Rickie Lee Jones - The Sermon On Exposition Blvd. [Fold-out Digipak with 14 page booklet]
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Artist: Rickie Lee JonesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Music Label: New West Records
Soundtracks:
- Nobody Knows My Name
- Gethsemane
- Falling Up
- Lamp Of The Body
- It Hurts
- Where I Like It Best
- Tried To Be A Man
- Circle In The Sand
- Donkey Ride
- 7th Day
- Elvis Cadillac
- Road To Emmaus
- I Was There
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Free Music Review: 4-1/2 stars -- Preach on, Rickie
Hit: 4 Stars
The origin of Rickie Lee Jones' latest album The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard comes from writer Lee Cantelon's interpretations of Biblical passages. And while Cantelon still shares co-writer credits for much of this album's tracks, Rickie still does a great job of turning them into her own songs.
Very few of the songs actually seem to carry a spiritual vibe, however; the only ones that really seem to are "Gethsemane", "I Was There" and "Seventh Day". But those are still great songs, and there are plenty more standouts like "Circle in the Sand", "Nobody Knows My Name" and "Falling Up". Rickie also still has a unique way with her lyrics, as illustrated by "Elvis Cadillac" (which shows remembrance of deceased musicians) and "Donkey Ride". And "Road to Emmaus" is a nice instrumental.
Rickie has always had an unconventional style (lyrics AND vocals), so if you're not a fan of hers, you'll probably say that she can't sing. Even so, "Tried to Be a Man" is hard for me to get into. But everything else on here makes this a sermon worth listening to, so in the words of track 6, having this CD in my player is where I like it best.
Anthony Rupert
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Fans of Rickie Lee Jones and Jesus Christ can decide whether this devotional music is rapturously spiritual or deliriously strange. It sounds like nothing Jones has previously released, or anything characterizable as contemporary Christian. Instead, her voice soars and wobbles through repetitive, stream-of-consciousness incantations over rhythmic throbs and pulses. On "Where I Like It Best," Jones testifies to the power of private prayer (while seeming to cast churchgoers as hypocrites). The feral distortions of "Tried to Be a Man" recall some of the textures (if not the themes) of her former boyfriend Tom Waits, while the acoustic setting of "Donkey Ride" features guitar tunings that might make Sonic Youth wince and "Elvis Cadillac" conjures a singular vision of heaven. At close to eight and a half minutes, the closing "I Was There" seems to follow Van Morrison into the mystic. Some of this music is oddly affecting; much of it is merely odd. --Don McLeeseTHE SERMON ON EXPOSITION BOULEVARD, the new album by Rickie Lee Jones and her first for New West Records, is a beauty--soul-satisfying and sonically unique. RICKIE LEE sounds completely tapped in, alive and vital, heading down some mighty interesting roads and discovering new magical essences. Lots of creative sparks here--plenty of them. She sounds like she's going through a transformation throughout the album in a way that's reminiscent of Van Morrison's performances on his classic album Astral Weeks.
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