Joan Osborne - Relish
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Artist: Joan OsborneEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
CD Release Date: 1995-03-21
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Product features:
- TESTED
- St. Teresa
- Man In The Long Black Coat
- Right Hand Man
- Pensacola
- Dracula Moon
- One Of Us
- Ladder
- Spider Web
- Let's Just Get Naked
- Help Me
- Crazy Baby
- Lumina
Music reviews of Relish
Music Review: Class act
Rating: 4 Stars
This is a completely underrated work. I haven't ventured out and exposed myself to Osborne's subsequent releases, but if they're as good as this one, my laziness is surely getting the best of me.
Near the entirety of 'Relish' has a breezy tone that confidentally strays away from any sense of heavy-handedness, and surely this is one of the most attractive elements of the album, and possessing such a laid back disposition provides a solid re-playability factor.
Osborne's voice is, as most would agree, phenomenal. I haven't come across many female artists with such a refreshing degree of grace or class, and I deem that a huge compliment. And, yet, it's the 'music' here which carries the album with such a paramount force. The instrumentation and performances are able and unique, and quite varying really, and the production is crisp and clear. And despite its polish, the album still feels raw.. organic.. which, yet again, I find most contemporary artists have a difficult time claiming). Most of the album is drenched in a fine deal of pop sentiment, but it's engaging, adult pop, and the ornate instrumentation raise it to a plane above most pop, which would be potentially dismissed for its brimming simplicity.
Quite honestly -- and I do believe very few albums can claim such reverence in this regard -- most of the songs on 'Relish' are excellent, with little to no missteps throughout its entirety. And, sure, most good to great albums are formidably consistent, but 'Relish' has this sort of uncommon finace throughout each individual tune. It's just about as stable an album as they come.
I'd have to say that my personal favorites -- and again due its sustainable ability to near always impress, it's not the easiest task in choosing -- would be "St. Teresa", "Right Hand Man", "One of Us" (which I might add was a magnificent single, one that actually proved to transcend the mass market's severe overplay it received. Surely, if most ordinary folk were asked who Joan Osborne is, this song would be the triggered memory in their noggin's), "Ladder" and "Spider Web". For those of you who've heard the album, it's obvious the choices here revolve around a quicker tempo than much of the more reflective, resting bits, but the various moods displayed here are all affecting in at least some way.
Osborne is an intelligent, self-respecting musician, and seemingly Human being as well, and this fact is easily gathered when hearing 'Relish'. Maybe it's just my lack of exposure to music of this particular breed, but to me, it really stands out as a distinct musical personality. I'd recommend it to anyone I know with some sense of taste, without hesitation.
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