Fingerprints

Fingerprints

ASIN: B00004GOVS

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Everyone is grateful to have Larry Carlton among us, a gifted and imaginative guitarist who survived a gunman's bullet in 1988. Sometimes, though, we wish the old Larry Carlton were still with us, the spark-spraying fusionist whose nimble flights of fancy electrified recordings by the Crusaders and Steely Dan ("Kid Charlemagne" from Royal Scam) as well his own solo works throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s. The appeal of the smooth-jazz gravy train has defused much of Carlton's incendiary inventiveness, a conviction reinforced by the unruffled textures etched into Fingerprints, Carlton's 20th career recording. Those textures, though, are faithful to the album's apparent intent--to create a velvety-smooth soundtrack for late-night romance. No jarring oddities here, just sweetness and seduction throughout. Guests include smooth-jazz vets Abraham Laboriel, Kirk Whalum on sax, Jerry Hay on horns, Michael McDonald for a lone vocal track ("'Til I Hurt You"), and Vince Gill, who duets transparently on "Gracias." The pick of the litter: the closing track, "Crying Hands," an expressive bit of slow-dance finesse that merits repeated listenings. --Terry Wood

From Jazziz
'Fingerprints,' the title track of contemporary-jazz guitarist Larry Carlton's Warner Bros. CD, almost didn't make the disc at all. During the recording session, Carlton decided that one tune slated to be on the record really wasn't happening. Producer Paul Brown had another basic track with him, which he played Carlton. 'I made up the melody and came up with a hook, and we both started smiling. It was finished in an hour, and I was so glad that I had spoken up.'

Tracks:

Boot It Up- featuring Courtney Pine
Ida Y Vuelta (Out And Back)
Black Hole Sun- featuring Matt Cameron & Mike McCready (of Pearl Jam)
Float- featuring Gordon Kennedy
My Cup Of Tea- featuring Hank Marvin and Brian Bennett (of The Shadows)
Shewango Way
Blooze- featuring Warren Haynes (of The Allman Bros./Govt Mule)
Cornerstones- featuring Charlie Watts & Bill Wyman (of The Rolling Stones)
Grab A Chicken (Put It Back)
Double Nickels- featuring Paul Franklin
Smoky
Blowin' Smoke- featuring Matt Cameron & Mike McCready
Oh, When......
Souvenirs De Nos Ps- featuring John Jorgenson

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You might think it's easy for a songwriter with a high degree of prowess and a distinctive guitar sound to make an all-instrumental CD. But on Fingerprints, Peter Frampton--who was a British teen sensation with the Herd, a hard rock hero with Humble Pie, and an international phenomenon with Frampton Comes Alive--proves it's more difficult than it looks. This is a roots album for Frampton, as he pays homage to many of his heroes and gets a few of them to play on the disc. The classic Rolling Stones rhythm section of Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts lay down the blues-rock groove of "Cornerstones," while guitarist Hank Marvin and drummer Brian Bennett from the Shadows, England's version of the Ventures, get the reverb sustain going for a twin-guitar slow-blues track called "My Cup of Tea." Frampton also brings in some relative youngsters with jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine, who plays some R&B honks on "Boot It Up," and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Matt Cameron. They drop in for an overly faithful cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun," on which Frampton plays the vocal line with a fuzzed wah-wah guitar before singing the chorus through his TalkBox. Frampton has always been a sensitive guitarist, and you can hear that on tracks like "Float," where he orchestrates a delicate call-and-response with producer/guitarist Gordon Kennedy. But a lot of the album consists of riff-heavy grooves like "Blooze" that sound like polished jam sessions. It's probably not fair to draw comparisons with other axe-burners from the '60s, but Fingerprints is formulaic next to the electronica-infused wail of, say, Jeff Beck, on albums like Jeff. Where Frampton could have made a statement as a solo guitarist, he settled for genre exercises. It's a shame, because he sure can twang those strings. --John Diliberto

