Wishbone

Artist: Eleni Mandell
Label: Mr. Charles Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 675603000124
EAN: 0675603000124
ASIN: B00000J8EY

Release Date: 1999-06-29

Wishbone

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Tracks:

I'm Your Girl
Wishbone
Sylvia
Tristeza
Meant To Be In Love
Normandie
Snake Song
To Dream Of Sarah
Careless Driver
Hack Jimmy
Nickel Plated Man

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Customer Reviews:

EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST.......2006-01-09

Very simply, Eleni Mandell writes and performs remarkable music. Her music is definitely some of the best to come out of the last 10 years and I'm so grateful I discovered her.

I'm a HUGE fan, and WISHBONE (Along with THRILL) are my favorites. Her lyrics are so evocative and her performance of her songs is fantastic.There really isn't anyone I can compare her to because she's THAT original. Her lyrics are poetic yet gritty, her songs are sophistocated yet authentic and primitive too.

I feel about her the way some people feel about Fiona Apple, Billlie Holiday or Joni Mitchell. Maybe soemwould find her music idiosyncratic but I find it soulful, smart and entertaining.

yeah, right..........2002-04-10

Okay, are we done yet with the "Lucinda" comparisons? I suppose everyone needs to compare someone to someone else and, I guess because Lucinda happens to be the current "it" girl, it's bound to happen. I do LOVE both immensely talented women, and have seen both live but, to me, that's where the similarity ends. On the other hand, don't miss the series finale of X-Files where Eleni and Johnette Napolitano finally get reunited as twins separated at birth...

A haunting debut.......2002-01-28

Ms. Mandell manages to sound both forward and retro, never missing a beat. The hypnotic, almost eerie "I'm Your Girl" leads you into the marvelously paced title tune, and the ride from there is most impressive and heartfelt. From the hilarious single women's anthem, "Snake Song" (I think this one should have been on the "Bridget Jones Diary" soundtrack), to the spartan closer, "Nickel Plated Man", you feel you've met and grown to like Eleni Mandell in the span of one CD. Definitely well worth a listen.

What a debut.......2001-12-08

A truly extraordinary debut from this L.A.-based singer/songwriter. Apparently she names her big influences as X and Tom Waits, but I think you'd have to listen pretty hard to hear those. (She's not as loud as X, and not as experimental as Waits). As a songwriter, she has an amazing gift for strong melodies -- the Snake Song and Tristeza -- and she can make her tunes work in either quick or mellow tempos. The raw and spooky atmospherics I'm Your Girl and Meant to Be In Love remind more of PJ Harvey's "Dry" and Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville." The organ peeping out from time to time does actually add a slightly theatrical Waits-ish touch. Finally, she's a strong singer, whose warm voice takes the spotlight in beautiful slower, neo-torch numbers like Hack Jimmy and Normandie. Impressive stuff. Definitely an artist to watch.

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