Women in Prison

Women in Prison Artist: Evie Sands
Label: Trainwreck Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 670501000924
EAN: 0670501000924
ASIN: B00000IKNL


Release Date: 1999-04-20

Women in Prison


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Tracks:

  1. I Ain't Done Yet
  2. Cool Blues Story
  3. While I Look At You
  4. Angel In Your Eyes
  5. Brooklyn Blues
  6. Women In Prison
  7. Fingerprint Me, Baby
  8. I Want Your Hands
  9. I Hate You Today
  10. Always
  11. Gasoline And Coffee
  12. Little Girl Cryin'

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars juicy, dark, and smart - get it now and listen close.......2006-06-25

(My wife's name is popping up as the author of this review. Uh oh I'm in trouble now!) Although I recently became a fan (I missed her earlier career, such as it was, entirely), my expectations for "Women in Prison" weren't all that high. I guess I assumed it would be depressing. All I'd heard of it was the Lucinda Williams bit, which doesn't do much for me, other that let me hear those dark velvet evie-tones. Okay, so now I've had it for almost a week. It's just about the best thing I've heard in years. It is so outrageously, drippingly, shamelessly SEXY in places - with a rich deep maturity that makes girl singers - even younger evie - seem like unripe peaches. I have NEVER heard such utterly convincing female sexuality in musical form, in fact nothing comes close. And if its borderline-explicit, it's still tasteful! The pairing of I want your hands / I hate you tou today is perfect. It helps me understand women at last - at least a little.

This is probably because evie understands herself. Here are a couple of further thoughts:
1. Her many years in exile from fame have done her a world of good. She's an evolved soul, and real human being. Look at the singers who did make it at the age when evie should have, who are now her age. Most are a mess, and their voices contain only accumulated fakeness. They're self-caricatures, trying to be what they used to be (with notable exceptions here and here).
2. I would wager that evie is still finding her voice, and by far the best is yet to come. I mean that. This is light-years ahead of her earlier stuff (I missed her 1979 album). And now that Women in Prison has failed to sell too, she's had yet another eight years to quietly evolve still further into maturity, wisdom, womanliness, and self-knowledge. When she finally hits her peak, maybe in the next year, the masses will finally sit up and take notice. Independent radio stations and internet word-of-keyboards will alert people to this amazing phenomenon.
This isn't to say that I like every song or even every run-through of the album when i let it become background noise. But when I do pay attention - wow

5 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC--from a LEGEND.......2006-05-01

I discovered the music of Evie Sands in 1975 with the Lp ESTATE OF MIND.
I was thrilled to find out that it is NOW available on CD. I THEN discovered this 1999 release.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
I could not believe how effortless ES plays, sings and writes 'the Blues'
--This album, which features Lucinda Williams on Cool Blues Story, is ANOTHER classic from the LEGENDARY Evie Sands.
She can SING and she can WRITE a song that will stay with you for days and days.
When I FIRST found WOMEN IN PRISON about 3 months ago (02/2006) I wanted to get some copies for gifts for friends and AMAZON didnt have any! I had to go overseas to get 8 copies.

I'm happy to see it back in stock here.
If you like the Blues and great songwriting this album will redefine both for you.

5 out of 5 stars Enjoy hearing Evie Sands once again.......2003-04-01

Back in 1969, I listened to Evie Sands album Any Way That You Want Me so much that I wore it out. Her rendition of Shadow of the Evening is so poignant. I liked her Until It is Time For You to Go much better than Buffy's version in the 60's.
After many years of tryimg to fimd her album AnyWay You Want Me, it was surprising to find it on Amazon.com. The price was steep but well worth it. Her voice is a crystal clear classic. I want more albums from her. I see from the discography that she has Two other albums. Suspended Animation (1979) and Estate of Mind (1974). Hopefully, they will become available on Amazon.com. Anyone know of these of albums?

3 out of 5 stars Good to hear Evie again!.......2000-06-07

The duet with Lucinda Williams is dynamite! It's good to hear Evie making her own music again. She is truly one of the greatest and most underappreciated pop/blues artists of our time. If there are any more Evie Sands fans out there, I'm desperate for a copy (vinyl) of "Sands of Time".

5 out of 5 stars

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