Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Lori Carson Title: The Finest Thing Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Meta Release Date: 6/15/2004 Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock Styles: Traditional Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Adult Alternative Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 Other Editions: Finest Thing UPCs: 658137001829, 5016958065225, 5021456133321 |
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With her breathy, fragile voice and introspective lyrics, Lori Carson has released several albums in what might be called the conventional singer-songwriter mode, and the opening title track of The Finest Thing, a gentle b... more » |
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Amazon.com With her breathy, fragile voice and introspective lyrics, Lori Carson has released several albums in what might be called the conventional singer-songwriter mode, and the opening title track of The Finest Thing, a gentle ballad, might lead you to think this is another album in that vein. But Carson has also worked with avant-rockers the Golden Palominos and music saboteur Bill Laswell. That's what gives The Finest Thing a gritty edge with distorted hissing, amp buzzes, and strange aliasing that must be intentional for an artist of her experience. Centered largely on plaintive acoustic guitar ostinatos with touches of electric guitar, occasional trumpet, and spare keyboard, The Finest Thing yields quiet reveries, sometimes with lyrics, but more often by casting wordless ghost vocals into the abyss. She's clearly listened to the early ambient music of Brian Eno and "Grey World" sounds like an homage to Music for Airports. In an age of supralingua divas like Lisa Gerrard and Azam Ali, Carson's "La-La-La-Ohh" vocalizing can sound trite, but there's an appealing intimacy to The Finest Thing, like pages from a personal scrapbook: rough edges, sketchy drawings, and a bit of insight into a mind at work. --John Diliberto Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsNot Horribly Good R. M. Ettinger | Cleveland Heights, OH USA | 06/24/2004 (2 out of 5 stars) "Some of Carson's earlier work is just great ('Shelter', 'Where It Goes'). Even the recordings that are spotty ('Stars' & 'Everything I Touch Runs Wild') have some stellar moments. 'Finest Thing' does not favorably compare to the iffy disks, let alone to her first two. This is not even as good as the bogged down 'House in the Weeds'.Some of the songs here are way too ethereal or just down right new-agey (mostly instrumentals "Long Walk", "She Can't Dance" "Grey World & 'Glimmer'). Too Julee Cruise/Twin Peaks-ish, but w/out the cool vocals.When Carson does use her vocals they are still interesting, but too few and far between on this disk. I still love when she harmonizes w/herself.I applaud the fact she writes, plays and produces just about everything she does. However, I think she benefited from Anton Fier's production on earlier works (and w/the Golden Palominos)." Wonderful Hugues Orsetti | MANOSQUE France | 12/25/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "I'm pretty new to Lori Carson. Actually I discovered her music with this album and purchased her previous ones after. The reviewer below is 200% wrong, I bet he put his point after one listen. Pretentious??? Why? Because it's mostly instrumental? This is a stupid statement. It's not pretentious by any mean, it's a space, relaxing, magnificent music that goes deep in a flow of memories, images and emotions. And anyone at least sensitive would notice that this new album is the logical evolution of her style. Lori doesn't even sound like the conventional songwriter in those previous records, to the contrary of what the amazon editorial reviewer says: the way she performs her songs leaves space to the senses, it sounds fragile, sensual, subtle and moving. It's pretty more a physical thing than a brainy one. And an album like "Everything I Touch Runs Wild" is like the soundtrack of a love story. THE FINEST THING is looking for the essence of what you need in music. This is the music you need when the words don't help. This is music replacing the words. This music SPEAKS, and is far to be bleak. Sometime in his life an artist miss words, but the emotions remain, and the music wants to marry the silence, or a blue evening sky. On THE FINEST THING, the music sounds like the peaceful, wonderful kingdom of a new-born baby: he doesn't have the words yet, but he's open to a heartfelt paradise. Life is that wonder." Truly *The Finest Thing* Hugues Orsetti | 06/28/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) ""Quick as you wish you could make it last, it goes that fast." -- lyrics from the song "The Finest Thing."That's how I felt after listening to the marvelous new CD by Lori Carson. Luckily, I have my own copy and can listen as often as I want!! ;-)Lori Carson has made another wondrous CD of beautiful, soul-touching music. "The Finest Thing" is a truly unique collection of ethereal, haunting and entrancing songs.... I love it!!! While somewhat of a departure from her previous discs == i've read that lori calls the tracks 'meditations' == "The Finest Thing" manages to fit nicely among her other recordings, while at the same time going deeper and pushing different sonic edges. Her voice and singing have never been better!IMHO, it's more than worth the price for the title track alone and a lush recording of the rare tune "Glimmer." Some of the songs remind me of a soundtrack to a movie, and brings to mind her standout contribution to the "Crazy/Beautiful" soundtrack, "I want to believe you." (One of my favorite Lori songs.) Lori's always contributed amazing songs to movie soundtacks (See her awesome collection "Stolen Beauty"), but this CD makes me want to hear her score a film all the way through. All in all, definitely a must-have for any music lover."
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