JOHN MARGOLIS: Christine's Refrigerator

John Margolis

Christine's Refrigerator

© 2007 John Margolis and Don Rosler (640136117120)

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"Experiencing 'Christine's Refrigerator' is one great adventure..." ---Bob Telson, Academy, Tony and Grammy-award nominee, composer of "Calling You" from "Bagdad Cafe" (See full quote below)

tracks

1 Christine's Refrigerator
2 I Happen to be Free
3 You Think You Know Someone
4 Here's Something You Don't See Everyday
5 Keep Me Up
6 Scrap of Hope
7 Here's the Plan
8 Tanta Belleza! (So Much Beauty!)
9 Good With Speeches
10 Tell the Sun to Lay Low
11 Mr. Telson's Reprise
12 Everyone in Love With the Wrong Person
13 Blue Goose Cafe

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"...the response to this has been overwhelming... It features a man by the name of John Margolis, and the song is called 'Christine's Refrigerator'... I'm just going to play it for you... a moving, interesting...meaningful, beautiful piece of music..."
---Jonathan Schwartz, WNYC (NPR)

"Experiencing 'Christine's Refrigerator' is one great adventure..." (see review below).
---Bob Telson, Academy, Tony and
Grammy-award nominee, composer
of "Calling You" from "Bagdad Cafe"

"Sometimes funny, often heart breaking, always brilliant... I feel like my ears just received a big jolt of innocence. Superb all the way! "(see full quote below)
--Alain Mallet, producer, Jonatha Brooke

“Christine’s Refrigerator” is filled with lovely, soulful, delicious art." (See full quote below)
---Hugh Prestwood, writer of "The Song Remembers When" for Trisha Yearwood, "Ghost in This House" and many other country hits.


Winner of the JP Folks Founders "Song of the Year" Award (over 110,000 other entries) and "CD of the Year'" winner.

Listen for "Tanta Belleza" from "Christine's Refrigerator" in the HBO/Cinemax film "The Kidnapping of Ingrid Bettencourt"

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12 Songs and the beginning of a great NEW American Songbook.
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"Christine's Refrigerator" is John Margolis' debut CD, and also introduces the formidable writing team of John Margolis and Don Rosler. On this CD, they have created a beautiful and original songbook that fully displays their talents as songwriters and producers and John's gifts as a vocalist, arranger and pianist.

This CD is unique in sound and sensibility. There is a strong classical texture, with shades of influences that include Randy Newman, Tony Bennett, Stephen Foster, Poulenc, Kurt Weill, Edith Piaf, Astor Piazzola, Chopin and Tom Waits.

The "sneak preview" version of "Christine's Refrigerator" has already garnered an impressive bandwagon of fans on NPR, who heard the "sneak preview" version on the "Jonathan Schwartz Show," and who also heard the title track featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" (as part of the Kitchen Sister's "Hidden Kitchens" series). 2 songs from this CD have already been prominently featured in films, including one on Showtime/HBO.

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  • The Best
    author: pat murray

    This CD was everything that I anticipated.. Tanta Belleza is one of my favorite songs!! Thanks cdbaby for such a great job getting it to me!

  • Heard it on CNN. SO MUCH BEAUTY!
    author: Kyle

    And was reminded what a wonderful CD it is. Got it last year via NPR but hearing "Tanta" after the film blew me away again. This CD is a one of a kind treasure.

  • BEAUTIFUL
    author: CD BABY

    I like this style, the music and very much the words, especially "Tanta Belleza" which it was the reason I bought the CD. The delivery service was very unique, nice e-mail that I previosly received; fast and no problems at all. I highly recommend to buy from them.

  • Ecclectic, Poignant & even a wee bit Magical
    author: Aunt Leesie

    If you're throwing a dinner party and you want to wow your guests with unique melodies which are sure to spark interest, add this CD to your collection. At once timeless and ageless, each track is unique in style. A little wine... a little food... a little song... fantastic!

  • Extra special
    author: Jamie Allen

    Came across you music on radio this past week and investigated further. Extra-special and the kind of song and vocal style and effect I love, in the tradition of Lyle Loveet, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Rufus Wainwright and Nilson.

