Eddi Reader - Eddi Reader
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Artist: Eddi ReaderEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-09-13
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- The Right Place - Eddi Reader, Nevin, Mark E.
- Patience of Angels - Eddi Reader, Hewerdine, Boo
- Dear John - Eddi Reader, Nevin, Mark E.
- Scarecrow - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
- East of Us - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
- Joke (I'm Laughing) - Eddi Reader, Hewerdine, Boo
- The Exception - Eddi Reader, Nevin, Mark E.
- Red Face Big Sky - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
- Howling in Ojai - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
- When I Watch You Sleeping - Eddi Reader, Nevin, Mark E.
- Wonderful Lie - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
- Siren - Eddi Reader, Reader, Eddi
Music reviews of Eddi Reader
Music Review: Pleasant Detour
Rating: 4 Stars
I bought this CD by mistake. I had heard part of Reader's "Footsteps Fall" from her other CD, "Simple Soul", on the radio program "Thistle & Shamrock." Not knowing the exact title, I assumed this was the recording on which I'd find it. But not finding that song didn't disappoint me too much once I'd heard the entire CD. In fact, a couple of cuts, especially "Right Place" and "Joke", are pop jewels. Most of these songs have a thrust behind them, as if singer, band, and audience are on a journey at sea and the music skims quickly like a yacht in a race; or, at times, like in "Wonderful Lie" it ebbs and swells as if the journey has taken us to deep uncharted waters. Many of the songs are penned by Reader herself, or her partner, Boo Hewerdine. And they do tell of journeys and adventures in human relationships: bonds forged, infidelity, jealousy, attempts to reconcile, and regretful acceptance when one realizes one can't have what one wants.
And it is with the voice of a siren that Ms. Reader delivers this delightful itinerary. A Scottish brogue comfortable with country-hewn harmonies, and even a bit of Western swing, as in the song "Exception."
Weaknesses here, which are less noticeable in Reader's later recordings, are overproduction in some songs, such as "Wonderful Lie", and a bit of redundancy in the lyrics. An artist needs room to grow. And Reader continues to grow from this lovely stateside debut.
Description of Eddi Reader
Stateside listeners have scant knowledge of Scottish singer and songwriter Eddi Reader past her fleeting blip of recognition as the deliriously lovely voice of Fairground Attraction, which sneaked momentarily onto pop radar in the late '80s. That's more than a pity: Reader's vibrant mezzo soprano and finely detailed songs are emotionally engaging, ear-filling wonders, marked by a wonderful balance of vocal power and unalloyed feeling, and this, her failed bid at an American career, is proof positive. Its lovely mix of acoustic folk accents and pop bloom is the result of an unlikely gestation in Ojai, California, which says nothing about the music--what tells the tale are Reader's smart, tender songs, which capture romantic enchantment ("The Right Place") and disillusionment (the heartbreaking "Dear John") against bejewelled settings that place this squarely within the canon of the best British folk-pop. Think of Nick Drake's younger, saner sister, and you're on the right path. --Sam SutherlandCompilations CDs
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