses, but nevertheless, I found most of 'Children Running Through' highly enjoyable. PG is still in the zone - however, on this album, closer to the periphery than the centre.
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On her fifth studio CD, folk-rocker Patty Griffin employs three timeless themes--childhood, flight, and death--to craft her most musically diverse and accessible album yet. But while moving through jazz, beatnik, classic and modern folk, gospel R&B, Americana, and moody piano ballad, Griffin keeps her backing quiet and spare, all the more to showcase the power of her deft storytelling and the bell clarity of her unadorned soprano. On song after song, the characters who waft through her experience are on the move, chasing one thing and fleeing another--on trains, ships, buses, in cars, even on the aerialist's bar--ultimately trading an ending of one kind for a new beginning and transference. Sometimes--as on the Rickie Lee Jones-ish "Stay on the Ride," where an old man with no name answers an existential urge for going--they don't even know what it is. "Trapeze," the most resonant offering, follows an aging circus performer who'd rather work without a net than take her chances in love. Here, Emmylou Harris adds one of her most aching harmony lines to Griffin's exquisite, ethereal lead, while in the next track, "Getting Ready," the singer turns a 180, laying a sneering Dylanesque vocal over a fiercely scrubbed acoustic guitar and an occasional dissonant kiss-off. "Baby, baby, you were my drug/And I was just your cigarette," she drones knowingly. One suspects that particular object of her affections will soon regret it. --Alanna NashMore from Patty Griffin
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