Label: Rhino / Wea
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 081227437329
EAN: 0081227437329
ASIN: B00005MKHH
Release Date: 2001-08-07
Open All Night: In the Shadows
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 081227437329 EAN: 0081227437329 ASIN: B00005MKHH Release Date: 2001-08-07 |
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Open All Night: In the Shadows.......2006-04-20
Best of the Series.......2002-08-04
What makes this series so worth investing in, if you are of an introspective bent, is that the song choices steer away from the obvious and include some very worthy music from artists whose music you will be unfamiliar with (or at least I was). These are songs which probably aren't in your collection, but deserve to be.
And, if you're like me, listening to these Open All Night discs will send you diving into your own collection to add some of your own cuts to the ones here, to get a new mix which heads in a slightly different direction but covers the same dark corners.
A little Leonard Cohen, some Tangerine Dream. Perfect.
The only criticism I have of the series is the lack of lyrics on the inserts. The liner notes are fine, but I believe that the actual poetry would speak most eloquently of all. That said, the music speaks for itself.
The Jewel In The Crown.......2001-08-17
It's intended, as are all the Open All Night series, to be listened to at night... the later the better. In The Shadows is perhaps the "dreamiest" or "spaciest" of the three, and we picked songs that have an almost other-worldly quality. Two of them, in fact, aren't even in English, which is a first for the series. I don't believe you have to speak French to enjoy Gabriel Yacoub's "Je Suis A Court" or Autour De Lucie's "Au Large Deja." And one of the biggest surprises on the disc is Frank Zappa's "Sleep Dirt," which I believe exposes a side of him that most rock fans have never heard.
Some of the artists on this album are criminally underexposed. If you have lately come to know Eva Cassidy, or are familiar with Sandy Denny, I'm sure you will be enchanted by Heidi Berry. Lisa Germano's "The Darkest Night Of All" is as exquisite a piece of music as ever I have heard, and her albums are rare treasures indeed. You could do yourself a huge favour by going right this instant to Jane Siberry's When I Was A Boy album and ordering it. [There's also a Jane Siberry two-disc anthology coming in 2002 from Rhino, if you can wait that long.]
Though the music spans three decades, I think it all hangs together emotionally and sonically, and I very much hope anyone who buys this album will use it as a springboard to investigate some wonderful artists who have made their music in the shadows. Once again, I can only hope that you get as much enjoyment out of listening to this as I did in helping to put it together.
The Jewel In The Crown.......2001-08-17
It's intended, as are all the Open All Night series, to be listened to at night... the later the better. In The Shadows is perhaps the "dreamiest" or "spaciest" of the three, and we picked songs that have an almost other-worldly quality. Two of them, in fact, aren't even in English, which is a first for the series. I don't believe you have to speak French to enjoy Gabriel Yacoub's "Je Suis A Court" or Autour De Lucie's "Au Large Deja." And one of the biggest surprises on the disc is Frank Zappa's "Sleep Dirt," which I believe exposes a side of him that most rock fans have never heard.
Some of the artists on this album are criminally underexposed. If you have lately come to know Eva Cassidy, or are familiar with Sandy Denny, I'm sure you will be enchanted by Heidi Berry. Lisa Germano's "The Darkest Night Of All" is as exquisite a piece of music as ever I have heard, and her albums are rare treasures indeed. You could do yourself a huge favour by going right this instant to Jane Siberry's When I Was A Boy album and ordering it. [There's also a Jane Siberry two-disc anthology coming in 2002 from Rhino, if you can wait that long.]
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