For the Swan in the Hallway

For the Swan in the Hallway Artist: Jeff Kelly
Label: Hidden Agenda
Category: Music


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


UPC: 795306506522
EAN: 0795306506522
ASIN: B0001BKBOS


Release Date: 2004-02-10

For the Swan in the Hallway


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Tracks:

  1. Melisande I
  2. Kissing Alma Mahler
  3. The Swan On The Hill
  4. Stutter
  5. Oxford Street
  6. The Lock
  7. Afterimage
  8. Whispers Of The Pool
  9. Ever So Lightly
  10. The Girls Of The Ford
  11. The Depth Of My Desire
  12. Melisande II
  13. A Night At the Opera

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars masterful trippy pop........2007-02-18

here jeff kelly takes off his green pajamas and goes naked. but seriously, my incredible sense of humor aside, mr kelly has made a fantastic recording, juggling a variety of tempos throughout a feast of catchy, trippy pop-psychedelia melodies. he, and the green pajamas, both deserve a large audience. so help serve the cause of justice and buy this and all the green pajama recordings. an action that will score you many karma points.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful 'Swan'.......2004-10-03

Green Pajaman Jeff Kelly says that "For the Swan in the Hallway" is, unlike 2001's Catholic-guilt-wracked "Indiscretion," about desire, and indeed from his yearning vocals to the loping rhythms that tug at you like a child's needy hand, this album is infused with longing - the kind inspired by a trip abroad. Which is what Kelly did recently, and in the doing, the songs came to him. Ditching his day job's penchant for neo-psychedelia, "For the Swan in the Hallway" is a mostly strum, mostly plaintive and reflective record that, like, say Westminster Abbey, has regal edifices covered over with the bluish dust of age. Kelly's way of singing is not about bowling you over; rather, in a self-effacing fashion, nudging you, which makes it all the more charming and enchanting. He puts it to especially good use on the ballad "The Depth of My Desire," which he likely knows he could never explain well enough in two minutes and 30 seconds, but somehow nearly does. Says Kelly, "Tetleys, cigarettes and extremely stimulating conversation in a dark 300-year-old pub" informs "The Swan on the Hill," and a thing of grace it is - along with a bit of menace, which swans can be. "Oxford Street" recalls a sunny spring day, one, alas, that's not without dread: "The afternoon is brilliant blue / filled with a vibration / still I feel a cold anonymous sensation," Kelly drawls out wistfully. These are ruminations of an outsider looking in. The best place for any artist to reside.

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  1. Living in the Past ~ Jethro Tull
  2. Watch It Happen ~ Mazarin
  3. Fading Left to Completely On ~ Trans Megetti
  4. Dream Merchant and Other Classic Seventies Hits ~ Various Artists
  5. Baptism ~ Def Fx
  6. Ride ~ The Vines
  7. The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers ~ The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers
  8. BBC Sessions 1973-1978 ~ Dr. Feelgood
  9. Pro-Pain ~ Pro-Pain
  10. Going Public ~ Bruce Johnston

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God Bless the Child ~ Kenny Burrell

Remembrance ~ Kenny Drew Jr. Trio

First Songs ~ Gwyn Herbert, Will Rutter

4 Corners ~ Inner Shade

Mi Respuesta ~ Laura Pausini

O Melhor De ~ Tim Maia

Simple Je-Rebranchee a Bercy ~ France Gall

Young Dancer Around the World

20 Best of Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes of Ireland ~ Various Artists - European Traditional

As Mais Belas Valsas Brasileiras ~ Orquestra Club Da Valsa