Avalanche

Thea Gilmore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Compass Records
• ASIN: B0000BWVN7
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,804 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare gem, March 31, 2004

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Gene Firmin (Waco, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avalanche (Audio CD)

In a perfect world, Britney Spears and all the other pop queens would be flipping burgers at McDonalds and Thea Gilmore would be one of the reigning Goddeses of the music world. In a perfect world, major record company A and R people would not be suffering from terminal cases of rectocranial inversion and would instead be pushing an artist as talented as Thea Gilmore to the top of the charts.
If you are dedicated to finding the rare gems in the music world, THIS is one of the artists for whom you are constantly searching. My only hope is that she isn't left in the dust of the mainstream effluvium born of greed and lacking the appreciation for great talent.
Both Avalanche and Rules for Jokers are outstanding works which should be included in any serious audiophiles collection. From this point on, if Thea Gilmore records and releases it, I'm buying it with no questions asked.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! This is truly lovely, intelligent stuff, September 29, 2003

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Robert Moore (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avalanche (Audio CD)

One absolutely must not confuse Thea Gilmore with the long queue of female singer/songwriters who flow through the music industry each year. She is several notches above the vast bulk of the others in musical talent and especially songwriting ability. She is very young, but I have a gut feeling that Ms. Gilmore is going to be around for a while. As a performer, she is adequate as a singer, but these are absolutely first rate songs, and while I might not buy an album of her covering other people's songs, I would buy anyone's covering hers. I can't say enough for her lyrics. They are witty, clever, impassioned, literate, and

Musically, she reminds me a lot of Joni Mitchell and Sam Phillips filtered through Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan. She isn't on their level yet, but she just might have the potential. The amount of growth between her previous album, RULES FOR JOKERS, and this one is enormous. Frequently a new artist will produce a great first album, only to show that they have nothing left for their follow up. The best artists improve on their follow-ups.

I am on the fence as to whether I like her slower songs or her upbeat ones. There is some real beauty in songs like "Avalanche," "God Knows," and "The Cracks," but I get tremendously energized by cuts like "Mainstream" and the incredible "Heads Will Roll."

This girl really has talent, and it is going to be very interesting to see if her next album comes up to the level of this one in quality. We just might have a major talent on our hands.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant...simply brilliant, April 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Avalanche (Audio CD)

God, hearing something as sophisticated, well-crafted, edgy and laden with melody -- as this album -- makes you realize what a sad and tawdry state the world of pop music is in. Not to say this is "pop," but it treads, wonderfully, beyond categories -- without losing a sort of pop sensibility (the modern production and arrangements). But all of that would be for naught if the songwriting and performance were weak, and Avalanche is ANYTHING but. I discovered Gilmore on a recent NPR Weekend Edition -- what a great revelation. Do not pass this album by -- in fact BUY it.