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The Sermon On Exposition Blvd. [Fold-out Digipak with 14 page booklet]
Rickie Lee Jones
The Sermon On Exposition Blvd. [Fold-out Digipak with 14 page booklet]
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
 
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All Artists: Rickie Lee Jones
Title: The Sermon On Exposition Blvd. [Fold-out Digipak with 14 page booklet]
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Total Copies: 0
Label: New West Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/6/2007
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 607396610822

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Desperate Times ?
Gregory J. Bolduc | 09/04/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)

"Loved Rickie's music up until Flying Cowboys. Ever since it just gotten darker and darker. Tryed to listening to Exposition but it was torture. I'm not looking for pop music but am fully aware of how she can produce much more upbeat Jazzy influenced material. May she find these uplifting sounds once again."
4-1/2 stars -- Preach on, Rickie
Anthony Rupert | Milwaukee, WI | 11/06/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The origin of Rickie Lee Jones' latest album The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard comes from writer Lee Cantelon's interpretations of Biblical passages. And while Cantelon still shares co-writer credits for much of this album's tracks, Rickie still does a great job of turning them into her own songs.



Very few of the songs actually seem to carry a spiritual vibe, however; the only ones that really seem to are "Gethsemane", "I Was There" and "Seventh Day". But those are still great songs, and there are plenty more standouts like "Circle in the Sand", "Nobody Knows My Name" and "Falling Up". Rickie also still has a unique way with her lyrics, as illustrated by "Elvis Cadillac" (which shows remembrance of deceased musicians) and "Donkey Ride". And "Road to Emmaus" is a nice instrumental.



Rickie has always had an unconventional style (lyrics AND vocals), so if you're not a fan of hers, you'll probably say that she can't sing. Even so, "Tried to Be a Man" is hard for me to get into. But everything else on here makes this a sermon worth listening to, so in the words of track 6, having this CD in my player is where I like it best.



Anthony Rupert"
Powerful and Insightful
Van Isle Rev | Vancouver Island, British Columbia | 02/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is a remarkable piece of work. As a minister in a mainline Protestant congregation, I am well aware of the extent to which countless thoughtful people are put off by organized religion of any stripe or description. Their antipathy is often well justified! The tragic result, alas, involves the resultant loss of the provocative and deeply challenging teachings of the master: Jesus of Nazareth. Rickie Lee Jones has measured up to the task of representing and responding to those teachings with remarkable skill, passion and freshness. I have no idea what drew her to this project, but she has managed to achieve, in the length of one Compact Disc--and with the help of a brilliant group of accompanists--what some of us preachers spend our "professional" life-times attempting (and not always succeeding!) at accomplishing. For those who find the "words" of this album obscure or self-indulgent: listen again, this is a work that does not necessarily reveal its full depth at first contact. For those who find the music edgy and jarring: it is the refusal to "prettify" these pieces that makes their cumulative impact so devastating and so right. Highly recommended!"