Confessional

Confessional Artist: Cheepskates
Label: Music Maniac
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4010073000421
ASIN: B0000085KT


Release Date: 2005-05-03

Confessional


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Tracks:

  1. Whatcha Gonna Do To Me
  2. Sorry
  3. Guarantee
  4. Bear Down
  5. Alright With Me
  6. Someone Without You
  7. It's Up To You
  8. How Can I Hold You
  9. Come Close To Me
  10. Nothing You Can Do
  11. 16 Tons
  12. How Long Can It Rain
  13. Promise
  14. Watch Her Go

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great pop music that stays with you.......2004-02-17

This is not so much a review of Confessional as of The Cheepskates generally, a band that debuted on the Midnight label with Run Better Run, followed up by the less-than-prophetically named Second and Last. The band's earliest efforts were in the garage pop vein, points of reference might be The Lyres, but less rowdy, or Plan 9, but less noisy and clearer interplay among the instruments. Their later releases, including Confessional, appeared on the German label Music Maniac and veered more toward straightforward pop. It is possible to find their music on CD if you enter the band's name in a major search engine, or look at Amazon's listings for lead singer Shane Faubert.

This is music you don't hear much any more, which is too bad. The key instrument of the band was Shane Faubert's voice, a high, plaintive tenor that today's record executives would probably want to double and triple track to give it alleged gravitas. His voice is sweet and instantly recognizable, if you are familiar with Jimmie Dale Gilmore it's in that kind of style. Shane wrote the songs himself, and if you still remember the bands and songwriters who understood the art of three minute pop songs with hooks that get under your skin, this is for you.

Music Album:

  1. Full Horn ~ Cornucopia
  2. Juxtaposed with U ~ Super Furry Animals
  3. Mr. Bones ~ Mark David
  4. Cruelty Without Beauty
  5. Studio Voodoo ~ Studio Voodoo
  6. Distraction ~ Michelle Yecchione
  7. Time Machine
  8. Radio 7 ~ 3rd Degree
  9. Om ~ No Files on Frank
  10. Kalkara ~ Shane Faubert

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Out There ~ Betty Carter

Habana Nocturna ~ Hilario Duran

Peace-Song ~ D.D. Jackson & David Murray

Twelve Colors ~ Masahiko Osaka

Déjame Volar ~ Patricia Manterola

The Other Hand

Air Mail Music: Djembe and African Drums ~ Various Artists

Farewell Blues ~ Glenn Miller

Irie Power ~ Tropical Flame

Ambassel ~ Tigist Ejigu