Friend or Foe

Friend or Foe Artist: Erica Smith
Label: Listen Here Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 628740662625
EAN: 0628740662625
ASIN: B00007LPAM


Release Date: 2002-10-29

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Tracks:

  1. 31st Avenue
  2. Thanks Just the Same
  3. A War Is On
  4. Johnny Come Down to Hilo
  5. Wayfaring Stranger
  6. Love YOu All the Way
  7. Oh, Death
  8. Rose In Winter
  9. Pretty Saro

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant stuff.......2003-07-26

Great album IMO-- this one expands the basic folk of her first-- but in a good way-- very nice arrangements, esp. on the more
trad. ones like "O Death" (amazing performance IMO) & "Johnny
Come Down to Hilo." & her take on Carolyn Hall's "Thanks Just the Same"--- brilliant song-- as strong or more so than CH's. In a way, Smith (& Hall too) are a return to the pristine sound of early '60's Joan Baez & Judy Collins, with some elements recalling Pentangle. But especially Smith is very contemporary too. One of the best albums of the year I think.

5 out of 5 stars Reprise, and promise fulfilled.......2003-03-09

Following her monochrome and moving debut album, Erica Smith's "friend or foe" is color with a full range of backup instruments. Her voice remains pure and intimate across a collage of traditional and modern melodies that contain many happy surprises. Most striking about this album are her three superb compositions "31st Avenue," "A War Is On" and "Love You All The Way" (the last reprised from her first album). These are rich songs, in the vein of Gillian Welch and Leonard Cohen. "A War" is powerful. The mp3 downloads represent the album perfectly. They led me to buy both of Erica's albums and soon become a champion of her music with anyone who'll listen.

Music CD:

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  2. Nectar ~ Brooks Williams
  3. Step To It ~ Norman Foote
  4. Cri De Coeur ~ Sonja Kristina
  5. Songs of the Shepherd - KJV Scripture Songs
  6. Tigers Above Tigers Below ~ Ellis
  7. Inhale Pink ~ Billy McLaughlin
  8. Simply Being Cleopatra ~ Antje
  9. Mountain Dulcimer Galax Style ~ Bonnie Russell & the Russell Family
  10. Econoline ~ Mike West

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Source of Fire ~ Hossam Ramzy

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Matrice ~ Gerard Manset

Trabucchellia ~ Alpino

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Oretachi Ijiwarukei: Kumo ~ Japanimation (Ijiwarukei All Stars)

Cold Water Music ~ Aim