Tift Merritt - Another Country
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Free Music Notes for Another Country
Free Music Review: Might be her best yet...
Hit: 5 Stars
This may be even better than her two previous albums, which were excellent. The lyrics and arrangements are great, and Tift has the best voice this side of Emmylou Harris and the late Dusty Springfield. Free Music Review: Bought on Faith
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought this CD on Faith based on other music I like. Pretty great shot in the dark!Free Music Review: If you like Tift Merritt, you'll like "Another Country"
Hit: 4 Stars
More like "Bramble Rose" than "Tambourine". Check out "I Know What I'm Looking For Now," "Broken," and "Something To Me". :-) Free Music Review: Delicate, beautiful, excellent songwriting
Hit: 4 Stars
This is the first Tift Merritt album I've tried. I am a big fan
of the crop of excellent "Alt-Country" singer/songwriters like Kathleen Edwards and Sarah Harmer. Somehow, I stumbled across the "Broken" track and it was jangly and hookey enough to convince me to try this out.
I'm glad I did.
Her songwriting and themes are extremely varied: an almost jangle-pop effort on "Broken", a Motown groove on "Tell Me Something True", and
the minor-keyed reflective rocker of "My Heart if Free" really show the breadth of her abilities. The latter ("...Free") about the thoughts of a soldier at the WWII Normandy landing really took me by surprise - what a fine song this is!
Some tracks are mind-challenging and a little disturbing like that. Other ones are happy-go-lucky ones that make you feel like you're wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.
I'm not really a fan of Emmy Lou Harris or Nanci Griffith (frankly, they bore me to tears), or other folkies who seem to be compared to Tift. I think this album has better drive than that, and isn't so gosh darn "folkie", which I don't really care for.
Her band is quite competent - they groove together well, keeping it just sparse enough to let Tift's angelic voice cut through. The harmonizing vocals are good and carry nice odd 5ths and other blends instead of the usual tired country-style chords. I'm not the first reviewer to use "angel" to describe her voice. It's the truth. It almost sparkles with the ethereal sweetness of Alison Krauss, and believe me, that's saying something.
To give you a better picture of where I'm coming from, The Beatles, The Who, Jackson Browne, Kathleen Edwards, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sarah Harmer ---- quite a weird list, eh? If that sounds like you, you'll like this album.
So, why only 4 stars and not 5? Believe me, this is a REALLY GOOD album. But I hold back 5-star ratings for things that are landmark achievements.
Free Music Review: Another Country, Merritt's best CD.
Hit: 5 Stars
Tift Merritt has a voice of an angel, reminescent of a young Joni Mitchell.Her last album was nominated for a grammy, and as good as that record was this new one is better.
She presents this excellent album of 11 self penned songs featuring her beautiful unforced voice with haunting harmonies and jangling guitars (Charlie Sexton plays on this record).Each song is a gem, not a dud track amongst them.
Whilst it is only April I can safely predict that this record will be one of my favourite CD's of 2008.
The final track Mille Tendresses has French vocals as a nod to Paris were Merritt resided whilst writing the songs for this album, that was recorded in LA. It works very well as a tie in to the liner notes she writes about her stay in the French capital.