Illustrated

Illustrated Artist: Ron Kingston
Label: The Orchard
Category: Music


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


UPC: 669910193921
EAN: 0669910193921
ASIN: B00000K0WY


Release Date: 2000-04-10

Illustrated


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Tracks:

  1. Parasite
  2. Her Dance
  3. While Soldiers Play
  4. Crown's Thorn
  5. Today Is Tomorrow's Yesterday
  6. Varanasi's Tides
  7. Keep Going
  8. Burdens
  9. More
  10. 28th Of April

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Intelligent pop music and a strong debut CD.......1999-08-07

Let me start at the end first. The last song on this 40 minute CD is just vocals, and strong and beautiful they are. Few would have the nerve to end on a 'note' like this, baring all for a gamble of criticism or love. I admire that sort of 'here I am, listen to me' quality.

But to get there, we need to cross 9 more songs, starting with 'Parasite' which has the interested chorus of 'I'm a parasite I sit within the shell of an egg white'. Actually Kingston is a good wordsmith who eagerly plays with the pleasing sounds of words. Like 'I occupy my time with some fiddling and glaring at the leaks on my ceiling / the frowning on my gestures from the drowning of my lectures / have molded into play dough watch the television makeovers'. The music is detailed; just the way I like it. Acoustic guitar strumming, deep bass, fun drums, lots of vocals, and keys behind it all giving it a dreamlike quality. A good start.

My other top favorite is 'More'. I like the pace, the backdrop of Andrew Downs' bass, the freaky backing vocals from Adam Friedman. 'how can one person have so much to score / she never had enough always wanted more and more / it was her lifestyle having her own private war / their love not good enough she wanted more and more'

Music Album:

  1. All You Do Defend ~ Sampson
  2. Fragile ~ Yes
  3. Don't Worry ~ Appleton
  4. Don't Worry, Pt. 2 ~ Appleton
  5. Maximum: Kurt Cobain
  6. Yachtless ~ Tyla Gang
  7. Shiva Shakti ~ Shiva Shakti
  8. Singles ~ Black Cats
  9. Voyage ~ Brian McDonald
  10. Learning from Falling ~ Lamya

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