Rickie Lee Jones - Evening of My Best Day (Dig)
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Artist: Rickie Lee JonesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Music Label: V2 North America
Soundtracks:
- Ugly Man
- A Second Chance
- Bitchenostrophy
- Little Mysteries
- Lap Dog
- Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Acts Now)
- Sailor Song
- A Tree On Allenford
- It Takes You There
- Mink Coat At The Bus Stop
- The Evening of My Best Day
- A Face In The Crowd
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Music Review: BEST DAY Is One Of Jones' Best In A Long Time
Rating: 4 Stars
Rickie Lee Jones' career has been erratic at best. Her work has run the gamut, from brilliant (her 1979 debut, 1984's THE MAGAZINE and 1993's TRAFFIC FROM PARADISE) to so-so (2000's IT'S LIKE THIS) to downright dreadful (1997's GHOSTYHEAD, without a doubt the low point of Jones' quarter-century career). That's why THE EVENING OF MY BEST DAY is such a joy...it finds Jones in fine form, both lyrically and vocally. In fact, one of the high points of DAY is that Jones is once again SINGING most of the songs, versus mumbling her way thru them, a rather annoying habit she'd developed over the last decade. Opening up the disc is the jazzy shuffle of "Ugly Man", a pointed blast at George W. Bush. You have to give Jones credit...very few artists are willing to put their thoughts and feelings this far out there in the open. What's so amazing about the cut is the push-and-pull of it's heated lyrics and swaying jazz; one minute you're caught up in one element, then you're swept away by the other. By song's end, though, what blows you away is how well it all came together! "A Second Chance" is classic Jones, with it's sultry story-telling, pulsing bass, delicate woodwinds and popping percussion. Brilliant! "Bitchenostrophy" floats out of the speakers, like the hybrid child of some groovin' 60's Summer of Love mind trip and a French sidewalk cafe troubadour. The funny thing? Once again...it works! Next up is "Little Mysteries." With it's pulsating, almost threatening, vibe, the song builds and expands, drawing you into it's dark, inquiring storyline. Another direct hit at Dubya, the song is creatively accented with muted horns and tasteful guitars. "Lap Dog" is a dirgey lament that kind of drags on, but that's O.K. - up next is TEOMBD's best track, the rollicking "Tell Somebody(Repeal The Patriot Act Now)." With it's trippin', hip-swaying, hand-clapping testimonial, the song takes on an almost gospelesque quality. Once you get past the good-time vibe of the musical arrangement, the cut-to-the-bone lyrics are like a slap in the face. Things are changing in the U.S., with liberties and rights disappearing one by one. We all have to speak up and/or act, or before we know it, they'll all be gone. As Jones says at the end of the song "Oh people.....a democracy's only as good as the voices of protest she protects. Voices of protest.....rise up." "Sailor Song" has a wistful, longing quality to it, with an exceptionally aching vocal. "A Tree On Allenford" is Jones at her quirkiest and most hypnotic. Musically sparse, with bits of harmonica, cello and English horn blending in for a unique sound, it's really the cut's layered vocals that are the song's true core. "It Takes You There" is the best pop song Jones has written in twenty years. With it's thoughtful lyrics ("What you are/You can never erase/It's here/To the end of time", "And what you have/Will never be enough/You will always want more") and sweeping arrangement, this song just drifts out, hovering around the listener's head, reminding them of just how devoid today's pop music is of intelligent, thoughtful and well-crafted songs such as this one. A true gem! Things, however, kind of go downhill from here for THE EVENING OF MY BEST DAY - two of the last three tracks could have easily been left off (and in doing so, would have made DAY an even stronger disc). First off is "Mink Coat At The Bus Stop", a self-indulgent mish-mash that can't decide what it wants to be (Wistful? Power-chord driven? Jazzy?). This is the kind of free-form whooey that has hurt much of Jones' most recent work, and the sooner she moves away from it, the better. The same goes for the disc's closer, the awful "A Face In The Crowd".....this noisy, almost painful piece of hard rock ends the CD on a jittery, discordant note. It would have been much better to wrap things up with the second-to-last cut, the lovely title track. With it's simple piano, guitar and cello, it's clear here that Rickie Lee Jones has indeed experienced the evening of her best day. Here's hoping we get to experience the morning, noon, dusk....you get the picture!...with her in the future!
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