Band of Changes

Band of Changes Artist: Chris Harford
Label: The Orchard
Category: Music


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


UPC: 669910163726
EAN: 0669910163726
ASIN: B00000JWDQ


Release Date: 2000-04-01

Band of Changes


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Tracks:

  1. Be My Eyes
  2. The Mole People
  3. Sister Will You Come Down From The Hill
  4. Brothers In The Neighborhood
  5. How I Wanted To
  6. Thank You
  7. Who Did You Do It To Please
  8. One Fell Swoop
  9. Ode To Howie Wyeth
  10. Curious One
  11. Birhtday Boy
  12. Sitting Pretty
  13. Each Face Is A Country
  14. Home Is Where The Heart Is
  15. Part Of History
  16. Caroline
  17. Goodnight

Tracks:

  1. In Love With This World
  2. For The Last Time
  3. Looking For Light
  4. Blood Flow
  5. Let's Move Like This Forever
  6. Rise Out Of Nothing
  7. Perfect Smile
  8. Kiss Me Like You Kissed Me In The Van
  9. Word For Word
  10. Hail, Hail To The Idea
  11. If I Can't Turn To You
  12. Lonesome
  13. Leaving Now
  14. Far Behind
  15. Steal Yourself
  16. Palm Reader Wrong
  17. Road With You
  18. Sing, Breathe & Be Merry

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Strength in Numbers.......2001-12-13

The simple truth is that the previous review is exactly on point: Chris Harford is both a singer-songwriter in the Bob Dylan/Cat Stevens tradition and a guitarist's guitarist in the long line descended from Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and Carlos Santana. And both aspects are amply in evidence on this double CD. Other than the Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground years, no performer immediately comes to mind as having so successfully created meaningful and original lyrics that are complemented by an equally unique and powerful musicianship. If you were wondering whether it's true that mainstream music is now as insipid as it is pervasive, and that real creativity is almost wholly the province of the independents, this album may help settle the matter.

So while the combination of the excellence of this album and the travesty that is its relative obscurity compel me to write something here, the prior reviewer said what needs to be said, and I at best can just second his remarks. And perhaps point your attention to two of the greatest songs in the history of rock that you will rarely if ever hear on the radio, "I'm in Love with this World" and "Lonesome", both on the second disk.

5 out of 5 stars New Jersey Boy Does Good.......2000-06-14

Chris Harford is a musician's musician, a songwriter's songwriter. He's the guy the bands want to see at the local bar. He's well respected by his peers and is often seen onstage with Ween and has worked with musicians such as Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright, and Mark Mulcahy.

On Band of Changes, Harford presents his two styles of music on two separate discs. The first is loaded with melodic, soft music that drives to the soul. The second picks up the pace with a harder edge sound that often just rocks. Harford has always struck me as a musician who just couldn't make up his mind whether to plug in and turn up the amps, or strip down and play acoustic. With Band of Changes, he lets the listener decide.

It will be a true shame if Chris Harford forever remains a "could-of should-of" kind of artist. He was given a chance with Arista, and put together a simply wonderful album chock full of guest musicians, but slumping sales (probably due to lack of marketing, as is often the case) caused Harford's major label career to be saddly shortened.

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