Van Dyke Parks - Tokyo Rose
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Artist: Van Dyke ParksEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-08-02
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- America
- Tokyo Rose
- Yankee Go Home
- Cowboy
- Manzanar
- Calypso
- White Chrysanthemum
- Trade War
- Out Of Love
- One Home Run
Free Music Notes for Tokyo Rose
Free Music Review: Another Great Album from Mr. Parks
Hit: 5 Stars
As the title implies, most of the songs on Tokyo Rose are about Japan, or, more accurately, about the relationship between Japan and the United States. The songs are full of poignant social commentary, but it seems that another reviewer has already discussed this, so I'll focus more on the actual music. The album has plenty of slow, beautiful, melodic songs (notably "Cowboy" and "White Crysanthemum"). The song "Calypso" sounds like it should be about Carribean girls stylistically, even though the arrangement is much more complex than such songs typically are, as should be expected from Van Dyke Parks. The most energetic and fun songs on the album are "Yankee Go Home" and the magnificent "Trade War", both of which can stand up to an infinite number of listens on repeat (believe me; I've tried). "America" is similar to "Van Dyke Parks" from "Song Cycle" and "Stars and Stripes Forever" on "Discover America" in the way that Parks rearranges a familiar song to fit the album thematically. It works remarkably well here; I never realized how pretty that song was until I heard it here. There are no bad tracks on the album (has there ever been a bad track on a Van Dyke Parks album?). My one complaint when I first heard the album was that Parks' voice wasn't what it used to be, but I got over that eventually. I should also recommend highly that you listen to this album with headphones if you want to hear it in its full glory.
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