Driving Home

Driving Home

Driving Home

ASIN: B0000003U9

Track Listings
 
1. Driving Home
2. Silver Lining
3. Music in My Room
4. Frequently Wrong But Never in Doubt
5. Don't Forget the Guns
6. Act of Nature
7. 75 Septembers
8. Spring
9. Bad Connection
10. When Fall Comes to New England
11. Orbiting Jupiter
12. Almost

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
With Rounder Records, Cheryl Wheeler found a home. With her first recording for the label, Wheeler steps to the plate and swings with confidence. Don't let the hilarious cover art fool you: from the atmospheric title tune to the gliding hooks in "Silver Lining" to the anti-gun hillbilly honk "Don't Forget the Guns" (with Alison Krauss on harmony vocals), this is a singer/songwriter tour de force. "75 Septembers" has a powerful sweep. An accordion adds a nice touch to a pair of tunes, including the bayou-flavored "Spring." And her paean to her adopted homeland, "When Fall Comes to New England," has become a performance staple. Jonathan Edwards, who produced her first two albums, wisely opts for a spare setting this time out, allowing her songs to shine through. Yet another sterling collection from one of the most sage and sly singer/songwriters on the circuit. --Robert Baird

Driving Home,Cheryl Wheeler,Philo / Pgd,Contemporary Singer/Songwriter,Country-Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop,Singer/Songwriter
Driving Home
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A True Comic And Poet
  • A pleasant experience
  • Another masterpiece
  • Turn Up the Volume and Turn Off the Lights
  • This is a wonderful CD
 Driving Home
Cheryl Wheeler
Manufacturer: Philo / UMGD
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000003U8
Release Date: 1993-10-04

Tracks:

  1. Driving Home
  2. Silver Lining
  3. Music In My Room
  4. Frequently Wrong But Never In Doubt
  5. Don't Forget The Guns
  6. Act Of Nature
  7. 75 Septembers
  8. Spring
  9. Bad Connection
  10. When Fall Comes To New England
  11. Orbiting Jupiter
  12. Almost

Amazon.com essential recording

With Rounder Records, Cheryl Wheeler found a home. With her first recording for the label, Wheeler steps to the plate and swings with confidence. Don't let the hilarious cover art fool you: from the atmospheric title tune to the gliding hooks in "Silver Lining" to the anti-gun hillbilly honk "Don't Forget the Guns" (with Alison Krauss on harmony vocals), this is a singer/songwriter tour de force. "75 Septembers" has a powerful sweep. An accordion adds a nice touch to a pair of tunes, including the bayou-flavored "Spring." And her paean to her adopted homeland, "When Fall Comes to New England," has become a performance staple. Jonathan Edwards, who produced her first two albums, wisely opts for a spare setting this time out, allowing her songs to shine through. Yet another sterling collection from one of the most sage and sly singer/songwriters on the circuit. --Robert Baird

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A True Comic And Poet.......2005-10-24

DRIVING HOME - Cheryl Wheeler

This album first introduced me to the music of Cheryl Wheeler way back in 1994. It didn't take much prompting to search it out after hearing "Don't Forget The Guns" on a local radio station. After playing it, the host declared, "what a sweet little song ..." which appropriately reflected the sardonic humour it conveyed. How can "we don't look for trouble, but by golly, if we're in it/it's nice to know we're free to blow nine hundred rounds a minute" not do that. This is the comic side of Cheryl Wheeler. The poet is something else again, and "Driving Home" reflects that side in a quite breathless fashion.

"75 Septembers" resonates with me, because my late father was born in September. I well remember his 75th, because I couldn't be there for it, as I was travelling in Turkey at the time. The lines that really speak to me are "now the fields are all four lanes and the moon's not just a name/are you more amazed at how things change or how they stay the same/and do you sit here on this porch and wonder how the time flies by/or does it seem to barely creep along/with 75 Septembers come and gone." There's nothing much else I want to say after that.

There's hardly a song I wouldn't recommend on this album. Right now I feel somewhat lost to find the words that would adequately describe the emotional pull and insight of these songs. I'll just single out in particular "Act of Nature", "Bad Connection", "Frequently Wrong But Never In Doubt", "Almost", and, of course, "75 Septembers."

There are light and airy, good feeling moments on this album too. "Silver Lining", "When Fall Comes To New England", "Music In My Room" and "Spring", both musically and lyrically, flow effortlessly and leave me with a sense of real affection for Cheryl's songwriting ability.

Cheryl's collaboration with Janis Ian on "Orbiting Jupiter" is literally in a galaxy of its own. I have recently rediscovered Janis Ian too through a not totally convincing local cover of "At Seventeen." There's another incredible, durable talent. Janis, that is, not the local.

