Heavier Strings: A String Quartet Tribute to John Mayer

Heavier Strings: A String Quartet Tribute to John Mayer Artist: Various Artists
Label: Vitamin Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 027297895324
EAN: 0027297895324
ASIN: B0009OL812


Release Date: 2005-06-21

Heavier Strings: A String Quartet Tribute to John Mayer


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Tracks:

  1. Clarity
  2. Bigger Than My Body
  3. Something's Missing
  4. New Deep
  5. Come Back To Bed
  6. Home Life
  7. Split Screen Sadness
  8. Daughters
  9. Only Heart
  10. Wheel
  11. Id Pangea

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Product Description

1. Clarity
2. Bigger Than My Body
3. Something’s Missing
4. New Deep
5. Come Back To Bed
6. Hone Life
7. Split Screen Sadness
8. Daughters
9. Only Heart
10. Wheel
11. Id Pangea


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Lovely.......2006-07-21

As a fan of a previous String Quartet tribute album (that to Matchbox Twenty) I've been quite eager to check out what they've done with other bands/artists I happen to adore. While I've got a fair few lined up to check out (such as Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews Band), as soon as I heard the preview clips for this album, I had to have it.

As I learned from listening to the MB20 tribute, the takes on these songs are not exact replicas. At some points it's hard to pick up the familiar melody of the original artist (typically to follow the line of the instrumental 'vocals'), but it usually picks it back up, and in the end it really doesn't matter. These songs are so lovely, that they hold their own without needing to be so precise. At the same time, the album is a true complement to Mayer's music. Each song has a sort of playfulness about it (and is not as dark or drab, and sometimes even annoying, as the Matchbox Twenty one can be; it didn't take long to warm up to). The tunes also sound a bit like something you might hear on a Disney soundtrack (likely because of the accompanying "woodwinds" on each track, coupled with the overall high quality of the composition and performance).

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  4. Special Brew ~ Bad Manners
  5. One Clear Moment ~ Linda Thompson
  6. Wasted Time ~ Kings of Leon
  7. Hopalong ~ Built Like Alaska
  8. Square the Circle ~ Joan Armatrading
  9. Elvis: Close Up ~ Elvis Presley
  10. Ants Marching ~ Dave Matthews Band

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