Iris Dement - Infamous Angel
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Artist: Iris DementEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-05-25
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Let the Mystery Be
- These Hills
- Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart
- When Love Was Young
- Our Town
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
- Infamous Angel
- Sweet Forgiveness
- After You're Gone
- Mama's Opry
- Higher Ground
Music reviews of Infamous Angel
Music Review: Excellent debut
Rating: 4 Stars
She may consider herself primarily a songwriter, but Iris' caught-out-of-time vocals are the central attraction here. Both in delivery and accent, she recreates a lost era in country music, before the rock-n-roll influence. No drums here. If you're looking for a "sounds like..." comparison, the best I can do is Nanci Griffith or Loretta Lynn: uniquely and endearingly twangy.
The songs themselves are a mixed bag. Three or four are memorable, which is about what a decent album shoots for. Her signature rural decay song "Our Town" is here. The opener "Let The Mystery Be" declares her agnosticism toward religion, but most of the other songs drip with southern Baptist values, most notably the closer "Higher Ground" on which Iris yields lead vocals to her mother. Overall, this is the sort of album that helps to complete any well-rounded music collection.
Description of Infamous Angel
Artists like Iris DeMent aren't supposed to exist anymore in this cynical world. Singing unironically about family, forgiveness, and other real-life mysteries, DeMent is accompanied on this great debut by little more than acoustic guitar, upright bass, piano, and an occasional fiddle. But the songs (especially the bittersweet "Our Town" and the grand dreams of "Mama's Opry") are more than smart and honest enough to bear standing so naked. And her singing--highlighting a sweet Ozark twang--is that rarest of gifts: a wise, friendly voice that can break your heart even as it's making it swell with a reason to love again. --David CantwellGeneral CDs
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