Denison Witmer - Recovered
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Artist: Denison WitmerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Music Label: Fugitive
Soundtracks:
- Simple Man
- Songbird
- Love In Mind
- Nightime
- Farther On
- Brass Buttons
- So Far Away
- It Makes No Difference
- Suzanne
- These Days
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Music Review: Surprised by this GREAT album
Rating: 5 Stars
When I started collecting Denison Witmer's back catalogue of albums after turning on to his fabulous 2005 release (ARE YOU A DREAMER?), I was the least hopeful about this album, RECOVERED, a collection of cover version of early 70s singer-songwriters. Although I had a few of these albums in my record collection (Carole King's TAPESTRY, Joni Mitchell's BLUE), I was not strictly a follower of this Dylan-influenced post-folk tradition. So why would I want a collection of retro cover versions by a 1990s/2000s singer-songwriter I'm just getting into?
Surprise-- I can't get this CD out of my player! This is totally atypical of me-- I like to cycle my listening through a wide range of styles. But no matter what else I play, all I can think is, would it be ridiculous to play RECOVERED again? My biggest concern is that I'm going to get sick of it if I continue like this, but with each playing the emotional honesty of the songs just gets better.
I did not know many of the songs on this album. You couldn't have paid me to listen to records by Fleetwood Mac in the 70s and 80s, but this Christine McVie tune, "Songbird," is enchantingly sung by Denison. Jackson Browne I had more appreciation for, but I am still stunned by Witmer's moving delivery on "These Days." But the biggest highlight of all is the ambient electronic backdrop and loops behind Carole King's "So Far Away," with Denison's voice hushed and barely cracking into song. His love for CSNY comes through on sensitive remakes of Graham Nash's "Simple Man" and Neil Young's "Love in Mind."
Tribute albums can often be pretty embarrassing affairs, but this one does a whole tradition proud and points out how silly we are to overlook its influence and importance. Spread the word far and wide about this CD.
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