Eddi Reader - Angels & Electricity
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Artist: Eddi ReaderEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- Kiteflyer's Hill
- Prayer Wheel
- Postcard
- Wings On My Heels
- On A Whim
- Hummingbird
- Barcelona Window
- Bell, Book And Candle
- California
- Follow My Tears
- Psychic Reader
- Please Don't Ask Me To Dance
- Clear
Music reviews of Angels & Electricity
Music Review: Wherefore art thou, fame?
Rating: 4 Stars
Eddi is one of those great, talented artists who will thankfully never make it big. All the better for those of us who know her, who can cherish her for who she is, not who her label wants to sell her as.With much debate, I nominate this as my favorite Reader album, although the Maxi-Single is darn close...
I think what I enjoy most about her is her subtlety, which she uses without moderation =) Her writing and her vocal prowess are such that you might miss them, if you aren't looking for them. Like a great film technician, her best stuff is the stuff that you take for granted, and only afterward realize was beautiful and tasteful.
While all the album as a whole is a nice collection, it lacks the kind of cohesion that would make it a 5-star job. Still, the first and especially fourth tracks are hauntingly beautiful, and certainly keep me wanting to keep this disc in circulation in my player, so that her voice will stay in my ears like aural fudge. Sweetness!
If you find yourself taken by her, then just take a look at some of the people she's worked with, and hopefully, you'll discover some more new faces that will inspire you--her circle is a very talented one.
Description of Angels & Electricity
Japanese edition of 1998 solo album by the former FairgroundAttraction leader with two hidden bonus tracks added: 'Homesick Son' & 'St. Christopher'. 15 tracks total, also featuring the single 'Kiteflyer's Hill' and a cover of Ron Sexsmith's 'On A Whim'. As with her last couple of albums, guitarist/ vocalist Boo Hewerdine, of jangly '80s British alternative act The Bible, guests on many of the tracks. Full color picture disc. A Blanco Y Negro release.Encompassing everything from understated acoustic ballads to jangly, guitar-driven pop, Eddi Reader's folk-rock hybrid rarely plays it straight. Picking up where she left off with 1997's Candyfloss and Medicine, Reader remains true to her own unique and enjoyable muse. Of course, it doesn't hurt that her always-amazing voice is in top form. "Prayer Wheel," with its exuberant chorus, masks a story of lost love behind a veneer of unadulterated pop. As usual, Reader draws on a number of songwriters to compile a topnotch collection of songs (including one, "On a Whim," written for her by Ron Sexsmith). But the best songs here are the ones written by or with longtime musical partner Boo Hewerdine: "Bell, Book and Candle" is a gorgeous, haunting tale of lost love, while "California" has a truly greasy groove to go with Reader's equally sexy vocals. Besides, it's always endearing to hear a Glasgow gal work her way around the word "California." --Percy Keegan
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