Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre Artist: Jolene
Label: Ardent Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 766887161240
EAN: 0766887161240
ASIN: B000005D7Z


Release Date: 1996-02-06

Hell's Half Acre


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Tracks:

  1. New Canaan Intro
  2. Alongside
  3. Birdland
  4. In My House
  5. I Read What You Wrote Today
  6. Mercy
  7. Esseola 181
  8. Garden Days
  9. I Failed Me Again
  10. Job
  11. China Card
  12. Isadora Duncan
  13. Skyliners
  14. Floatplane Notebooks

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The popular comparison for Jolene's first album is early R.E.M. That might be unfair for Jolene--after all, the Athens boys were never quite this mature-sounding early on, and where Michael Stipe will reach for a falsetto, John Crooke is more likely to settle down into a flat, soulful rumble. Crooke's lyrics are easily distinguished, too, and he definitely has been around the block once or twice: "I could save the world, if given the go-ahead," he sings in "Alongside," before thinking better of it. "Then again, maybe I should save myself instead." But the comparison holds in other ways. Dave Burris does sound distinctly Mills-ian when he contributes backing vocals, and the two bands share the same love for Vic Chesnutt and for layered, subtly energetic melodies. Bill Ladd's consistent pedal steel, and a duet with Kim Richey, only underscore the depth present throughout. It's no surprise that they hail from the same area that spawned both the dBs and Let's Active a couple of revolutions back. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Not bad for a girl from Colonial Heights.......2006-08-09

Pretty good stuff here but I prefer her earlier work on the mini-CD called "Jolene Sings the songs of James Branch Cabell." Most of the tunes were composed by Cabell and Helen "Sindy" Jackson, a native of Hopewell. -- Ray B.

5 out of 5 stars

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