The Silver Line
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Artist: Chris Mills
Label: Powerless Pop Recorders
Category: Music
Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 789397710326
EAN: 0789397710326
ASIN: B00006JSP3
Release Date: 2002-10-08 |
The Silver Line
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Tracks:
- The Silver Line
- Suicide Note
- I Could Not Stand To See You
- Sleeptalking
- Everything's Gonna Be Cool
- Dry Eye
- Diamond
- Floorboards
- Lullaby
- Don't Be Crushed
Similar Items:
- Kiss It Goodbye
- The Wall To Wall Sessions
Album Description
The Silver Line is the fourth release from Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills, and is his most fully realized album to date. Produced by Mills and long-time collaborator Brian Deck(Modest Mouse, John Cale), The Silver Line combines the best elements of roots rock and orchestral pop with the heart breaking lyricism and bare knuckled insight that have long been Mills' trademark.
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful, beautiful, and again, beautiful.......2002-11-07
I think that the review which indicates this CD is different from Kiss it Goodbye and previous Chris Mills CDs is correct in that the alt country sound may not be as present here as it has been in the past. However, I didn't fall in love with his music for its genre but instead for the voice that continues to amaze me with every song I hear. I am addicted to this entire CD (except Floorboards, and that will probably grow on me once I've heard it played live a couple times) and it hasn't left my disk player since the day the CD was released. Also, Chris does have another CD that is currently available "on tour" only . . . it has two of my favorites, "Psycho" and "Safe and Sound." Get it while you can!
Great Album.......2002-10-29
Every album Chris Mills puts out gets better and better and with this album he has achieved greatness. After listening to the Silver Line, I have no doubt that Chris Mills' will one day be considered on of the greatest talents to come out of Chicago. This guy sings his heart out on this album (just listen to song 4 Sleeptalking). Expand your musical horizons and buy this album (you will not be disappointed)! Support independent music, it's our only change to defeat Britney!
not much country this time.......2002-10-29
The Silver Line almost abandons the country elements that worked so well on Kiss It Goodbye. Only one song near the end (forgot the title) has any type of rural flavor. This is a little bit of a disappointment for me, but I've tried to rate this new release for what it is.
Mills uses his smooth trombone-like voice to create a character of intelligence, full of anguish but with dignity, who makes you understand the curse of genius with good-humored whining.
Suicide Note and Sleeptalking are the most clever, catchy songs on the album, the former featuring horns and a female harmony part, which sounds great. Unfortunately, that is where the sonic excitement ends. After only a few listens, blocks of songs tend to fall into a continuous depressing zone. That always makes it harder to warm up to music, even if it is soulful (as this is), and this is why I can't give 5 stars.
Music Album:
- Introduction to Mayhem ~ Primer 55
- Remembrance Days ~ B-Movie
- Floor Model ~ Vinyl Devotion
- Words from the Front ~ Tom Verlaine
- Rock n' Roll Reunion: Class of 72 ~ Various Artists
- Always Right as in We Are ~ Rory
- Class Reunion: Greatest Hits Of 1971 ~ Various Artists
- Laura Branigan ~ Laura Branigan
- Sessions at West 54th ~ Suzanne Vega
- Girls and Boys: Safety Dance ~ Fear Cult
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The Real Birth of the Cool: Studio Recordings ~ Gil Evans
Priceless Jazz ~ John Coltrane
Dream ~ Lincoln Adler
Glow ~ Peter White
In the Spirit ~ Sterling Koch
Simply Sax: Hits of the 90s ~ Various Artists
Lost Territories ~ Little Bob
Eu So Passo No Pedagio Quando O Pau Levanta ~ Manhoso
Meus Momentos ~ Jose Augusto
Celtic Horizons ~ Phil Coulter