  • Straight from the heart, & will go straight to yours
    author: John Proctor

    Hey I'm not a critic just a listener but this CD is outtasight. I heard a little Satchmo, a little Tom Waits, a lotta honest emotion...I love it! Listen close or just let it play in the background, either way it delights the soul. Definitely something you don't hear every day!

  • I have my father's picture on up on my refrigerator
    author: John Provinsal

    How does one express the love and loneliness of a parent, now removed and slightly irrelevant to the lives of your children and awaiting the death you saw your slightly irrelevant parents die before you? Thank you

  • Heard it on "All Things Considered" on NPR. Floored me Evocative and Bittersweet

    Evocative and bittersweet. Almost like my Mom's refrigerator door. The song brought back alot of memories on many levels. Heard it on the Kitchen Sisters segment and then later on the local NPR outlet and it floored me.

  • Beautifully eccentric, achingly romantic, wonderfully written, perfectly crafted
    author: Mick Leonard

    An incredible and moving piece of work on every level. Great songs, great arrangements great performances by John Margolis and all involved. On a par with the best work of Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon and even the Gershwins. A unique voice which must be heard. I am stunned!

  • Fabulously evocative
    author: derek o'connor

    It sinks into the bones and stays with you. Beautiful words. Great tone. Perfect for those rainy days and starry nights.

  • Very very moving
    author: Rick Jensen/NPR listener

    Very very moving. Not sure I've heard songs quite like these. Especially moved by "Christines Refrigerator", "I Happen To Be Free" "Here's the Plan" and "Good With Speeches". More recently "You Think You Know Someone" growing on me more and more. This is a serious CD. Sad. Soulful. Love the vocals. Amazing lyrically. Good work and best wishes with it.

  • After hearing the title track locally in NYC, I knew it was for me!
    author: Eileen Pettus

    And, wow, was I right. The voice, the poetry, the music are each outstanding...thanks to Jonathan Schwartz on WNYC, I am a believer in Mr. Margolis, forever.

  • tin pan alley meets brill building
    author: po' hank

    the title track is plain devastating. "here's something you don't see everyday" is something latter day elvis costello would have given his left nut to have written. "everyone's in love with the wrong person" touches on kurt weill territory & makes you wonder when margolis & rosler will get around to writing that big musical. as for the rest? like tom waits' closing time, this album seeks to establish a particular mood. if you're a fan of rickie lee jones, burt bacharach or even elvis costello's latest, this one's for you.

  • Great Song!
    author: Arif Mardin

    "Christine's Refrigerator" is a wonderful song written and sung by the very talented John Margolis.

  • Astonished by the combination of intelligence... depth of feeling and wit...
    author: Bart Midwood--author, The World in Pieces, Bennett's Angel

    I am astonished by the combination of intelligence, technical competence, depth of feeling and wit -- four qualities rarely found in the same package. "Christine's", "Free" and "Good With Speeches" made me weep.

  • “Christine’s Refrigerator” is filled with lovely, soulful, delicious art.
    author: Hugh Prestwood

    This is a marvelous CD. Besides John’s remarkable vocals, every song was a miniature voyage to someplace I’d never been before. “Christine’s Refrigerator” is filled with lovely, soulful, delicious art.

  • makes my eyeliner run
    author: Bruce Hornsby

    John Margolis' music makes my eyeliner run.

  • In a class by itself, brilliant all the way
    author: Alain Mallet

    Sometimes funny, often heart breaking, always brilliant, Christine's Refrigerator is a welcome reminder that high art and popular song form can be great bedfellows. John Margolis has put together a collection of songs that are so fresh and original, I feel like my ears just received a big jolt of innocence. Superb all the way!

  • Timeless, beautiful work.
    author: Alex Cohen

    Timeless, beautiful work. As strong as Newman, Waits or any of those folks mentioned in the quotes.

  • Experiencing "Christine's Refrigerator" is one great adventure.
    author: Bob Telson

    These songs tell amazing stories, in the music as well as the lyrics. At once accessible and totally original, heart-felt and daring, romantic but unwearily world-wise, all conveyed with Margolis' grittily elegant voice. This is the 1st CD I play my friends to take them on a great adventure. Bob Telson

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