Nectar

Artist: Brooks Williams
Label: Signature Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 701237127521
EAN: 0701237127521
ASIN: B000087DT9

Release Date: 2003-02-11

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Tracks:

Birth Of The True
Forget About Him
Singing In The Dark
Half The Grace
May You Never
Yellow Hummingbird
Unexpected Rose
Great Big Sea
Mother Earth
She Loves Me (When I Try)

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Customer Reviews:

Without History..........2004-05-26

Unlike other reviewers here, I came to Nectar as my first Brooks Williams CD (following the use of a track at the end of a TV series was following). It stunned me. The warmth of the instrumentation & the voice. The playful, intricate lyrics and the outsanding guitar work. It's a sublime album that I can put on anytime and while away 40 minutes in the blink of an eye. I'm now on a mission to acquire some other Williams recordings. Hope I won't be shocked or disappointed. Buy this record!

A brilliant guitarist but . . ........2004-04-28

. . . as another reviewer mentioned above, this recording is a disappointment. I purchased this CD when I saw him live and was pretty excited to listen to his newest recording considering he's a very talented musician. Little Lion is a super instrumental album and I hope he does more like that!

A long-time fan, and I love it.......2003-12-20

I saw Brooks in concert not too long ago, for about the 5th time, and he mentioned that he's gotten hate-mail from people about this album. It's definitely a departure, but I love it. I've kept it in my car for weeks at a time, and I mean listening to it twice a day.

Brooks is paying tribute to his extremely rich set of influences on this album. He admires the music from when pop used to be a GOOD word, instead of evoking images of mostly naked teenagers dancing with large snakes.

Sonically, this album is fat and sassy. In contrast to the spare production of his other albums, which were largely Brooks's work, he's gotten a great producer to work with him on this one. The album is impeccably consistent from start to end, and I think Brooks was really happy with the process. He said "I was so tired of working so hard on recording the albums, I just wanted to hand over the reins and see what happened while I enjoyed playing music instead of nitpicking details." That's a semi-quote. In any case, the new producer really brought a lot to it -- I daresay he enjoyed having the free rein as much as Brooks enjoyed letting it go. The songs are pretty densely arranged as a result, with (gasp!) electric guitar and a very different set of hooks (guess who? Yes, Mr. Producer helped arrange and sits in on the electric guitar).

Brooks's voice is also recorded quite differently from past albums, which gives it a breathier sound, a bit closer to you but a bit standoffish as well. It works well, much better than my description, which is sort of like dancing about architecture, if you know what I mean. This is a tough review to write!

The songwriting is stock Williams, really solid lyrics and music. It's only different in that a) it's not the same songs and b) it's produced differently. If you know what I mean, you know that this is a strong compliment.

All in all, one of my favorite albums. Do yourself, get a copy, a pair of Sennheisers, and spend an evening with it. Write back if you're not convinced.

A real departure for Brooks.......2003-04-15

I'm surprised at some of the reactions to this album. There's so much to like about it. It has a bit more of a pop sound than his early stuff, but I love it. "Forget About Him" and "Half the Grace" would be top tens on the charts if the music industry sold music instead of images or clothing.

I didn't really need to hear another version of "Mother Earth," but other than that there isn't a wasted moment on the album. Also, the production on this album just blows away any of his previous albums. Phil "The Funk Monster" Madeira and his B-3 organ are a perfect match for Brooks' style.

Sorry to say I agree........2003-04-06

I've enjoyed Brooks for many many years, with the highlights being North From Statesboro and Knife Edge, IMO. Actually, Little Lion is pretty amazing too -- glad he finally did an all-instrumental album. I have no idea what happened here, like another reviewer. His voice is very muted on all the songs, like he's whispering almost every song -- a singing style I've never heard him do recorded or live. And it just doesn't work. The songs themselves are good; he did a super live show recently that I enjoyed immensely. This recording, however, is a great disappointment. And trust me, it hurts to say bad things about someone whose music I've enjoyed so much over the years.

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