Label: Mystic UK
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 604388621521
EAN: 0604388621521
ASIN: B0000C03FW
Release Date: 2003-10-02
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Artist: Family
Label: Mystic UK Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 604388621521 EAN: 0604388621521 ASIN: B0000C03FW Release Date: 2003-10-02 |
A Song for Me
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1. Drowned In Wine
2. Some Poor Soul
3. Love Is A Sleeper
4. Stop For The Traffic - (with Through The Heart Of Me)
5. Wheels
6. Song For Sinking Lovers
7. Hey Let It Rock
8. The Cat And The Rat
9. 93's OK J
10. A Song For Me
11. No Mule's Fool - (bonus track)
12. Good Friend Of Mine - (bonus track)
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Customer Reviews:
Love Is a Keeper.......2005-08-11
Songs for Us All.......2004-05-11
Yet because King had arranged many of the songs on this recording---the absence of his stellar sax and falsetto backing vocals lingers on many tracks, particularly on Drowned in Wine and the title cut---Palmer's flute sounds thin and out of place at times. Weider's bass lines are not as clean as Grech's and sometimes get lost in the mix. (Some of these songs, including Song for Me, are available on some of the live Family recordings from this time. It's worth listening to how much more powerful that song sounds with King compared with the studio version.)
Regardless, Family proceeds to march through another varied, eclectic set that hits every range from the slow ballad Some Poor Soul to the all-out rockers such as Love Is a Sleeper to The Cat and the Rat.
The only filler here is one of the two bonus tracks, Good Friend of Mine. The other, No Mule's Fool, remains to this day one of lead singer Chapman's favorites.
Whitney tears up the guitar on the rockers and lulls you into a peaceful, contemplative state on the soft numbers. Rob Townsend, the other stalwart member of the group, provides an excellent foundation for the group's sound with his crisp, powerful drumming. Chapman shines on this recording, hitting full power on the rockers and imbuing the softer tracks with raw emotion.
I would not recommend "Song for Me" as the gateway recording for those new to Family. It is essential listening but seems less accessible than "Fearless," "Bandstand," "Entertainment," or even "Music from a Doll's House."
Instead, those new to Family might first listen to any of those four CDs. Regardless, once you start understanding why the critics and European audiences loved Family, you won't stop until you've added all their recordings to your collection. And most of your other early '70s recordings will likely collect dust for a couple of years as you savor the music of Family.
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