And All The Colors...

And All The Colors... Artist: Ian Moore
Label: Koch Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 099923806226
EAN: 0099923806226
ASIN: B00004LMMK


Release Date: 2000-03-14

And All The Colors...


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Tracks:

  1. Float Away
  2. Room 229
  3. Magdelena
  4. Johnny Cash And His Electric Bible
  5. Coming Around
  6. Retablo
  7. Rollercoaster
  8. Oceansize
  9. Angelyne
  10. Leary's Gate
  11. Closer
  12. Time Of Dying
  13. Fickle

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  1. Luminaria
  2. Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass
  3. Modernday Folklore
  4. Via Satellite
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Groomed by his former label to be the Texas blues-rock heir apparent to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ian Moore instead severed those ties and gratifyingly veered onto a musical road less traveled. Guitar heroics are still present, though they're no longer Moore's raison d'être. It's tempting to make Hendrix comparisons (especially on "Johnny Cash and His Electric Bible" and the transcendent "Leary's Gate"), but only if it's also noted that Jimi's tastes and influences were historically much broader than the stereotype of him usually allows. Colors is an adventurous musical melange that, like the brief utopian pop era it evokes, samples freely from a heady variety of influences ranging from blues and soul to folk and classical, seasoned with a sly dedication to melodic song craft. Moore has claimed as musical inspiration the modern synthesis of style and technology fashioned by Los Lobos, the Latin Playboys, and Daniel Lanois. Here he may have just done them all one better. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars I don't do LSD anymore.......2006-01-12

I read the other reviews. I don't know what these people were listening too but, this CD dose'nt hold a candle to the first one....not even close. I wore the grooves off his first CD. If I still lived in the drug infested 60's this might be OK. That's it ...just OK. Oh, I'll listen to it now or then, I am a fan but.....if Ian ever reads these reviews....shut up and play that guitar!!!

4 out of 5 stars The Best Balance for Ian Moore So Far.......2005-11-20

I think Ian strikes the best balance here, out of any of his recordings, between guitar heroics (featured prominently on his earlier two albums) and songwriting (perhaps overemphasized at the expense of the music on his later release, "Luminaria").

This recording is full of great songs, many of which rock, some don't, but all convey interesting ideas and are sufficiently thought provoking. My favorites are the opener, "Float Away" (perhaps my favorite Ian Moore song), and "Room 229" a quirky tune that succeeds overall despite an absolutely horrific guitar solo. I've recently been spinning "Fickle" a lot.

I was aware of this recording for a while before I bothered to buy it. Then I stumbled - by accident - upon an Ian Moore show at Smith's Old Bar in Atlanta a few years ago and was blown away by the music on this album. Check it out.

4 out of 5 stars Hard rock with a lot of soul..........2004-12-06

This album was a bit different than I expected. I was thinking blues based hard rock and at times it is but it's filled with a lot of soul. Plus in addition to fine guitar he is a much better vocalist than I expected.

4 out of 5 stars Exploring All the Colors.......2004-05-19

Ian Moore continues to follow his own sound with his fifth release, "And All the Colors..." on a new label. Moore returns to a slightly more mainstream feel from his "Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass" release, and although this remains a departure from the blues of his self-titled debut, he still is a great singing, guitarist and song-writer.

I was excited to see the appearance of "Leary's Gate" which I had first heard during a show shortly after the release of "Modernday Folklore". The acoustic beginning is slow, almost to the point of stopping, and then he kicks it up with a fast, loud rhythm pulling you into the song. Blues? Not really, but he rocks out before giving us a break in the middle. The adrenalin picks back up with his solo, almost Hendrix style with a lot of whammy and dive-bombs. "Magdelena" is begins as a soft song where Moore's voice takes the center stage through the first chorus with very little backing, and then he adds acoustic guitar filling out the song. The slide solo is cool, and has a bluesy feel to it. Moore picks it up with "Johnny Cash and His Electric Bible". Another song of great rhythm and feel. "Rollercoster" has a great sound. Another best of the songs is "Angelyne," which begins simply and becomes more complex with each layer of sound Moore adds (even a singing saw) building until it reaches a crescendo.

Moore has definitely departed from his roots of a third-generation Texas Blues guitarist, running away from the title of the next SRV. The guitar doesn't take front billing on this album, and he even doesn't take long solos on most of the songs. Instead, he has created cuts relying on his other talents, letting them come to the forefront. The music is good, a departure from his past, but definitely headed towards a bright future.

5 out of 5 stars

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