Album Description

LEGENDARY ARTIST'S FIRST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM FEATURES MEMBERS OF PEARL JAM, THE ROLLING STONES, AND THE SHADOWS, AS WELL AS WARREN HAYNES AND OTHERS. In a career full of accolades, Frampton is particularly proud of Fingerprints: "This has been the CD I've been waiting to make all my life. Every track has been a wonderful challenge, pushing me to raise my own bar again and again." With a stellar cast of players, Frampton traverses a diversity of material on Fingerprints, from American soul to Latin balladry and all-out rock tunes. To help bring his childhood musical dream to life, Frampton invited Rolling Stones Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman to play on "Cornerstones"; original Shadows members Hank Marvin and Brian Bennett to perform with him on "My Cup of Tea"; and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Matt Cameron join him for a cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" and the original "Blowin' Smoke." Fingerprints also reveals Frampton's penchant for American roots music, especially on "Blooze," featuring Warren Haynes on slide guitar, and "Double Nickels" featuring Nashville virtuoso Paul Franklin on pedal steel. Frampton trades licks with British saxophone legend Courtney Pine on the blues rocker "Boot It Up." He and guitarist/co-producer Gordon Kennedy play harmonizing electric guitars on "Float," another album highlight. Another guitar virtuoso, John Jorgenson, joins Frampton on the Django Reinhardt-style "Souvenirs De Nos Phres." Fingerprints follows Frampton's critically acclaimed 2003 release, Now, which prompted The Washington Post to proclaim, "Frampton comes alive again." In another review, the BBC described Frampton's playing as "faultless throughout." The Associated Press said, "When it comes to fiery, guitar-drenched rock, Frampton delivers." The consistency of Frampton's playing was also affirmed when he earned a "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" Grammy nomination for Live in Detroit (2000). In 2001, Universal released the 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the 1976 landmark Frampton Comes Alive, to much acclaim. The album remains one of the most successful live albums of all time and continues to influence generations of young artists.

Customer Reviews:

Get your fingers on "Fingerprints".......2007-06-27

Outstanding collection of instrumental songs. No wonder it won the Grammy. Each time I listen, I find something new. It's a real treat. Frampton amazes on guitar throughout.

Frampton's "Guitar" in his maturity.......2007-06-25

This is a great instrumental album to just let play on............ his playing over the years is so refined and is absolutely fantastic!!!!!

He is better than ever.........!!!

Could be his defining work .......2007-06-09

Peter Frampton shines on "Fingerprints," displaying his skills as both a guitarist and songwriter (two tracks are covers) throughout the varied range of material here. Numerous guests offer cameos, but his cast of regulars deserve high marks for their work as well.

Of the songs, 13 out of 14 hit the mark: an oddly too faithful to original version of Black Hole Sun is generally skipped when I play the CD.

Though many may tend to shrug off Mr. Frampton, they would be wrong to do so. He's always been a fine guitar player but his playing here shows that he has disposed of the albatross around his neck ("Frampton Comes Alive"). The energy and sheer joy that exude from the songs here should render "Fingerprints" as his defining work.

This album is simply geat!!.......2007-05-20

No one makes guitar albums like this anymore!! Just fabulous!!

Great guitar cd from a great guitarist.......2007-05-08

Simply put, this cd has been in my car, in my ipod, and mp3'd onto my work computer for the last 6 months. I love it. As a guitarist, you have got to enjoy pure guitar, great songs, with great sound. This is better than 99% of the new cds this year.

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Live At Fingerprints
The Hold Steady
Manufacturer: Vagrant Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PFI412

Product Description

Official release of The Hold Steady's in-store performance at Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA. Track Listing: 1) Cattle and The Creeping Things, 2) Chips Ahoy, 3) You Can Make Him Like You, 4) Citrus, 5) You Gotta Dance With Who You Came To Dance With.

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Larry Carlton - always great!
Soulful
Carlton is a Must in ANY GUITARIST Collection!!!
An exceptional contemporary jazz LP
Soulful playing survives format restrictions

Fingerprints
Larry Carlton
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00004GOVS
Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

Fingerprints
Silky Smooth
The Storyteller
'Til I Hurt You
Slave Song
All Thru The Night
Lazy Susan
Chicks With Kickstands
Gracias
Crying Hands

Amazon.com

Everyone is grateful to have Larry Carlton among us, a gifted and imaginative guitarist who survived a gunman's bullet in 1988. Sometimes, though, we wish the old Larry Carlton were still with us, the spark-spraying fusionist whose nimble flights of fancy electrified recordings by the Crusaders and Steely Dan ("Kid Charlemagne" from Royal Scam) as well his own solo works throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s. The appeal of the smooth-jazz gravy train has defused much of Carlton's incendiary inventiveness, a conviction reinforced by the unruffled textures etched into Fingerprints, Carlton's 20th career recording. Those textures, though, are faithful to the album's apparent intent--to create a velvety-smooth soundtrack for late-night romance. No jarring oddities here, just sweetness and seduction throughout. Guests include smooth-jazz vets Abraham Laboriel, Kirk Whalum on sax, Jerry Hay on horns, Michael McDonald for a lone vocal track ("'Til I Hurt You"), and Vince Gill, who duets transparently on "Gracias." The pick of the litter: the closing track, "Crying Hands," an expressive bit of slow-dance finesse that merits repeated listenings. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Larry Carlton - always great!.......2007-01-12

Larry Carlton could not play a bad note if he wanted to. His fingers move over the strings like gentle waves rushing in to the shore. I love all of Larry Carlton's music! He should be more well known than he is with the talent he has shown over the years. Great CD, great artist!!!

