Dandelion

Artist: Claire Holley Label: Yep Roc Records Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 634457205123 EAN: 0634457205123 ASIN: B00009MGPE Release Date: 2003-06-17

Listmania:

1. Favorite Albums 2006 (Americana, Roots, Slide Guitar)

Tracks:

1. 6 Miles To McKenney
2. Dandelion
3. Henry's
4. Sugar
5. Waiting For The Whales
6. Love Never Came
7. Playground
8. The Singer
9. Tread Softly
10. Waving Goodbye
11. The Deep

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Customer Reviews:

simply wonderful.......2004-07-29

+3/4 -- Charming, laid-back electric folk-rock.......2004-04-09

The rest of Holley's fourth album is a mellower affair, pleasantly taking advantage of the production quality, but never quite living up to the spark of the lead. At times she sounds like an Americana version of UK singer Donna Lewis, with perhaps a twist of Jewel's (or '60s folky Melanie's) naivetý and Suzanne Vega's sophistication. The warmth of Holley's voice, and her laid-back delivery, adds mood to the music more than it carries a lyrical message. What sticks in with the listener are the melodies and musical colorations more than the story details. Holley's voice is so pretty that it can be difficult to focus beyond its sound as an instrument.

"Henry's" is more effective in communicating the song's rainy-afternoon setting, delineated by the song's electric piano and laconic vocal, than revealing the protagonist's story. Similarly, "Waiting for the Whales to Come" strikes home more with its loopy bass-heavy mix than its tale of whale watching. Several of Holley's songs sketch memorable characters or details, but the vocals require either intense concentration or lyric sheet reading to fully gather the stories. For the most part, Holley blends into the electric folk-rock backings, rendering this more mood music than statement. That's not necessarily a bad thing - this is an exceptionally pleasant spin - but it's probably not what a singer-songwriter aims for.

3-3/4 stars, if allowed fractional ratings.

Southern Comfort.......2004-01-31

Claire's approach is more Southern blues-oriented than many other Americana female singer/songwriters, who tend to lean on country and folk-rock inflections, but those Southern roots do show through on DANDELION, particularly on the album's opening track "6 Miles To McKenney"--a track that, if this were still the 1970s or if corporate radio would give it a chance, could be a very big hit. Claire is an effective enough vocalist, and her guitar skills are not too shabby either.

For anyone with a taste for Americana and roots-rock, DANDELION is the perfect form of Southern Comfort.

She's a songbird.......2003-09-30

GET A LIFE!.......2003-08-12

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