Glen Phillips - Mr. Lemons
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Artist: Glen PhillipsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2006-05-02
CD Release Date: 2012-05-02
Music Label: Umami/bigHelium
Soundtracks:
- Everything But You
- Blindsight
- Thank You
- I Still Love You
- Last Sunset
- I Want a New Drug
- Marigolds
- Waiting
- Didn't Think You Cared
- The Next Day
- A Joyful Noise
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Music Review: Mr. Lemons
Rating: 5 Stars
Glen Phillips' music is not for everyone. Fans of overproduced pop, overwrought and overemoted American Idol-style singing, over-simplified or over-exaggerated song lyrics will find nothing for them here. Glen has built a reputation among his loyal fan base for songwriting that ranges from subtle prodding of one's inner self, to spilling one's insides both beautiful and ugly for all to see. Matched perfectly with a voice that can express a full spectrum of emotion in a single phrase, that songwriting has blossomed through three solo albums, a live disc, and the Mutual Admiration Society collaboration with Nickel Creek.
On "Mr. Lemons", his latest release, Glen Phillips backs away a bit from the shiny pop production of last year's studio-backed "Winter Pays For Summer". "Lemons" is more sparse, closer to one of Glen's solo acoustic shows, and yet it's full of life and the knowledge of all that life brings, both sour and sweet. Songs that depict the ambiguity of relationships -- from the first track "Everything But You", through "I Still Love You" and "Waiting" -- reflect a far deeper understanding of love and its joy and pain than 99% of the fluff that passes for pop love songs. Glen is also not afraid to address death and sorrow, and to find hidden nuggets of hope and happiness amid the sadness and gloom. From "Last Sunset", which is so life-affirming yet acknowledges that life is finite, to the brooding "Marigolds", and culminating in the quietly masterful "A Joyful Noise", Glen shows that he's not afraid to look both death and life in the face. And he's quite willing and adept to look in the mirror and see both the good and the ugly reflected there, as in "Didn't Think You Cared".
A couple of highlights of this album don't fit easy classification: "Thank You" could be a religious hymn of praise or a song of gratitude to a parent, lover, or close friend. And "The Next Day", which speaks of broken promises and resolutions fallen by the wayside, could be taken as a personal assessment or a pointed and quite non-partisan commentary on the state of our world and our society.
Glen Phillips is one of those rare talents that never seem to be appreciated by their contemporaries. He records in relative obscurity and seems content to sell a few thousand copies of each release, play for a few hundred people at a time. It is clear throughout "Mr. Lemons", as it has been in his previous solo work, that he does this because it is what he loves. Perhaps fame and great success would change his outlook -- and Glen deserves at least the chance to find out -- but after hearing "Mr. Lemons" as well as his previous work, I think not. I look forward to hearing his voice and his words for many more years to come.
If you love good music, give Glen Phillips and "Mr. Lemons" a listen. You will not be disappointed.
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After opting for a lush and refined sound on his last record, Winter Pays For Summer, Glen Phillips spins the production knobs to zero on his third solo record since leaving Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1998. Songs like "Blind Sight," "Last Sunset," "Marigolds," and "Didn't Think You Cared" are chiefly built around Phillips honey-dipped voice and a lonely guitar, throwing a bone to the legion of fans that prefer his lone-man live performances. But that's not to say Phillips fails to shine in a bigger band setting. "Next Day" and "Everything But You" are unadulterated pop songs, while "Waiting" (featuring backing vocals by Kim Richey) plays like a folk song straight out of 1970s Topanga Canyon. Only a bluesy revamping of Huey Lewis's MTV hit "I Want a New Drug" misses its mark. As hard as Phillips tries to make the song his own, its trite lyrics sound out of place among the many stalwart originals. --Scott Holter
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