Soulful.......2004-08-26

Larry Carlton is on the short list of my favorite guitarists. It wasn't surprising that I purchased "Fingerprints" shortly after it was first released, and have enjoyed it immensely over the years. Carlton's phrasing is simple, yet powerful as he knows exactly what to play. Since recovering from a bullet in the neck, Carlton's playing has become amazing. "Fingerprints" is no different. Carlton takes us through a jazz-laden exploration of the guitar.

The smooth "Slave Song" is beautifully done. His soloing is crisp, yet not overloaded with too many notes. He steps back to let Kirk Whalum share in the soloing. For "The Storyteller" Carlton is able to take a theme and change it a little each time to make it interesting. His guitar stands out with slow, meaningful lines taking the solo to astral heights picking up the picking before falling back and letting Whalum have a go at it. Carlton and Whalum work well together, their sounds very complementary. Michael McDonald lends his voice for "'Til I Hurt You" while Carlton makes his guitar cry in the background. "Gracias" pairs Carlton with Vince Gill for a Latin-flavored jazz piece. Both guitarist play off each other well, and is a fun song with lots of octave slides - a little Wes Montgomery flare. Carlton's sound and style come together on "Crying Hands," the perfect song to end the album on.

Carlton has come a long way over the years, playing a variety of genres. Although he is rooted in smooth jazz now, his playing is at the top of his game. If you like smooth jazz, this is definitely one to add to your collection, and if you're a guitar player, this is something worth listening to.

Carlton is a Must in ANY GUITARIST Collection!!!.......2004-04-29

This is one of my Favs'Larry Carlton Albums.
Just BUY IT !!! U won't regret it !!!
Relaxing,Excellent Composition,well...what a dream...!!!
I don't Understand there's not one single album of Anthony Papa Michael at Amazon???...I really don't get it :(
U will Love his Music too !!!

An exceptional contemporary jazz LP.......2003-11-12

"Fingerprints" is one of Carlton's best studio releases. There is an extraordinary attention to melody and phrasing. The majority of the tracks are mellow, but not slight, and are warmly bathed in an enriching atmosphere. While Carlton is certainly at the forefront, the chemistry between all band members provides for an exceptional platform from which the guitarist is able to leap foreward and network his solos with saxophonist Kirk Whallom on tracks like "The Storyteller" and guitarist Vince Gill on "Gracias." The former is a poignant, if slightly tragic, piece that reveals a story deeper than poetry would suffice to express, while the latter stands out from the rest as a solely acoustic-guitar based number that rises with one of those melodies a musician only discovers once a career. Of course, Carlton's been writing memorable melodies his entire life, but certainly in terms of contemporary "smooth jazz," the songs here are built upon firm, and complex, musical foundations that will move listeners beyond simply wanting to spend latenight hours going to sleep to it. Those who dismiss "Fingerprints" as a sellout to the industry clearly haven't been listening to the music itself. Along with Fourplay's "Heartfelt," this LP is one of the strongest accomplishments of contemporary jazz.

Soulful playing survives format restrictions.......2003-01-04

I'm a guitarplayer myself, and I too have the ability to tell stories even with a single note. Like many of the reviewers I find smooth jazz a bit limited. But that doesn't mean that the guitar playing on this album is limited. I could live without some of the sax phrases and chimey keyboard sounds, but a good guitar rewards me for that. And I would not judge any musician for being commercial. Remember George Benson in the late 70ies? The purists went mad. Who pays the players who work their[rears]of? Definately not the purists. The music scene has changed since we have format radio. So if it comes to smooth jazz, listening to Larry Carlton still makes me smile.

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A great live ep
A must have for Kiley fans

Live At Fingerprints

Manufacturer: Brute/Beaute Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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It's a Hit
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ASIN: B0006OMQ5C

Product Description

1 More Adventurous 2 Does He Love You 3 A Man/ Me/ then Jim 4 Somebody Elses Clothes (never before released) 5 The Good that Wont Come Out 6 Ripchord

Customer Reviews:

A great live ep.......2006-12-06

This ep is one of my faves if not my fave rilo kiley recording. If i am not mistaken only 5000 of theses were printed and sold independently through the fingerprints website only a few made it through to amazon. If anyone can find a copy of this I highly suggest one get a copy.

