These Things Wrapped

Artist: Leslie Smith
Label: Waterbug Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 753114001523
EAN: 0753114001523
ASIN: B0000059V0

Release Date: 1995-05-30

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Tracks:

Northern Cross
Midnight Pirouette
China Cups
Heart From The Vine
Words Of A Kind
Ghost On The High Rail
Wednesday's Child
Prayers Of Genevieve
Scotland
Boat In A Bottle

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Customer Reviews:

Leaves you breathless.......2004-09-06

This is one of the best singer/songwriter CDs I've heard in years, much less from someone unknown. I bought this after having it pitched to me, and I have loved it ever since. It takes a strongly imaginative writer to produce a song about love in a nursing home...who would even have thought about it? Leslie Smith writes about abuse, family, and heartbreak, but not so that you are left with a feeling of hopelessness. This is sometimes difficult, but beautifully rendered material. I'm looking forward to more from her.

Wonderful yet hard to define.......2003-11-29

Smith's music defies labels. Although she performs most of it solo, accompanied on acoustic guitar, it doesn't fit the folk or country or unplugged designations. There are echoes of the Celtic music, a tinge of bluegrass and a faint country twang. Smith's guitar and vocals were done live in the studio with no dubbing or production magic, which gives the songs an sense of immediacy.

The songs are profound, the lyrics alternately scathing and compassionate, and the music is exquisite. Smith's soaring vocals forcefully convey the powerful images expressed in the songs. From the potent social commentary of China Cups and Wednesday's 's Child to the touching Prayers Of Genevieve and Midnight Pirouette to the finely crafted allegory of Boat In A Bottle, the music is nothing less than terrific from beginning to end.

Really nice CD.......2003-11-08

A friend lent me this and I've been playing it quite a lot. It's a real nice CD and well worth your time. A great piece of post-modern folk.

wonderful !!!.......2002-07-18

TRUELY A 1ST RATE SINGER/SONGWRITER COMPARABLE TO THE LIKES OF LUCINDA WILLIAMS, KELLY WILLIS, AND BETTY ELDERS.-------A BEAUTIFUL VOICE WITH TREMENDOUS GUT FEELING EMOTION AND BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED SONGS TO MATCH---------ONE OF THE BEST ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY SINGER-SONGWRITER ALBUMS EVER RELEASED---------NO RECORDINGS SO FAR AFTER THIS ONE

amazing.......2000-10-15

This is one of the few real impressive singer songwriter albums I have heard. Haunting and extraordinarily musical. Just amazing... Hope her next (1999) almost-release is available soon!

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