Blogcritics: Comments on New album releases, week of 8-10-2004

Comment by Mark Saleski

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:21:28 EDT

i picked up the Lisa Loeb cd this weekend and have to agree with Phillip. lot's a good songwriting on it...and it's more than just the girl with guitar thing.

Comment by Phillip Winn

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:36:20 EDT

Actually, the new Lisa Loeb album is better than I expected -- somewhat bluesy in parts. I'll have a full review up soon.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:32:01 EDT

re lisa loeb. i belive I Miss You or whatever it was called to be a work of great beauty. Havent a clue as to the worth of anything else shes done. i do know she got an ebay auction shut down on account of someone was selling a promo CD of this record a couple months back.

Comment by The Theory

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:27:12 EDT

ditto on Robert Johnson. And we all know Al will buy that reggae dylan...

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:23:38 EDT

Al would definitely dig Jon Dee Graham

Comment by Mark Saleski

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:19:13 EDT

al, i think the Tin Hat Trio might be to your liking. it's a loping kinda of jazz. i've got one record of theirs that even has Tom Waits show up on one of the tunes.

Comment by Al Barger

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:51:40 EDT

Robert Johnson obviously rules, but that's no kind of "new" album. It says "bonus track," but what could they possibly have at this point? Does Lisa Loeb have any real songs? Maybe I've missed them. She's never made any impression on me at all. By the way, those category listings come from the All Music Guide. "Neo-traditionalist country" sounds to me like some museum piece, a modern replica crafted to sound "authentic."

Comment by visualsimplicity

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:34:49 EDT

Ahem. Lisa Loeb The Way It Really Is. You have it listed as one of your Amazon links, so why not make mention of it too? Sure Lisa Loeb rarely (if ever) deviates from her style, but she's been doing it so long that it can't go wrong.

Comment by Shark

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:54:06 EDT

Count me in on the Robert Johnson. and... SPACE OPERA is a classic album from one of the best never-heard band of the 60s and 70s. I saw 'em live a million times -- and when everybody else was playing "Smoke on the Water" or some such shit, they used to play "Strawberry Fields" pretty much right off the beatles album. Good stuff, but it helps if yer on acid. Shark sez THREE thumbs up.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:44:53 EDT

come on Al, you know that Robert Johnson disc is gonna be sweet as all hell. Also, what in the great eternal is "neo-traditionalist country" That right there is an exceptional pigeonhole.