The ultimate mood-setter
author: Eric O'connor
whether you're kicking back on a mellow summer afternoon with something fruity and alcoholic (and i don't mean your aunt dorothy), or wooing that special someone after a perfect candle light dinner, you'd be hard pressed to do better than this collection of downbeat but tuneful folk-pop songs.
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This is one of my favorite CD's
author: Jesse Ramirez
This is one of my favorite CD's that I play time and time again, yet never grow tired of. It is perfectly enjoyable for both ambiance and dedicated listening. Good for a party and good for a mellow ride with one's girlfriend (or may be even a little cuddling).
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Good late night listening with a frosty bottle of beer
author: Anti-Elitist Audiozine
With songs like "Women as a Second Language", "Cigarette Girl", and "Lose My Mind" this singer/songwriter articulates love lost and love explored with exceptional lyrical prose. He breaches these easily cliched topics and manages to come off genuine and uninhibited. I can hear some Leonard Cohen influence as well as Lou Reed, which I guess is obvious since he covers "Stephanie Says"... my favorite Velvet Underground song. He captures consistently good performances throughout the disc, however, the best song by far is the first track "Never Be The Same."
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The Right Disc to Play After A 19-hour Nap
author: Scott Zagar
This is the most non-intrusive CD in my collection - think of Mazzy Star meeting the mellow genius of Paul Westerberg, and then forget about categorization (but don't ever forget Lou Reed), and just imagine what it would be like to wake up in a foggy, centuries-old Parisian flat, overlooking some Truffaut-style wet streets...
The Quiet Party is one of those CD's that you'll have autoplayed about four times before you recognize the gray morning poking through the Venetian blinds. I'm thus inspired to spare myself any further music rag contrivances and simply state that The Quiet Party is the best CD I've woken up to in a long time.
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