Din of Ecstasy

Artist: Chris Whitley
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074645297026
EAN: 0074645297026
ASIN: B0000028S0

Release Date: 1995-03-21

Din of Ecstasy

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Tracks:

Narcotic Prayer
Never
Know
O God My Heart Is Ready
Can't Get Off
God Thing
Din
New Machine
Some Candy Talking
Guns And Dolls
WPL
Ultraglide

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Customer Reviews:

Whitley was a rare gem........2007-02-15

I will start by saying that I love all of Whitley's work. This particular album hits you like a freight train. It is one of those rare albums that you only discover a few times in your life. It is so different, original & honest that it takes a couple of listens to really "get it". It is an example of when true musical genius fulfills its potential. If you like different, original honest & visceral music this is for you. If you are a top 40 conniseur it's not for you. I have over 5000 CDs ranging from Led Zeppelin--country--classical--To Enya & Australian Aboriginal, but this album is my all-time favorite & one I never tire of listening to. There is absolutely no filler & no bad songs on this album. Whitley's death is a great loss, his genius has been silenced. There are no more of these.

If your new to CW, read...........2006-06-09

Chris Whitley's music is so different from disc to disc. This one, the follow up to his more main stream first album was not well recieved. If you've only heard Chris's acoustic work, this may be a bit shocking. Its dark & dirge like songs cant really compare to "big sky country". If you can listen with a fresh set of ears though, as a previous reviewer wrote-it is one of the great lost alternative cds of the 90s. If you like Jeff Buckley's more rougher/later work(Woke up in a Strange Place), this is along that line.

Innovative, Original.......2004-06-21

Unique and interesting music with poetic lyrics. Disturbingly beautiful.

His best so far.......2004-04-13

Inspired to write, came across some pans of this album; must not have heard it live, or lived in any kind of desperate situation. I can hardly listen to the comfortable Living with the Law anymore, and while I enjoy Terra, Rocket House, Hotel, etc., this album has such a layered, twisting emotional core and SOUND! that it really stands above his other work. His live performances get at this raw quality; but just thinking about the opening chords of the title track, opening up for the lyrics as the party closes- these words come from close observation - nipple rings and tatoos; none of the sentimental american country pablum that can creep in to his other work (see LWTL) is eveident here. I hate to think that he was vectored from this path via the heat he received from disappointed fans, but I wonder why this awesome album hasn't really been followed up. Can't please everyone, but urge Whitley fans to give this one a good listen- may not make sense driving down a highway in the middle of nowhere, but if you're hanging around a bar by yourself in a real city (another disappearing American landscape) some night you'll get it.

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