B-Sides

B-Sides

Artist: Damien Rice
Label: Vector Recordings
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624883029
EAN: 0093624883029
ASIN: B0002IQFCW

Release Date: 2004-08-03

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Tracks:

The Professor...(Live at Cornucopia) - (from Blower's Daughter )
Lonelil y (original demo) - (from Cannonball or Woman Like A Man )
Woman Like a Man (live unplugged) - (from Cannonball )
Moody Mooday - (from Cannonball )
Delicate (live in Dublin) - (from Volcano )
Volcano (instrumental)
Volcano (?97 demo)

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Customer Reviews:

great old ep.......2007-03-09

how much you want this is determined by how much you love Damien Rice, if you have both albums and love every track then go ahead and buy this; if you only like his hit songs on his albums you probably wont dig this as it's very rough and raw.

Damien rice .......2007-01-05

the album is really great.
I really liked it
the cost is quite reasonable.
I also liked the packaging

"What makes her come?".......2006-07-13

I'm a huge fan of Damien, for out of most new acts he is the only one with the guts to really create something new, fresh and different. He tries to give us a taste of something we've never had the opportunity to experience before. 'B-Sides' is no exception. While not as solid as 'O', I say this only because it's not as long, for the musical selection here is still very strong.

Damien starts us off with 'The Professor & La Fille Danse' which is the most effective track here. It's musical arrangment perfectly fits the lyrical message about the using of women for pleasure. The song describes, in a somewhat explicit and disturbing nature, the fact that this man knows nothing about this woman. The line "and the d*ck left inside only half understood her" perfectly (while vulgarly) explains the predicament that this poor woman is being used for a purpose.

The next track is 'Lonelil y', which appeared on the single for Cannonball (another brilliant track) and this song, while not as strong as the previous, has a possitive message about love and being with the ones you love. None of us want to be lonely. I like the lyrical message in this song, almost as if they took their relationship for granted and then realized they'd rather be together. The chorus chanting "your coming home" and you believe that.

'Woman like a Man' is one of my favorite tracks by Damien. This song is ellegantly done with beautiful harmonizing. The song itself is a little difficult to follow, I'm still trying to figure out what he's getting at, but I think I got it. It appears as if he's pointing out the role-factors of the sexes today, how men and or women want the bennifits received by the other sex and that sex alone. That's just my take though...

I LOVE 'Moody Mooday' if not for the brilliant lyrics then for the way Damien tackles this song. There's a track on 'O' that makes me feel this same way, and that track is 'Cold Water'. On that song, Damien sings as if he were drowning. You believe him. Here it's the same. He sings "I find it hard to breath" and he sings this with such strain in his voice you know he's struggling to deliver each word. The lyrics are deep in their simplicity, and wording it the way he has, with "why d'you have to break free" almost as if she was his captive and then "why d'you have to phone" letting you know she left him in an impersonal mannor but then his comment "someone else you'd rather phone" leads you to believe it was never personal. I personally think she's a hooker...but that's just my take on the song.

The live cut of 'Delicate' is a little to soft. I just think it was poorly recorded. I know it's live but it's no where near as polished as the live cut of 'The Professor...' It's still a wonderful song, it just loses a bit in the translation.

The album closes out with an instrumental and demo version of 'Volcano' which suceeds on both efforts. The instrumental is beautiful but to me it's the demo that stands out as one of my favorite additions to this album. It's raw and downplayed, slow and passionate and it really adds to the umph you get from the powerful lyrics of an immature and maybe even quilty relationship. I just love the whole feel of it.

So there you have it. Yet another brilliant offering from Damien, and something that should hold us over until his next album...let's just pray it comes soon!

Tiding Us Over.......2006-05-25

Damien Rice's "B-Sides", while not the best stand-alone album ever produced, contains a few reworked tracks that are certainly worth hearing. These B-Sides can't (and don't) really work as a stand-alone album. They lack a clear sense of purpose, the kind that's seen in his previous effort, "O." However, like the two hidden tracks at the end of that album, these tracks portray a much darker side of Rice's music, and significantly contribute to the listeners understanding of the artist and help his main work - "O" to stand apart as one of the greatest albums to be released in the past decade. These songs can almost be seen as the ones they were too dark for even "O." Tracks with vivid imagery and strong language like "Woman like a Man" exemplify this.

The songs on this album, even without context, on whole are not as strong as those on "O," The Professor & La Fille Danse, being a notable exception. In truth it is one of his best songs. The writing in this song is especially fresh, with explicit and somewhat disturbing lyrics. This song is almost just an excuse for Rice to wail on his guitar - yet the lyrics present the same helplessness seen in his music. It flows easily through movements in the song. Rice has a penchant for beginning with the best, and "The Professor..." is certainly the best song on the album. Additionally, the demos of "Delicate," and "Volcano" (as well as the instrumental version of "Volcano") are good songs.

The songs on this EP, while significantly simpler than the overall quality of his first effort, contain the same emotion and vocal strength of his other work. And while there are some spectacular moments, the music of "O" clearly outshines Rice's B-Sides. However, this collection of music is still a fine set of track, and this reviewer looks forward to more out of Damien Rice.

Incredible Talent and CD.......2006-05-19

If you liked O, then you'll love B-Sides. I would never buy this album before O though.

Each song has is amazing in its own right, but by far the most compelling is Delicate (live in Dublin). I would buy the CD just for this amazing single. Incredible emotion and raw talent. You'll love it, trust me.

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