Mr. Buechner's Dream
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Performer: Daniel AmosEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-10-01
Soundtracks:
- This Is The One
- Mr. Buechner's Dream
- The Author Of The Story
- Your Long Year
- Who's Who Here
- Thick Skin
- Ribbons and Bows
- Ordinary Extraordinary Day
- I Get To Wondering
- Faithful Street
- The Lucky Ones
- Rice Paper Wings
- The Tale You Told
- Meanwhile
- My Beautiful Martyr
- The Staggering Gods
- A Little Grace
- Over Her Shoulder
- Mr. Buechner Wakes Up
- Joel
Music reviews of Mr. Buechner's Dream
Music Review: Fan of the band...but not this album
Rating: 3 Stars
I would love to add my voice to the chorus singing the praises of this double album opus, but I can't bring myself to do it despite my love for the work of Mssr. Taylor and company. I count SHOTGUN ANGEL and MOTOR CYCLE among my favourite albums ever despite their disparate musical and lyrical approaches. But the double album is a minefield and I fear that DA is among the shrapnel rather than in that rarified group of truly great double discs du rock.
Why? There are simply too many songs that are merely "nice" rather than great. Even the peaks here don't quite hit the stratospheric heights of past triumphs like "Father's Arms","Hound of Heaven","Soon!",or "Banquet at the World's End". Had this been sliced in about half, you'd probably have a much stronger effort. While I have hope this will continue to grow on me as time goes on, I can't picture myself ever counting it among their best work.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"The Author of the Story" is Taylor's look at the difficulty of maintaining faith ("Sometimes there seems to be/No author of the story/These thoughts occur to me/On this side of glory") while "Who's Who Here" roasts the celebrity of status ("It's babylon, they rattle on/The herds in line and movin' on/With ecstacy dipped cattle prongs in back packs"). "Ribbons and Bows" pokes fun at those who seek a theology with neat answers to complex paradoxes and "Faithful Street" takes aim at televangelists preaching the gospel of easy livin' via a bouncy horn-infused track that recalls SGT PEPPER somewhat. ("And if Jesus were alive and well/He'd be staying in their best hotel") For "Pretty Little Lies", Taylor's nasal whine turns nearly Dylanesque adding to the effect of the confessional tune. ("Don't mind the forked tongue/If I rattle you, I'm sorry/Though I'm not yet number one/For the time being that's not a worry") Rocker "Fingertips" addresses the ever-present but unseen hand of God. ("Someone laughs and reaches down/Cracks the plates and spins the world around/On their fingertips") Guitarist Greg Flesch gets in some of his grittiest licks on this one.
LOWS:
Probably the weakest track here is "Joel" which is little more than a recitation of a Biblical passage over instrumental accompaniment. It's not awful but it's probably the closest the group's gotten to conventional (read: vanilla) that I can recall. It probably wouldn't be out of place on a Third Day album. (That is NOT praise.)
BOTTOM LINE:
Too much of a good thing. If you're testing the waters with the band, don't start here.
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