Jules Shear - Dreams Don't Count
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Artist: Jules ShearEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-03-14
Music Label: Mad Dragon Records
Soundtracks:
- Bad Connection
- I Want To Fall
- You Anymore
- Nothing's Changed
- Do What They Want
- Accustomed To The Clearness
- Wherever
- Sinners Who Believed
- Remembering You
- An Important Part
- Used To It
- Dreams Don't Count
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Music Review: Slow Moving River
Rating: 5 Stars
"Dreams Don't Count" is one of Jules Shear's most emotionally powerful sets. On the small Mad Dragon label, he settles comfortably into a spare singer-songwriter mode with help from producer Stewart Lerman who has worked with Dar Williams, the Roches & Damian Rice. The mood is often somber as on the reflection "You Anymore" where the singer is dressed up for a funeral and Shear sadly sings, "I still got a picture of you; it's not you anymore." "Do What They Want" is a peppy toe tapper with catchy chorus and Jules' vocals that sound like lament even when lighthearted, "This world's so big & heavy; people ain't no good, but they ain't bad; They might just spend their whole life searching for some dream they had." Deborah Assael-Migliore's lovely cello brings out Jules' meditative melody on the wistful "Accustomed to the Clearness," "I guess I got used to believing soon turned into truth, I'm not accustomed to the clearness, seeing everything new." Shear's tone turns sinister with his soft acoustic guitar backing "An Important Part," "You keep trying to hide your beauty so helplessly." Shear seems to have come to terms that he'll continue to be a critical success, "So from this place beneath the tree, I realize the world's not meant for me." The set ends with the title track, a lovely melody married to an equally excellent lyric, "There's nothing simpler than a beating heart, someone to make sure that winter doesn't get too cold, someone to make sure that your longing doesn't get too old." "Dreams Don't Count" is like a slow moving river that runs deep through a beautiful valley. It probably won't sell a million copies, but it stands as one of Shear's best recordings. Bravo!
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Dreams Don?t Count is a distinctive exercise in record making for this preeminent American songwriter. Backed primarily by viola, cello, and accordion, this mature and wonderfully intelligent album allows Jules to showcase his talents in an extraordinary but unusual setting. Old and new fans alike will be thrilled by his one of a kind acoustic playing style and a voice that People Magazine has said, "make[s] him seem vulnerable and a bit insecure, a perfect match for lyrics about luckless, hopeless romantics". From darker, heartfelt tracks like "You Anymore" to more upbeat, though still introspective cuts like "Do What They Want," this album takes listeners on a journey that is emotionally and intellectually engaging. It is undeniably a high-water mark in Jules? song craft."I care more about the timeless aspect of making records, and less about making my records sound 'current' or 'competitive'," explains Shear. "I'm still always looking for that same thrill I got when I was a kid, when I'd hear something great on the radio and be completely blown away by it. I try to keep in touch with that feeling and let the rest of it fall by the wayside."
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