Chris Smither - Time Stands Still
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Artist: Chris SmitherEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Music Label: Signature Sounds
Soundtracks:
- Don't Call Me Stranger
- Time Stands Still
- Surprise, Surprise
- I Don't Know
- Call Yourself
- Old Man Down
- I Told You So
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Miner's Blues
- Someone Like Me
- Madame Geneva's
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Music Review: Chris's latest record, the next best thing to live!
Rating: 4 Stars
I saw Chris in Atlanta on October 17th, 2009, at Eddie's Attic -- great show! Amazingly it had been 10 years since I last caught him live in Logan, Utah. I bought this CD, TIME STANDS STILL, at the show. I haven't been able to review it until now because while the live show was still fresh in my mind the recordings were just not as good, not as vivid, not as funny. Fortunately, with the passage of time I now associate my memories of the live show with these recordings instead of in contrast to the recordings. So with a little distance I can now say, yes, this is another excellent Chris Smither album! If you are not familiar with Smither, he is a superb songwriter and a fantastic acoustic blues guitarist. Like Bob Dylan, he has a great expressive voice that you wouldn't expect to hear at the opera or on Top 40 radio.
The opener is "Don't Call Me Stranger," which was hilarious live, a guy quite crudely trying to get a girl into bed with lines like "I ain't evil, I'm just bad," and "come on baby, feel that infection, I'm your cure." Smither is credited with vocals, acoustic guitar and feet, and if you've seen him live you understand that he is his own rhythm section, tapping his feet on a board. (On the record, we also have David on electric guitar and Zak on percussion -- I believe David is producer David Goodrich, but Zak remains last name-less.) Next up is the quite serious song for Chris's wife, the title track. It is quite beautiful and moving and brought a hush to Eddie's Attic. The third song was my favorite live, "Surprise, Surprise." You get perhaps 1/3 or 1/2 a sense of how funny this one is live, a commentary on tough economic times and more, with lines like "the trickle down will float you up, surprise, surprise, it ain't so" and an appeal to God, "I promise I will bow down to your will, you waited for an answer, surprise, surprise, you waitin' still."
"I Don't Know" was written for Chris's little daughter, and his timing with the repeated refrain had the room in the palm of his hand, laughing with delight. "Call Yourself" is a serious number calling for some introspection. The moving "Old Man Down" was written for Chris's father who recently died. "I Told You So" rocks out like a rowdy Richard Thompson number, making full use of the electric guitar on record. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" is the Dylan cover for this record, and a fine one it is. Two more covers are included, the classic "Miner's Blues" by Frank Hutchison and Mark Knopfler's "Madame Geneva's," with a Celtic feel, as well as another original "Someone Like Me," an unrequited love song.
For anyone checking out Chris's music I recommend his 2000 release Live As I'll Ever Be as his best recording, live from 1999 (see my review). I would recommend Up on the Lowdown from 1995 as his best studio release (see my review). He followed that with another outstanding set in 1997, Small Revelations. TIME STANDS STILL is his second release on Signature Records, after Leave the Light On in 2006.
I just saw Chris again at Blind Willie's in Atlanta on 9/30/10 -- another great show!
(verified purchase from the 10/17/09 Atlanta show)
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