Natalie Merchant - Retrospective 1995-2005
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Artist: Natalie MerchantBrand: Rhino
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 2005
CD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Wonder
- Carnival
- Jealousy (Single Version)
- San Andreas Fault
- Kind & Generous
- Break Your Heart
- Life is Sweet
- Living
- Build A Levee
- Not In This Life
- Motherland
- Owensboro
- Sally Ann
Music reviews of Retrospective 1995-2005
Music Review: Meet Natalie Merchant
Rating: 4 Stars
After leaving 10,000 Maniacs at the peak of their career (MTV Unplugged), Natalie Merchant struck artistic and commercial paydirt with Tigerlily. It was the closest thing to a Maniacs sound out of the four studio albums she has recorded in the years leading up to this retrospective. Each of the albums after found Merchant, never a wallflower when it came to activism, making her albums more socially adept and - once Motherland hit - edgier.
Natalie is at her best when she explores the middle ground between her folk music and singer/songwriter tendencies. Both "Wonder" and "Kind and Generous" could have been from the Joni Mitchell songbook. "Motherland" (love the accordion) picks at urban sprawl and blind consumerism. T-Bone Burnett drew out a deeper voice from Natalie, and it rates as one of her finest songs. (Joan Baez has since covered it on Dark Chords on a Big Guitar.) The journey that "Motherland" started went further on The House Carpenter's Daughter, where she and alt-folk The Horseflies tackled old school folk songs with a great deal of verve. Of course, it was so left-field that it became her first album to not hit the top 100.
This is a great casual introduction to one of the 80's and 90's finest vocalists. She kept her integrity as she grew into new forms of singing. Even if the hits stopped coming, there is still plenty of memorable music here, and it trims off the occasional mawkish poetry (think "River" from Tigerlily). It also would have been nice to include either of the covers from the live album, Neil Young's "After The Gold Rush" in particular. But if all you want is some of Natalie at her best (and the hits), the will do fine.
Description of Retrospective 1995-2005
Album Information: Following a phenomenal early run in the '80s and '90s with alt-rock sensations 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant went on to even greater success as a solo artist. Her 1995 solo debut Tigerlily delivered the Billboard Top 10 Smash "Carnival," as well as "Wonder" and "Jealousy," #20 and #23, respectively. Through subsequent albums, Merchant's emotive vocals and literate songs have established her as one of the most distinctive and popular women in contemporary pop-rock. Compiled by Natalie herself, Rhino's new collection represents her first-ever solo "best of", beautifully highlighting her socially conscious and melodious signature style.Alternative Rock CDs
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