Americanitis

Will Kimbrough | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirty Tigers
• ASIN: B000G7PNX6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meditation on the 21st century American character, August 5, 2006

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Americanitis (Audio CD)

Though he's fronted critics-darling bands like Will & The Bushmen and The Bis-Quits, Kimbrough's been most widely seem and heard as a sideman for Steve Forbert, Jimmy Buffet, Kim Richey, and Rodney Crowell. His recent tours with Crowell have heavily influenced both the songwriting and singing on this second solo album. The joyful observations of "Life" and mid-life wake-up of "Grown Up Now" are of a piece with Crowell's recent self explorations, and the bluntness of "Less Polite" has a similar lyric tone to Crowell's work on "The Outsider."

Kimbrough's latest songs provide a meditation on the meaning of being an American in the twenty-first century. He explores the ironies and contradictions that make up the American character, including the avarice of white collar crime ("I Lie" "Act Like Nothing's Wrong") and the duality of America's thirst for both God and guns ("Pride," delivered as a T Bone Burnett styled spoken word, and the hymnal "Warring Ways"). The album's second half includes a variety of blues, including the electric "Another Train" the acoustic gospel-tinged "Wind Blowing Change," the soulful pop "Another Train," and the funereal "Perfect Desert Blue."

The album closes with "Brand New Song," marrying the folk construction of Woody Guthrie with the spiritual depth of Johnny Cash. It's an unusually positive and hopeful close to an album full of biting social study and interpersonal observation. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Minor Masterpiece!!, October 26, 2006

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S. Orrico "Roots fan" (New Castle, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Americanitis (Audio CD)

In this day of homogenized "more of the same", Will K. has created a social-political statement with an impressive mix of pop and Americana.
Simply put, this is a great record.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great mix, July 31, 2006

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Jake Larson "poorbackslider" (Dundee, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Americanitis (Audio CD)

This album is a great mix of musical styles and really showcases Will's talents. It has rockers, ballads, and a nice spoken word number in Pride. There are some great gems here, my favorites are Life, Grown Up Now, Less Polite, Everyone's In Love, and Enemy. With 17 tracks on the album, there is a lot of favorites there. Will has notes on each song at his website which you should check out. I have not been able to pop this in the player and only listen to it once, everytime it seems to repeat at least halfway before it gets changed. This CD is a must have for any music fan.