A must have for Kiley fans.......2005-04-12

This collection is worth owning for "Somebody Elses Clothes" alone. I first heard the song live before "More Adventurous" was released. I was disappointed the song wasn't on the album. But relieved when I found it here. The sound quality is really good too. It was probably recorded from the sound board as opposed to a recorder in the audience. Other than "Clothes" the other highlight is "A man/Me/Then Jim" a really great somber tune played live. Blake does a sweet rendition of "Ripchord" and "The Good That Won't Come Out" is always great live. If you have never had the chance to see Kiley live, this will do for now. But I urge you get out to see them.

Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, Vol. 1

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Fingerprints The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000
one excellent cd
it just gets better
Australia's Answer to Coldplay
Give 'Em The Finger

Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, Vol. 1
Powderfinger
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Vulture Street
Tea & Sympathy
Odyssey Number Five
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Internationalist

ASIN: B00030B9L6
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

My Happiness
Waitnig for the Sun
Pick You Up
Passenger
Don't Want to Be Left Out
These Days
Day You Come
D.A.F
My Kind of Scene
Like a Dog
Already Gone
Process This
Belter
Living Type
Thrilloilogy
Sink Low

Album Description

Best of album covering 1994-2002, from Australia's biggest band. It features songs from their first four albums up until the monster odyssey Number Five, plus two brand new, previously unreleased songs 'Colour Me' & 'Process This'. Universal. 2004.

Album Details

Australia's Biggest Band, Powderfinger Release a Best of Called "Fingerprints". It features Songs from their First Four Albums Up Until the Monster Selling "Odyssey Number Five", plus a Brand New Song Called 'colour Me' and Another Called 'process This', which Has Never Been Released.

Customer Reviews:

Fingerprints The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000.......2006-05-30

I'm a big Powderfinger fan so when this album came out I could wait to get it. It was released on the 30 November 2004 and they put out a new song for the best of called Bless My Soul. Still this release is still lastest Powderfinger cd. In 2005 Bernard Fanning went solo with Tea and Sympathy, Darren Middleton's band Drag released their debut album This Way Out. And Ian Haug and John Collins formed a new band....not really because that band is Ian Haug, John Collins and the oringal drummer of Powderfinger Steve Bishop. But instend of calling it something like Old Powderfinger they called it The Predators.

Problaby most of you have never of Powderfinger so this is what they play.

Bernard Fanning - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica & Keys
Darren Middleton - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Ian Haug - Guitar & Backing Vocals
John Collins - Bass
Jon Coghill - Drums

Parables For Wooden Ears (1994) Songs put on best of: Sink Low (9/10)
Double Allergic (1996) (The best Powderfinger album so far) Songs: Pick You Up (10/10), DAF (10/10) and Living Type (10,000/10).
Internationalist (1998) Songs: The Day You Come (9/10), Don't Wanna Be Left Out (10/10), Already Gone (7/10), Passenger (10,0000/10) and Belter (9.5/10).
Odyssey Number Five (2000) Songs: My Happiness (6/10), My Kinda Scene (10/10), Like a Dog (10,0000/10), Thrilliogy (10,00000/10), Waiting for the Sun (9.5/10).
Passenger EP (1999) Songs: These Days (10/10)

The New Songs

Bless My Soul (2004) - This is a great song. It was first played live on Triple J's Live At The Wireless Oz Music Month at the end of November. When they play this song live they have a intro song which hasn't got a name yet (10/10)

Process This (2002) - This isn't really a new song it just was unreleased until this album. It was played at their 2002 concerts. This song isn't as good as Bless My Soul (8/10)

one excellent cd.......2006-02-25

Short review...this cd is a must have....I love it..the first 9 songs are complete hits..and the rest are still good...but I am so pleased with the cd, I recomend it to anyone who loves good, melodic rock. It weird but I can hear the Australian influence in there music.. goes great with some finn brothers and a side of croweded house.

it just gets better.......2005-11-30

This is the ultimate road trip CD, the more you listen to it the better it gets. The first time we listened to it we weren't sure we liked some of the songs. But they grew on us and now this CD is always kept in the car.

Australia's Answer to Coldplay.......2005-10-23

This is my first and definitely not last Powderfinger album. This band hails from Australia with a mixture of alt rock and a taste of a unique Australian flavour that we aussies can only come up with. 'The Best of Powderfinger' features the best singles from the 1994-2000 period of their music career as well as two previously unreleased singles. Many of the songs on this album were familiar to me from Australian shows and TV Ads as well as radio listening songs. Powderfinger has also since 2000 reached out to the world and are pretty much a well-known regular name in the alt rock carousels of America and Brittain. The well known songs 'My Happiness' with hauntingly delightful piano interlude as well as 'Waiting For The Sun' are my favourites but straight behind it are the songs 'My Kind of Scene' and 'Already Gone'.

