Say It Ain't So

Say It Ain't So Artist: Murray Head
Label: Polygram Int'l
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042284245227
EAN: 0042284245227
ASIN: B000007ZF8


Release Date: 2002-07-18

Say It Ain't So


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Tracks:

  1. Say It Ain't So, Joe
  2. Boy on the Bridge
  3. Boats Away
  4. When I'm Yours
  5. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
  6. She's Such a Drag
  7. Never Even Thought
  8. Silence Is a Strong Reply
  9. Don't Forget Him Now
  10. You're So Tasty

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars DONT SHOW THIS REVIEW BUT JUST A HINT FOR YOU.......2002-04-26

Hi,
I dont want you to show this review, but I just want to tell you that I am usually buying my stuff with you guys. (not a frequent buyer but looking often) I just bought that cd on the the web site cd nom for just 13$. I just tought it could be helpfull to you. I love you very much but got disapointed to see that major of a difference.

5 out of 5 stars It happened to him and to Nick Drake.......2001-05-22

Nick Drake is a good comparison, here. A slightly later period but the same simple accoustic and the same touching sensitive voice. They should have both been so much bigger. Check out the 4 cd set of Nick Drake if you like this. You will never ever regret it! Say it aint so is one of the best songs of its time. I'm so glad I found it again after all these years. Peter Chelsom.

5 out of 5 stars Good Musical Taste Begins Here ->.......2001-04-10

Contains the greatest song ever written and performed ("Joe"), in itself worth 50 stars. The other songs are brilliant, but pale inevitably in comparison. If you only ever buy one album in your life...

4 out of 5 stars A taste of what could have been the big time for Murray Head.......2000-07-10

This album was Murray Head's biggest, and best shot at stardom. Sadly, it didn't make as much of a splash as he'd likely hoped, and subsequent albums were more popular in the Francophonic world than in Britain or the U.S.A.

"Say It Ain't So" is still a very strong record, with strong ballads and a uniquely 1975 rock sensibility, notably the David Gilmour-esque guitar playing on "Boy on the Bridge".

The centerpiece of the album is the title track, "Say It Ain't So Joe", as haunting a ballad as ever appeared in the 1970's, featuring Murray's alternatingly smooth, raspy, and finally agonized voice in a quietly escalating song about Josef Stalin.

Other strong tracks are the steel drum tinged "Boats Away", "Boy on the Bridge", "When I'm Yours", and "Never Even Thought". One track keeps this from being a five star record, the bizarre dixieland trombone filled "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat". It breaks the continuity of the (otherwise almost early Peter Gabriel like) record, and just isn't a very good song. Luckily for Murray's reputation, it's a cover song.

The liner notes state that most of the songs were written for a musical called "Atlantis". The musical appears to have sunk into the ocean, but "Say It Ain't So" remains. Murray Head had one of the best voices in rock. It's sad that inept management kept him from having the standout career he deserves.

5 out of 5 stars An Impressive Follow Up To "Nigel Lived".......2000-03-05

According to the liner notes, this album was the soundtrack for a musical called "Atlantis," which to my knowledge has never been produced for the stage. While lyrics are included, you can only guess what plot Murray had in mind when he was writing this album.

Acoustic numbers dominate (including the famous title track), along with the plaintive, "When I'm Yours," "Never Even Thought," and the hopeful anthem, "Boats Away." Electric guitar fans can enjoy "Boy On The Bridge," "Don't Forget Him Now," and the over-the-top sensuality of the duet "You're So Tasty" with Vicky Brown. SIAS breaks out of its dreamy, swooning feel with the scorchingly gay, "She's Such A Drag," a song that must have literally been a scream to record.

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