Eddi Reader - Peacetime
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Artist: Eddi ReaderEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-19
Music Label: Compass Records
Soundtracks:
- Baron's Heir + Sadenia's Air - Eddi Reader, McCusker, John
- Muddy Water - Eddi Reader, Hewerdine, Boo
- Mary and the Soldier - Eddi Reader, Traditional
- Aye Waukin-O - Eddi Reader, Traditional
- Prisons - Eddi Reader, Douglas, John
- The Shepherd's Song - Eddi Reader, Douglas, John
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon - Eddi Reader, Traditional
- Should I Pray? - Eddi Reader, Douglas, John
- The Afton - Eddi Reader, Dillon, Johnny
- Leezie Lindsay - Eddi Reader, Burns, Robert
- Safe as Houses - Eddi Reader, Hewerdine, Boo
- Galileo (Someone Like You) - Eddi Reader, O'Rourke, Declan
- Peacetime - Eddi Reader, Hewerdine, Boo
- The Calton Weaver - Eddi Reader, Traditional
Music reviews of Peacetime
Music Review: This is THE Eddi Reader CD to buy
Rating: 5 Stars
I can't emphasize enough how great this CD is, SO out-of-body experience great, greater than Fairground Attraction even. I think that those people who made comments about its 'folk' based genre missed the point: we KNOW Eddi sings great, but this one also has great SONGS all over it; that it was perhaps largely inspired or focused by, folk music is immaterial. That Eddi is now truly as great or even greater than she's ever been, must truly be a satisfying accomplishment for her. Maybe John Douglas' 3 all-time classic songs from the past 2 CD's helped push her over the top--"Wild Mountainside," "Prisons," and "Should I Pray?" But she now knows I'm sure that no one does what she does better than she does it. Bleep Amazon that this tape didn't make their Top 100 CD's of the year: you see, in my less than intelligent country, one has to make room for Hilary Duff and Britney. (shudders).
For those, like me not long ago, who are now 'catching up' on the Eddi Reader solo tapes we've missed, I'd like to warn though, that some of those are much more ordinary, more fair to good than great. R n R history it appears is replete with singers from great groups who go on to make less great solo tapes (like, er, Paul Weller? anyone), and until her recent artistic triumphs--especially this one, I can see how people might have included Eddi into that group. One has to think back to the 90's to remember the context of those releases: you had the riot grrls, hip-hop like TLC and gangstar rap, you had those horrid Seattle things that drove Crowded House and R.E.M. off the radio, and you had Lillith performers. This, I guess is the genre that Eddi usually had in mind with releases such as "Mirmama" and "Candyfloss and Medicine" (surprisingly bad); "Eddi Reader" (not bad); and "Angels and Electricity" (not good)-with the exception of course of the Ron Sexsmith song "On a Whim" which critics would fall all over themselves had it appeared on a CD of a critics darling such as Cat Power or P.J. or Liz or whoever--and yes, would in and of itself, justify the purchase of that CD. Whoever listened back and decided to keep Eddi's laugh near the end of that song (amongst the ghost woo-woo background voices) deserves SUCH a pat on the back, it's profound, because really that song does not have to be all fragile and vulnerable like an Amy Winehouse suffering song, but more like Brian Wilson's "Don't Worry Baby," there's some yin there to balance; I mean the words are "It's a cold and raining day, but it feels so RIGHT, to be out on a limb..."(not on a ledge, and gosh if Scottish people don't pronounce 'limb' like 'lamb') Right? Like there's a connection maybe between dissatisfaction or an outsider's perspective to creativity and change that I think the modern day Eddi would bring out more defiantly. Yes, of course, she still sang great back then--how could she not? and her lyrics have that kind of Costello intelligence to them and are usually interesting. But she can't really write songs. Not very well, anyway, although yes, she still received help from others, notably from Mark Nevin. I also see Kristy MacColl's name on one, and Sexsmith, and Boo Hewerdin (man, it's really an embarrassment of my life to admit that I never associated Fairground Attraction or Eddi with Scotland...until the Burns tribute CD...ohhhh!). So, while yes these efforts might compare favorably to the Cowboy Junkies or Lone Justice--whom I and a lot of people maybe bought one CD from--each, they are far from the upper Lillith people like Sarah Mac and Suzanne Vega. I mean I LOVE Eddi, but I got to admit it. Many of these 90's songs meander. They are "atmospheric" if that means, less than classic songwriting, you know, cool sounds and mood rather than hooks: which is to say they have 'bum' even 'boring' songs. They lack the authority and skill of "Peacetime." [So Buy this one already. You'll love it].
As a side-bar, I--slow to catch onto things apparently like my country--the U.S.?, rediscovered by connection, the Trashcan Sinatras (remember "Obscurity Knocks"?), who now I also have to rebuy a number of CD's which I didn't know existed (after the first 2). I am running out of Eddi tapes to buy, and frankly, leary of repeating the disappointment that came with buying "Miramama" and "Candyfloss & Medicine." So, could some Eddi expert please advise me: are "Driftwood" and "A Simple Soul" worth it? I mean, are they better than those 2? Thanks very much!
Description of Peacetime
2007 solo release from the singer/songwriter and former vocalist in Fairground Attraction. 13 tracks including 'Muddy Water', 'Prisons', 'Should I Pray' and more. Rough Trade.Compilations CDs
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