1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Gets better with each listen...Wednesday, April 20, 2005
I am a bit different than most of the other reviewers, in that i still like the other two Son Volt CDs a bit better than this one.
However, that's saying I like gold over diamonds, if you catch my drift. I'll take both if you please, and a whole pile's worth while you're at it...
This is good, good stuff, and I would like nothing better than to meet in person all the other people that wrote reviews and said that they "get it"... Y'all must be good people to feel this music the way I do. It sure does get you to thinking about life and where you've been and where you are going and...
For what it's worth, how come no one else really commented on "Mystifies Me"? I think it's the perfect close to this CD - rolling, rambling, rythimic, and very haunting in a certain sense. I'm 6 listens in a row as I type this...
Good music is timeless - I still listen to my Poco and Little Feat and Jackson Browne and Steve Earle from when I was just a teenager, and I am willing to bet this one will be with me for the rest of my life too...
3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Transcendant. From the first listening , Even more now Saturday, January 15, 2005
Before being able to fully explain the beauty of a lyric your attention turns to the beauty of a harmony and melody remains like a familar scents that accompanies one of those memories you love. Or something
Great album. i was lucky to find it after hearing something in 'Drown' that has now become a after-thought on this beautiful completely transcendant album.
it's a good
0 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Epic, magnificentThursday, January 06, 2005
Jay Farrar is a unique talent, and all the Son Volt albums are great. Real music that smears the boundaries of country, folk, and alt-rock, and you won't even know it.
3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
AddictingThursday, October 21, 2004
I,ve probably had this album 3-4 years now and I like it more each time I listen to it. Since then I have bought all the Son Volt albums, most of the Uncle Tupelo albums, and now all Jay Farrar's stuff (Wilco doesn't do much for me). It doesn't get much better than this. Jay Farrars new stuff is good, but I don't think it can compete with Son Volt.
9 out of 37 people found the following review helpful:
Droning and depressingFriday, April 02, 2004
You'll enjoy this album if you're depressed and you want to stay that way. It's not melodic, the vocal style of Jay Farrar is a droning monotone - I guess some would consider it folksy, but I believe he could do better. None of the songs stick in my memory after 5-6 listenings. I'll probably sell it or give it away. The type of music I like: Dwight Yoakam, BR-549, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett...hope this helps!