Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
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Free Music Review: Moving voice, moving concepts
Hit: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this CD and have for many years. Those who are unfamiliar with Tracy Chapman should probably begin with this album. It's such a wonderful album because it's poignant, when you're in that type of mood. But it's also music you can sing and dance to, when you're in that type of mood. Very versatile. I love Tracy Chapman!Free Music Review: One of the best albums of the eighties
Hit: 5 Stars
I got the LP version of this album as a Christmas present in 1988. I immediately fell in love with it. She sings about issues such as unemployment and poverty which were rampant during the Reagan years ("Talkin about a Revolution", "Fast Car"). But she offered hope that things would get better as we approached the 90s, which they did. "Mountains O Things" was about the materialsim of the 80s. Other issues she covers are racism ("Across the Lines") and domestic abuse ("Behind the Wall"). Even though this album is almost 20 years old it does not sound dated, as the messages are just as relavent today as they were in 1988.
I bought the CD version in 1992 and I never get tired of listening to it. All of the songs are good but my favorite ones are "Talking about a Revolution", "Fast Car", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Mountains of Things", "Why" and "For My Lover".
Free Music Review: Hmmm...does 5 stars say it all?
Hit: 5 Stars
This is probably one of the first albums I heard that I ever really listened to in my life, and I was always thinking how on earth this could be coming from an artist who at the time was barely known? This type of music is rare in CD release, and it is so astonishingly potent, so brutally truthful, and one of the greatest things for Chapman should ever be remembered. Staying out of the spotlight only made me want to know this person more, and I feel I can relate to her a bit through her music. I doubt that ANY artist can reach the harsh reality in here with much success, and I think it was this debut alone that launched Tracy to superstardom. From poetic lyrics to stories of plain life and its painstaking lessons, it is the deep introspection here that keeps me reutrning. My absolute favorites on this are "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" and "Fast Car", a couple of the very few songs that I can NEVER get tired of hearing for as hard as I try. All the music here is worthy of listening, and I always used to find myself stealing this disc from my parents to take to school with me it is sooo pleasurable:). My experience here is of great satisfaction and high recommendation to the point of coerce. Free Music Review: Absolutely stupendous!
Hit: 5 Stars
Can't stop listening to it, this album is absolutely stupendous, moving, terrific. Tracy Chapman is one incredible musician.Free Music Review: Caters to a Niche
Hit: 3 Stars
Some previous reviewers have lamented the fact that Tracy Chapman is not a recording superstar. I, for one, am baffled at how Chapman could expect anything more than isolated niche success in her endeavors. This album highlights both her strengths and her shortcomings brilliantly, and for some it will hold immense appeal, while not so much for others.
I will confess that I fall into the ambivalent camp. There is a place in my musical collection for Tracy Chapman, but not a big one. This record in particular seems to be so infused with "message" (a common symptom of recordings from activists, though it is more tolerable when the artist has a little bit more of a sense of humor, a la The Coup) that it nearly collapses under the weight of its own moralizing if you invest your full attention to following the words. Very few of the songs are particularly up-tempo and the rhythm in most of the tracks tends to be downplayed.
For some fans, particularly those firmly seated in the soft rock and folk rock genres, that will fit the bill nicely. For me, it's not so great. I hold brazen, unmasked philosophizing in a fairly high contempt in the music I listen to, and so the record tends to grate on my nerves a touch. Good for an occasional play, but probably not anything that would work its way into my regular rotation.