The two new songs are B-grades but still enjoyable 'These Days' & 'Process This'. I enjoyed this album and I have become a fan of Powderfinger and look forward to get the rest of their albums shortly. This is the Australian answer to the English 'Coldplay'.

Give 'Em The Finger.......2005-01-24

'Fingerprints' is the first album to attepmt to compile all of Powderfinger's singles onto one disc. It is, without a doubt, a fantastic compilation. However, its only downside is the fact that the compilation only dates back to 2000. This means that the songs from the 'Finger's most recent album (and arguably the best), 'Vulture Street', are left of it.

Yet there is something here for everyone, from Internationalist's roaring 'Don't Wanna Be Left Out', to the sombre tones of 'These Days'. The stand-out tracks are Odyssey's huge hit 'My Happiness' and the new single 'Bless My Soul'.

It could've been beyond brilliant if some of the better non-singles were included, but hey, you can only wish for so much. Fingerprints is a great introductory album to the work of Powderfinger.

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Deserving of 5 stars
Joe Grushecky Should be up for a Grammy
Grushecky: A Survivor of Rock and Roll
Grushecky continues to produce intelligent rock n' roll!
A True Gem

Fingerprints
Joe Grushecky
Manufacturer: Schoolhouse Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Rock & Real

ASIN: B000065UN0
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

You And Tonight
I Remember It
Fingerprints
It's A Crazy World
Lucky Man
That's All I Want From You
I Will Not Let My Spirit Fall
Easy Money
Rainy Day In Pittsburgh
Talk Is Cheap
Something To Cry About
Spanish Blood
On The Wall
Hey Lefty

Customer Reviews:

Deserving of 5 stars.......2005-03-22

I saw Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers open for Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 25 years ago. Last summer, I watched Joe open for the Jukes again at the Arts Festival in Pittsburgh. The irony was unmistakable - here were two artists who've grown, matured and improved. Grushecky (and Johnny Lyons, for that matter) never hit the heights many people predicted, but they both continue to make great music. This CD is filled with great songs - rockers, ballads, songs that make you want to turn up the volume in the car and sing along. Who other than Joe could work Kennywood Park into a song and make it fit perfectly? There's a reason every reviewer to date has given this a 5 star rating. It's rock and roll for people who aren't afraid of growing up.

Joe Grushecky Should be up for a Grammy.......2003-02-20

This is one of the best albums i have heard in a longtime, with all of the garbage music out there these days , its refreshing to here a great straight up rock and roll album, I have just recently been turned on to Joe Grushecky, and man he is at the top of my list, the songwriting is just incredible. This guy deserves a hell of a lot more attention. I also had the pleasure of meeting the Man recently and he was indeed a Very warm sincere individual, who had no problem at all interacting and talking with his fans, One Very Nice Guy and a Hell of a Rock and Roller.

Grushecky: A Survivor of Rock and Roll.......2002-05-22

Joe Grushecky's latest release "Fingerprints," is another fine effort from one of America's best singer/songwriters. This release will not be a disappointment to followers of the long time Pittsburgh legend nor will it be less than a treat to people unfamiliar with Grushecky's work.
This was Grushecky's first solo release as he took some long time friends and headed off to the studio. His band, The Houserockers, do not appear on the album but the group is still intact and are as solid as ever.
For people who are not acquainted with Grushecky, he was the long time frontman for the Iron City Houserockers, the critically acclaimed gritty street tough band from the late 70's and early 80's. His style is often compared to Springsteen, Mellencamp, Seger, Hiatt etc... in the sense of roots rock and roll combined with powerful lyrics and blistering guitar work.
On "Fingerprints," Grushecky shows some versatility but still remains true to his musical roots. The opening track,"You and Tonight" is a guitar oriented romp that will leave you on the dance floor or bouncing your head in your car--it's party rock with no apologies. Amazing guitar and vocals and the tune is getting quite a lot of regional airplay to boot.
Another personal favorite is "It's A Crazy World." Another guns a blazing rocker with some thoughtful provoking messages. In this song, Grushecky pleads, "the schools in our cities are deserted and dark---but we got enough money to build another ballpark." Heady stuff and not likely what you'll hear on the newest Limp Bizkit offering.
Other pleasures are "I Remember It" and "I Will Not Let My Spirit Fall." The former is a visit from the past of Grushecky's first musical memories and tributes while the latter is his ode to being a rock survivor and the courage that it takes to move on with integrity while not giving in.
Other highlights are "Talk Is Cheap" who Grushecky penned with his 13 year old son Johnny (a budding musician in his own
right) and "On The Wall." This track represents a true story about the Vietnam War and the struggles that we as Americans feel about it to this day. It is the most heartfelt song about Vietnam that I have heard since Springsteen's cult b-side "Shut Out The Lights."
All in all, Grushecky never disappoints and always delivers. I hope you will take the time to explore his music and to enjoy this new powerful statement. If you know this American original already, then you know this is another in a long line of great efforts from one of rock and roll's most underrated stars.

