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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | January 23, 2007 | | Studio: | Yep Roc Records | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 15 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | In Shock | | 2. | Nerve Endings | | 3. | Day Glow | | 4. | Ice | | 5. | Under the Gun | | 6. | Piano 1 | | 7. | Sugarbaby | | 8. | Peggy Lee | | 9. | Piano 2 | | 10. | Vertigo | | 11. | Winter | | 12. | Wild Vanilla | | 13. | The Thin Man | |
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14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Spicing up her solo work Jan 24, 2007
By CMad
"tc5998"
Kristen's solo work is usually dark and a bit pensive, but for some reason the songs came out with a bit more push and drive for this solo effort. The Amazon review above nailed it pretty well. She, as always, shows great creativity, emotion, and layering in her songs that draw you in. Her voice is now more raw and powerful than in previous albums, but this is not a bad thing at all. Don't forget to check out her other bands - the hard charging 50 Foot Wave, and The Throwing Muses.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A carefully crafted yet compulsively delivered gem. Mar 10, 2007
By ST
"Easy Listener"
The emo kids should lend an ear to Kristin Hersh if they want their music with dollops of misery.
It is never more eloquently done than on "Nerve Endings", the agonised lyrics set against uncomfortable chord changes, with only the elegant string arrangement to provide any balm.
"Getting up is what hurts," she wails on "Day Glo", and sings of being "twisted in slo-mo by angry water". (Having had the misfortune to name her last band 50 Foot Wave just before the Asian tsunami, and then mourning the flood disaster in New Orleans, Hersh's own home suffered a burst pipe so destructive that it used up the family savings and forced her to sell up.)
As Hersh's spiky work goes, this is less fraught, the sourness of that cracked voice balanced by the sweetness off the strings.
Still, it's never exactly easy listening.
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 As good as her other CD's Feb 23, 2007
By Nobody
How's that for faint praise? Actually, truth be told, it's a little spare, thus the 3 stars, only six of these songs made my MP3 list, which now contains 79 songs, and could have more. The problem is that as fine as this music is, and no question it's far more worthwhile than 99% of the drek dumped on plastic daily, it's really more of the same. Good, sure, but is there any real growth from what she did on "Hips and Makers" all those years ago? I don't see it, in fact I'd rate that material higher.
So, as much as I like her music, isn't it time for her to move on to something else? She and her charms were wonderful, but maybe it's time to stick with a band, try to build an ensemble sound and see where it can go with a writing partner as an equal. Right now she's spreading her talent a bit thin, and it's starting to tear a bit.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
What an amazing musician Feb 11, 2007
By CyberMurph
I don't write many reviews. However, Kristin hit the nail on the head with this one. She has so many good albums under her belt, I don't know how she keeps doing it. There is maybe one song on the album that is so-so. The rest of the songs are good to incredible. Sugar Baby, Vertigo and especially The Thin Man are fantiastic sings and my personal favortites. This is much more mellow than her 50ft Wave stuff. If one needs a basis for comparison.
I HIGHLY recommend.
One of my favorites Jul 26, 2008
By J. Hogate
This is one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite all-time artists. This is one of the few albums where I pretty much like 90% or more of what's on it, which is very high by my standards. A lot of my favorite bands typically only hit like the 60-70% mark. Some of it is instrumental filler but listened to as a whole (like we all did before mixed tapes and MP3s) those instrumental tracks really add to the feel of this album and its proper songs. Not to be ignored is the terrific string work of The McCarricks on this album. They especially brought this music to life at her live show which I was fortunate to have come through my city last year. Couple this album played live with all her other great work and you will see what a powerful artist too many people have not had the opportunity to even know about.
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