Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
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Free Music Review: Mistake in Michael's review
Hit: 4 Stars
Just a correction on Michael's review - The song "Top of the World" was written by Patty Griffin. The Dixie Chicks recorded a version for their Home CD and Patty has now recorded her own version, which is beautiful. It is remniscient of some of Tori Amos' songs where the lyrics are the focal point of the song, not the music. I believe they are some of the most heartbreaking lyrics I've heard from any artist. Patty is truly a find and I'm glad others across the country have discovered one of Austin's favorites.Free Music Review: Is the dumpster the origin of life?
Hit: 1 Stars
O.K., so I listened to this disk once and most likely won't again. On one of the cuts Patti sings "standin" five times in a row. C'mon now. Come up with any poet or songwriter of worth who would repeat the same word five times in a row. I can't help but think that Patti scoops her lyrics out of a dumpster dumpster dumpster dumpster dumpster.Free Music Review: Great songs, poor mixing
Hit: 3 Stars
The songs are amazing. Par for the course though with Griffin, she always manages to find someone to screw things up. The album is mixed and mastered horribly. Her voice booms on most of the tracks and some of her guitar playing is barely audible. It sounds like the musicians are playing in one room and she is singing in another. I find myself constantly adjusting the volume control. The musicianship is poor on most tracks, and any good stuff being played sounds muddy or inaudible. The sparce arrangement on Top of the World sounds like a rip off the Dixie Chicks version which is a major disappointment, considering what a great job her band did with it during the last tour she was on. "Cold as it Gets" features some of her most cliche and trite lyrics. It is one of the few songs she's written that is desperate for musical arrangement and ofcourse, there is none. Highlights are the beautiful "Rowing Song" and "Useless Desires". This cd could have been a classic, instead it ends up as a solid effort.Free Music Review: LOVE IT!
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a Tori, Ani, Radiohead fan who wanders into unknown territory all the time, just to see what else is going on. I've been fooled by great reviews on Amazon before and so I creeped slowly toward Ms. Griffin, ready to bolt for the door the moment I suspected a trap. In the end, I bought this album simply because I thought the album art was real perdy.
Now, my CD player refuses to give this one up and I'm not complaining. Patty, how did I live without you for so long?
This album is full of heart, honest, and bellowing, weeping, and laughing with talent that is certain of itself, minus an overblown ego.
I bought all the other albums and am waiting, waiting, waiting for them to arrive. Patty, I hope you're in the studio right now, recording more!
Free Music Review: The dark side of Patty Griffin
Hit: 5 Stars
Patty Griffin is one of those artists who seem to discover songs rather than write them; her music has a magical, eternal quality that is not easy to identify. Is it her arrangements, which combine delicate, understated acoustic tones with a refreshingly tasteful use of electronic and synthesised sounds? Or her lyrics, which mercilessly lay bare our hidden fears and useless desires? Whatever it is, Patty Griffin has created a sound that is entirely her own, and never has this been more beautifully clear than in Impossible Dream. Darker and more inward looking than 1000 Kisses, there is a recurring theme of frustration and inability to find contentment, indicated by the title of both the album and the fifth track, Useless Desires. Lyrically Patty is still on form, with her unique ability to wrap up such simple sentiments with wonderful charm and clarity: "We're just like anyone else/We just want a little bit of sun for ourselves/And a little bit of rain to make it all grow/maybe a minute or two to get lost in the glow of love". Her foray into the blues, as in Love Throw a Line and Standing, should be seen as a sunny spell in this otherwise exquisitely melancholic collection. Highlights are, as ever, the most simple and moving songs, such as Icicles and Kite Song. This album is a celebration of beauty, love and emotion; if any of those things interest you, Impossible Dream won't be leaving your CD player any time soon.