Grushecky continues to produce intelligent rock n' roll!.......2002-05-11

The magic remains in this incredible offering from the leader of the world's greatest bar band. Joe Grushecky has been recording unbelievably good music for nearly a quarter century now. Like many of his more recognized peers, such as fan/friend Bruce Springsteen, he is making the best music of his career. Grushecky displays his full range of musical creativity in his debut solo effort, "Fingerprints." The diversity that is apparent on this fourteen track CD assures the listener of a new experience with each listening. Whether you listen to it on your home stereo or in your car, it will be one of your most frequently played CDs. New classic rockers such as "You & Tonight" & "Crazy World" will energize you. While, poignant ballads such as "That's All I Want From You" and "Rainy Day in Pittsburgh" will move and inspire you. The track "Lucky Man" is R&B at its best. "Easy Money" & "Talk Is Cheap" provide funky and driving beats that really mix up the tempo of the CD. This is a very balanced CD that the listener will not tire of listening to. There is not a weak track in the lot. This CD is an essential addition to any serious rock music collection. Grushecky's music has proven to stand the test of time, remaining relevant and contemporary. You won't be throwing this one away in the future - like those Hootie & the Blowfish CDs. Enjoy another Grushecky classic!

A True Gem.......2002-05-09

Fingerprints is a wonderful album. The music, as well as the lyrics are great. There is not one clunker of the 14 tracks. The first 3 songs set the pace for the entire album. "You and Tonight" opens as a great rock n roll song, "I Remember It" is equally great ... and the title track "Fingerprints" is amoungst the best songs I've ever heard. This song reflects on all the people (lovers, friends and family) that have touched Grushecky through out his life. It is a song that very easily becomes relevant to the listener. The lyrics are tremendous. If you've enjoyed Joe Grushecky in the past .... this is a "must" album. If you haven't, not only will this album NOT disappoint, it will likely set you on a path to adding many of his other CD's to your collection. It really is great listening.

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Fingerprints

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000093NMF
Release Date: 2006-12-19

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Variety keeps it interesting

Summertime Music

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000006LQ9
Release Date: 1995-04-01

Tracks:

Whisper
Just A little Bit
The Way Love Goes
Summertime Music
Hold On
December
Playground
Full Moon's Melody
Love and Happiness

Album Description

Smooth blend of contemporary jazz with a taste of urban sophistication.

Customer Reviews:

Variety keeps it interesting.......2001-07-06

I grew tired of "Smooth Jazz" - about ten years ago. It all began to sound the same. So it wasn't until I heard Fingerprints perform at a small art/jazz festival that my interest in this music category was re-kindled. They were great on-stage, so I purchased their CD on the spot (which is always a risky purchase). And, although the CD didn't have quite as much energy as their live performance, I wasn't disappointed. The tracks are very diverse ... some with vocals and some without, but all with varied tempos and arrangements. This is a great discovery. The only problem is they only have one CD available. Hopefully that will change in the near future.

The Myth Of Fingerprints: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

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D.D.
Big Shrug (spoilers)
dysfunctional family so real, it hurts.....
Creepy - nobody EVER discusses anything REAL ..........
disfunctional Wyle

The Myth Of Fingerprints: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
David Bridie , and John Phillips
Manufacturer: Velvel Records
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ASIN: B0000049YB
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

Hal Sings - The Myth Of Fingerprints (ST)
Myth
I Like It Like This
Verandah
Le Roi D'ys - Beniamino Gigli
Don't Be That Way - Bing Cosby
Low - My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Mia Cries
Le Roi D'ys - Rufus Wainright
Bad Person
Underneath
Tenderly
Super 8
Fingerprints
Banks Of Wabash - Rufus Wainright/John Brion/Ethan Johns

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D.D........2006-12-17

Is the family both the centerpoint of our adult strength and the source of our weakness?
The question lingers upon coming to the end of Myth of Fingerprint, and one is left with the age-old family conundrum of love as both an unspoken bond and a lonely device.

