Red House Painters - Old Ramon
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Free Music Review: Old Ramon is a masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok...with much respect to all the old RHP fans! I can hardly believe my eyes when I see a few people make any bad comments on anything about this record, "Michigan" being such a great song! being I didn't really like the band til I heard Old Ramon, it was a great place to start.I am a firm believer on an artist gets better and better with time, sure its not the long drawn-out reverby versions of the old 1993, 94's RHP, but this album is by far the best album in my opinion. and I even told that to Mark Kozelek personally!!
the production is a better than anything I have ever heard from them, "Songs for a Blue guitar" was alright, but it had too many different changing in the tones between songs, like it may have been recorded in a different times.
but Old Ramon holds its wieght, very constant, I will not go as far as saying these have all the hits on it, I mean lets face it, "Japenese to English, Katy song, Uncle Joe and Grace Catherdal Park" are all RHP classics, and are also my favorite songs as well.
but what I am trying to say is that this whole album is such a well weaved piece of emotion, everysong really fits so perfectly after the next song, which is something I find not in any other RHP albums, there are NO awkward tracks, unlike the other songs I have too skip on other albums.
just in the opening line on "Smokey" "you caved my Karma in" is just enough sadness and feeling to make you cry!!
and all that nonsence about the 4th track "In between days" being ugly and overbearing, thats definatly not the case, trust me if your a first time buyer this is the one to start with, then I would go back one album at a time!
but don't forget that he has a band now called "Sun Kil Moon" and its awesome!!!!coming Nov 4th on Jetset Records!!
and don't forget that he has a lIve album on Subpop called White x-mas,truly the second masterpiece!!
chris
Free Music Review: Would Make a Fantastic Final Album
Hit: 5 Stars
You have it all, folks. Some of Kozelek's most profound and mature lyrics. The best production of any Red House record so far. A concept album about the death of the American Dream and the following, inevitable soul-searching that comes next. A sound landscape from gentle lovesongs to angry, powerful epics. This album has it all- and it is precisely FOR that reason that it turns so many people away- the average listener simply doesn't have that much attention to give to a music album these days. To all those people who said this album isn't as good as their older stuff- you have no clue what you're talking about. And Mark- "I don't care what they say about you".Free Music Review: A great band that we need to hear more from.
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been a huge fan of Red House Painters since the first time I heard them. It was "Summer Dress," from their ablum Ocean Beach. I haven't stopped listening since.While I don't think that this album is quite as good as "Songs for a Blue Guitar," it is definately worth owning. The first four songs along with number nine are the ones that stand out for me. This album took forever to get to us and it has been way too long since we have heard from them. We need more.
Free Music Review: Took Me a While to Discover This One
Hit: 5 Stars
When this album initially came out in 2001 I listened to a friends copy of it and decided it was way too slow for me. I love the Red House Painters more than most bands (and that says a lot), but for some reason this album just seemed too slow to really get into it. My girlfriend bought it for me this Christmas and I have to say I was quite wrong about it. On first listen I was surprised to notice that it wasn't as slow as I remember and the songs just have that Mark Kozelek sound about them that is both indescribeable and beautiful at the same time. A wonderful album that took me a while to discover. If you are an RHP fan or a fan of Mark's solo work you won't be disappointed.Free Music Review: Beautifully Sad and Perfect
Hit: 5 Stars
Quite possibly one of the best albums I've ever heard. This was my first RHP album. I had heard them on an Internet radio station and was immediately blown away. It's become an instant classic in my collection.Favorites on the disc include "Void", "River" and "Golden". Actually, they're all damn good. I'm hard pressed to listen to an album all the way through. Not since Radiohead's "OK Computer" have I been able to sit through 74 straight minutes of the same band. I sometimes listen to "Old Ramon" two or three times, in its entirety, with no breaks in between.