2009-10-23
This album feels like an emotional joy-ride; stealing his feelings for an hour or so, just to drive around with them. It's an impressively solid debut album. The liner notes say it's like a "soundtrack to [his] career." I can agree to that, the main thing holding these songs together is guy who wrote them; the songs on this album have a range of styles. I didn't mind. From the danceable bebop of “Upswing”, to the folk-poppy “On the Skids”, to the near-gospel style of “Shine a Light,” to the purely instrumental jazz of “Sinner Street” and “Prisoner of Love”, to the Latin-based sound of “Screeching Halt”, Carpenter pulls off every style of music he tossed on here, with excellent musicianship. Let's hope this first isn't also his last solo effort. Recommends: ( 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 ) ~ Chris ThomasROD PIAZZA AND THE ALL MIGHTY FLYERS
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
EDEN BRENT
AIN'T GOT NO TROUBLES
REVEREND FREAKCHILD
Chaos and Country Blues (The Best of Reverend Freakchild)
ALICE RUSSELL
Pot of Gold
LIL' CLIFF & THE CLIFFHANGERS
THE LOVIN' KIND
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
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