THE BEST ALBUM TO EMERGE IN A VERY LONG TIME!
author: Mary
I didn't think anyone wrote lyrics like this anymore -- or performed them with such depth and truthfulness. I am in love with the CD and it is already among the favorites of my lifetime. Steve Tannen is an amazing songwriter -- genius, heart and soul all rolled up together. I was moved back to what I thought was a lost musical dimension. I know Steve is now half of The Weepies with Deb Talan (also an amazing artist) but he really should continue to do some solo work, too. It would be a great loss if he didn't.
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Works its magic slowly
author: Jake
An album of songs about love, a proxy for, or a facsimile of. It didn’t grab me like the Weepies, or Deb’s solo albums, but there’s velcro. In the dark corners the honesty weighs heavy under a cover of loneliness.
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Faith int he future
author: fred leo
Music like this gives a fossil like me faith in the future of music. Wonderful songwriting, arrangement, production. It's warm, comfortable and bright stuff.
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Rediscovering an old friend
author: Katherine DeStefano
I'm a huge fan of Deb Talan's from waay back (when she was playing tiny coffeehouses in Cambridge to crowds of 4!) and subsequently the Weepies and I'm floored by the fact that I didn't buy this album sooner. Steve Tannen is a lyrical genius in this album. Sing me to Sleep is a quick favorite, with snippets like "She holds the bottle like a gun in her mouth" and "The sun comes up like it's thinking it over." And San Francisco, I can't even begin. Why I didn't buy this before is a mystery...and a crime.
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