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Anybody Artist: Rose Polenzani
Label: Daemon Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 767691902227
EAN: 0767691902227
ASIN: B00000JJBS


Release Date: 1999-08-17

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Tracks:

  1. Shake Through to Ugly
  2. Molly's Lily
  3. Or
  4. Abalin
  5. Aolga's Birthday
  6. Omen
  7. Chalice
  8. Angel
  9. Ditty to Surround a Bell
  10. Look No Hands
  11. Parhelion

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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Bit of a Dissapointment.......2001-11-29

Rose Polenzani is a vaguely talented singer songwriter who could stand to benefit from a good shot of adrenaline.

I'm not one who tends to poopoo mellowness or depression. I love what I refer to as "wallow" music. My listmania list "Songs for a Rainy Fall Day," is an ode to precisely this form of music. Yet despite my masochistic taste, Rose Polenzani loses even my interest.

My first impression of Rose -- at an Indigo Girls concert the summer after my high school graduation -- was positive. Unfortunately, I quickly found my mind wandering and my attention lagging. At the time, I chalked it up to my lack of knowledge of her songs and my eagerness to see my girls. After finding her album in a recent visit to a used CD shop in Northampton, Mass, I decided to add her to my ever expanding and extensive collection of female singer-songwriters, hoping for a pleasant and welcome surprise. I thought if Amy and Emily supported her, Rose must have something to offer. But despite my desire to adore her -- I didn't.

Perhaps it's the album's pacing, which can only be described as monotonous. Or maybe it's the songwriting, which can only be described as repetitive. An even stronger possibility is the vocal style, which, though pretty, is marked by a certain distracting histrionic choppiness reminiscent of early Jewel or "Little Black Girl" Rebekah.

I still hold out hopes that,with time, this album may grow on me, as many albums have. I do think Rose's sound has potential. I also haven't heard her more recent work, and I realize it's quite possible her sound has matured.

I can't give Rose a positive review -- but I do wish her the best of luck in her artistic growth.

5 out of 5 stars Superb, Astonishing, Sublime.......2001-06-24

... are three of the words that spring to mind whenever I listen to this album, which is full of songs that many artists would be lucky to create even once in their entire career. Rose's music is so consistently good that it's hard to pick out any one track, but, like some other reviewers, I was most taken by "Olga's Birthday", which goes from bewildering to tragic to triumphant in a few breathtaking moments. She has the storytelling instinct of a great writer, the vocabulary of a poet, and the musical talent to bring them together with overwhelming effect.

Now do yourself a great big favor, stop reading these reviews, and buy this perfect album.

5 out of 5 stars Great Album and New Sound.......2001-05-18

I first saw Rose open for the Indigo Girls and she was so quiet and shy that we heard very little of her performance (and we were in the third row!) So I was unsure what to think of her, but then I heard "Olga's Birthday" and LOVED IT! Went out and got the album and have really got into it! Some songs took a few times before they stuck with me, but now I love the whole CD.

5 out of 5 stars A wonderful "new" find for me.......2000-12-05

Rose really is something. She has a wonderful stage presence that comes through nearly as well on this album. Rose has definately made an impression on me. Take a listen to some of her work, such as "Olga's Birthday" or "In the Middle" and I'm sure she'll have the same effect on you.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Gitogito Galore ~ Gitogito Hustler
  2. Chewing Hides the Sound ~ Snakefinger
  3. Charcoal ~ Sarge
  4. Hagnesta Hill ~ Kent
  5. Danger Zone ~ Doc Holliday
  6. Best of Shat ~ Shat
  7. Birds of Prey/History Mix, Vol. 1 ~ Godley & Creme
  8. Anhedoniac ~ Jarboe
  9. Walls of Glass ~ Russ Taff
  10. First Base/Amar Caballero ~ Ruth Babe

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Tough 'Duff ~ Jack McDuff and Jimmy Forrest

Alive & Swingin' ~ Christian Josi

Here Again ~ Buddy Montgomery

Quiet Nights ~ Miles Davis

Viva Cubop!: Jazz the Afro-Cuban Way ~ Various Artists

A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing ~ Vince Guaraldi Trio

Boldog Szomoru Dal ~ Csik Zenekar

Riquezas ~ Juan Martin, Antonio Aparecida

2nd X'mas ~ Dream, Sweets, Aiko Kayo

El Tango ~ Carlos Gardel