This movie about a family gathering at Thanksgiving - always the best time of the year to resurrect demons and compare scars - deals with familial relationships from the aspects of four adult children home for the holiday. The isolated setting of the large New England house amidst the backdrop of the cold and bare landscape is perfect for a film about the difficulties of family communication rendered more glaring when thrust together in an enclosed social setting. Noah Wylie as the son Warren, and Julianne Moore as daughter Mia are the most powerful of the sibling characters, with different and yet similar personalities. Mia is all anger, Warren all emptiness and regret. Both are uncomfortable in their own skin and seem confused about what makes them this way. The mother is the glue of the house, warm and caring, and yet gently and firmly willing to hold up a mirror for each family member to see their reflection.
But it is the father who is central to the story. Emotionally constipated and rigid, he seems almost fearful of his children when he isn't cultivating a detached, yet powerful presence over them. Though he speaks rarely the actions and expressions of the father expose the quiet source of his childrens reciprocated fear. By not saying much verbally he seems to say a lot emotionally.
The beauty and complexity of the movie are the lack of background as to why exactly the children have such a strained relationship with their father, though by his aforementioned actions one hardly needs to guess. Each persons relationship with their family and their significant other (or lack thereof) is examined without intense or excessive social history allowing the viewer to draw their own conclusions - perhaps based on their own personal experiences (another powerful aspect of the movie). And at the end a lingering memory, an emotional scar, will explode shattering the tension percolating below the surface of the family living room on Thanksgiving night. The closing two scenes of the father lend a quiet, powerful, and yet tragic beauty that best exemplify the crushing inner weight some carry preventing them from expressing themselves even to those they love.

Unavoidably opinions will differ on particular aspects and the overall enjoyment of the movie, but those differences will say more about the viewer themself and their relationship with their own family than it does upon the film. At its core the capacity to make us examine ourselves and our own relationships is its very power.

Big Shrug (spoilers).......2006-04-19

Some pretty pictures, some good acting on the parts of some of the actors as they portray a bunch of dysfunctional people home for Thanksgiving.

However, a plot seems to be missing. We meet the parents and grown kids, as well as dragged-along boyfriend/girlfriend of two of the grown kids as they gather at the parents' home for the holiday. All of them seem to have deep seated weirdnesses and problems, ranging from the oldest daughter, Mia (Julianne Moore) who seems to be stricken with a near-terminal case of the redass to the youngest daughter who seems to think it is hysterically funny to leap out from behind doors at people, screaming at the top of her lungs. The father, played by Roy Scheider, is distant and boorish and seems to be obsessed with the time and adhering to a schedule. The mother (Blythe Danner) acts as if nothing is going on at all, even though her children and their assorted guests are acting like twerps and her husband acts like he needs a lobotomy.

Fine, a good portrait of dysfunctional family dynamics - but it doesn't go anywhere from there. We never find out just why the kids are estranged from their father. The most shattering thing we see that he's done is that he gets bombed at some previous gathering and makes a pretty strong pass at his son, Warren's (Noah Wylie) then-girlfriend, kissing her in the hallway of the family home. In another scene, we see the father watching an old home movie of a birthday party for Warren, where he breaks a couple of eggs over the kid's head. Some confusing references are made to some kind of "game" the father has played through the years, which seems to consist of asking people who don't have watches what time it is.

Okay, so the father doesn't come off as Dad Of The Year by any means - but what we hear and see of him simply doesn't explain the obvious deep-seated problems of his adult children, ranging from the ongoing rage and viciousness of his oldest daughter, Mia, to his son, Warren's, obvious fear and distaste for him. Physical or sexual abuse isn't even hinted at. At most it seems as if the father character is obsessed by schedules and time and is rigid and emotionally distant from everyone.

So it is hard to accept the characters of the adult children or why they act like such putzes. From what we're told by the sketchy plot, they don't really seem to have much reason to indulge in continual rages or depression. Two of them have relationships with other people that seem to involve a lot of sex, but not much else. Mia's relationship with her boyfriend, Elliot, is simply painful, as she continually cuts him down, verbally abuses him and then tries to use him as a sex object - but then, for some reason unknown to us, Mia verbally abuses everyone without mercy. She's always angry and cruel - but we don't know why.