"Driving Home" is one of my favourite albums of all time. It's right up there in the top 3 along with Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Stones In The Road" and "Between Here And Gone". I am rather torn across all three and I keep changing my mind on which one might be the best. I like to think I can just appreciate them all because they all offer something different. Perhaps it is no co-incidence that Mary Chapin sings background vocal on "75 Septembers".

Do yourself a favour. Listen to this album. Take the advice of respected music critic Robert Oermann, who, in the album's liner notes suggests that by the time you've finished listening to these songs, Cheryl will be as deep in your heart as someone you smile at every day.


4 out of 5 stars A pleasant experience.......2004-06-10

While I do enjoy listening to many songs on this CD--it is not my favorite collection of Cheryl's material by any means. I love the title song, "Driving Home" as well as "Silver Lining," "Frequently Wrong.....," "75 Septembers" and "When Fall Comes to New England." But I do have problems with "Orbiting Jupiter" and "Almost." But it is still very much worth listening to and owning.

5 out of 5 stars Another masterpiece.......2004-06-06

Following up the brilliant Circles and arrows (the album that first brought Cheryl to my attention) might have seemed a hard task but Cheryl maintained the standard set by that wonderful album. Musically, her style could be described as folk or country but it's actually a mix of the two.

Cheryl's sense of humor is evident in Don't forget the guns, a sarcastic song in which Cheryl ridicules the American obsession with guns.

The title track opens the album in cheerful style, with Cheryl singing about an enjoyable drive through Pennsylvania countryside, listening to the music of Richard Thompson. A different drive home, this time by night, was the inspiration for Orbiting Jupiter. Cheryl sings about the pleasures of listening to music as a teenager in Music in my room. Two other cheerful songs (Spring, When fall comes to New England) extol the joys of those seasons. Cheryl describes the start of a new relationship in Silver lining.

On the reflective side, Cheryl sings of relationships going wrong (Act of nature, Bad connection) and the march of time (75 Septembers - a song in which she asks about how things used to be). There is also a song (Frequently wrong but never in doubt) about somebody who always thinks he's right but rarely is.

This is one of Cheryl's best albums. If you enjoy singer-songwriters with a sense of humor, you will surely enjoy Cheryl's music.

5 out of 5 stars Turn Up the Volume and Turn Off the Lights.......2002-06-20

I have owned this album for about ten years now and I can honestly say I never get tired of listening to it from beginning to end. Cheryl Wheeler is an awesome storyteller as well as musician. My favorite track off the album is "Act of Nature". The song chronicles the development of a storm on the literal level but also deals with the break-up of a relationship if you listen more closely. There is a little something for everyone: toe tappers like Spring, Music In My Room, Don't Forget the Guns; sentimental slow songs like: Driving Home, 75 Septembers, and Almost. I have seen Cheryl live on a couple of occasions, a treat not to be missed.

5 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful CD.......2002-04-04

Well worth purchasing. I keep it permanently in my car and go back to it time and time again. "When Fall Comes to New England" is beautiful. When I die I hope my husband figures out that I really liked this CD and plays a few songs from it at my funeral...well, one can dream I suppose!
Flowing Stream: Chinese Folk Songs by Zhou Long
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent renditions and arrangements of chinese folk tunes
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Zhou Long
Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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5 out of 5 stars Settling the Confusion on West of Home.......2002-10-14

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5 out of 5 stars West of Home Should Sail into Your Home.......2002-10-10

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5 out of 5 stars The Browne Sisters.......2002-09-12

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5 out of 5 stars Really great harmony.......2002-09-11

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    Manufacturer: King
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    Driving It Home
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • fine record out of the depths of mississippi.
    • Opal Dial is Amazing
    • Sawbilly Dustroot Rock
    • yet another tree falls in the piney woods...
    		 Driving It Home
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    5 out of 5 stars fine record out of the depths of mississippi........2002-06-06

    i recently ordered this fine cd just wanting to catch a glimpse of what was happening south of the mason dixon line. i was blown away that these guys arent a major force on a world wide level. the songs come from the heart and are riddled with southern metaphores without ever sounding like a southern rock wannabe band. i am in love with this record, and am hoping to see these guys in my town soon. anybody who loves good songs about imaginative landscapes should definately give opaldial a shot. one day you will be glad you did.

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      ASIN: B000BJNT9O
      Release Date: 2002-01-01

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              Hugh Morrison & Friends
              Manufacturer: Dun Eistein Productions
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              Album Description

              "Far From Home", the latest album from Hugh Morrison, offers a varied selection of Celtic tunes and songs using instruments traditionally associated with good ceilidh music.

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