Warren, on the other hand, seems to excel at whiny depression. We see him in what appears to be a therapy session, mentioning a hometown girl, Daphne, who apparently dumped him in the past. This has been the catalyst for him being estranged from his family for three years. When we finally see what happened - his drunken father tried groping and kissing the girlfriend in a hallway, and apparently Warren saw the incident - we're left wondering "is that it?" All that trauma because someone got drunk and acted like a jerk? She dumped Warren, who did nothing wrong, because of something his father, an acknowledged jerk, did? Warren just comes off as oversensitive and self-absorbed, greatly enjoying his angst, and his girlfriend comes off as a little jerk who treated him badly becaue of something he didn't do (and who also, for some reason, makes him sit on the ice of a frozen lake for a long talk). Considering the buildup to the "shattering" moment, I had at least expected that his father had raped his girlfriend, or that Warren had discovered that she'd been having an affair with this father. Only something of that intensity could have explained Warren's ongoing grief.

Another brother, Jake, is involved with a pea-brained girlfriend that he can't seem to say "I love you" to. After seeing her behavior through the movie, we can understand why. She's quite rude, vacuous, insensitive to the discomfort and feelings of others, and manipulative. In other words, Jake is involved with a carbon copy of his father. Okay, fine - is that it? This is worth a two hour movie?

Youngest daughter, Lee, is just a little jerk. She's busy being the cute and funny mascot, always acting like a ten year old, making a rather pitiful pitch for the attentions of Mia's boyfriend. Insults and cruelties seem to just roll off her hide, particularly when they're aimed at her by Mia. At one point she's having a conversation with her mother, who is telling her that she still loves the kids' father in spite of everything - but we never hear what "everything" consists of.

A slice of life movie is fine, and this film comes off as a peek into a holiday weekend with a dysfunctional family, but empathy for any of the characters is almost impossible because we never see just what it is that has led to such a range of unhealthy behaviors in this family. More exposition would have helped - otherwise, everyone comes off as whiny, self-pitying, obnoxious and tiresome.

Some people who gave this film positive reviews mention that this is a true slice of life - that the ends aren't neatly tied up, that much remains unsaid and unrevealed, just as is the case in dysfunctional families. There is no Hollywood ending. That's fine - but for a film to really work, a little more than several days' worth of Big Brother is needed. If we're to see these people as anything other than a bunch of immature cretins, we need to know why they ended up that way, even if it's not entirely revealed.

All the angst doesn't add up to the supposed cause of the angst - and I was glad the film was finally over as a result.

Before purchase, rent it and be sure you want to own it before buying.

dysfunctional family so real, it hurts............2006-03-07

you'll recognize yourself and people you know, and it will strike an emotional chord wth you.
thought provoking, intense, distant and cold.
all performances are a sensation, julianne moore a standout as usual. a thanksgiving gathering gone wrong. buried and bitter feelings abound and resurface again.
look elsewhere if your expecting a happy ending, this isn't that kind of movie. the father/son relationship is very sad. anger underneath the surface between them.
there is a cellar scene where the father goes down and sees a family film from long ago. a birthday party for his son. this scene is very moving, showing the father how horrible he acted toward him. the look on roy scheider's face while watching the reel is heartbraking....he has no feelings at all of what he did, and why. subtle to its center, it is a good film.

Creepy - nobody EVER discusses anything REAL .................2004-05-11

I've watched this movie several times - to see if I missed anything before, just to see it again, because it's mesmerising (for me, anyway), and because I'm secretly hoping that it wasn't really THAT sick ......... the acting, photography, direction were all superb - the message came across so very true to life in every way ........... and because of all that, I often watch it when it's re-run on the tube; Noah Wyle does an excellent job of portaying the son who suffered so pointedly, the betrayal that goes on in this family - and as in all (or most anyway) families - this one is affected via the trickle down of the tone set by the parents - the father - Roy Scheider - isn't just distant; he's downright mean and destructive - blurred from being discerned clearly, because of his eccentricities - although I did feel that he contrived all of those too. And Blythe Danner did an excellent job of portraying the mother who goes on for decades overlooking her husband's cruel streaks, his creepy deceits, his silence, anger, and his tone-setting refusal to tolerate open communication; in spite of all this unpleasantness in the household, and the effect this all has/had on the now grown children - I enjoy this movie because it all "hangs together" so real and true. It's hard to believe that in this day and age, that there surely are families like this - who simply never communicate openly atall - ever!

disfunctional Wyle.......2003-10-14

lots of love making in this one. Wyle gives a great role as the son of a father and their lives arent really great as Wyle comes back after he is gone for awhile. Roy Schider is great too as Wyle's dad. people will note if there Alias fans that Michael Vartan of Alias is in this movie. powerful piece with some dry emotions.

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Manufacturer: M & N Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAFG5W
Release Date: 2003-09-30

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