Blood Red Cherry [IMPORT]

Jann Arden

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/a&M
• ASIN: B00004WYI1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,161 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Three years after her last album, Happy?, the double-platinum-selling Jann Arden returns with her most rhythmic record, and also her most emotionally naked. In collaborating with her longtime guitar player Russell Broom, Arden sets her dreamy excursions of love and lust to a stronger pulse, working with drum loops to drive her fiercely erotic and romantic fantasies. It's these songs that carry the album, not the occasional oddity like "Janeen," a warning about a sociopathic lover, or "Another Human Being," a treatise on the horrors of African famine and disease, or even "I Only Wanted Sex," which inadvertently offers the point of view of the guy from Arden's biggest hit, "Insensitive." What's particularly involving about the writing is Arden's us-against-the-world vignettes of deep intimacy ("Sleepless") and her frequent expression of primal needs in alternately adult and infantile fashion ("Cherry Popsicle"). If, as in the stunningly beautiful "In Your Keeping," it's hard to know if she's addressing a parent, a lover, or God, in the end it doesn't matter: This is provocative stuff, fit with wings to take you almost anywhere you want to go. Isn't that what the best music always does? --Alanna Nash

Product Description
Fourth album for Canadian, adult alternative artist, her follow up to the 1998 release, 'Happy?'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just when you think you know her!, December 14, 2002

By	"irenerenee" (Pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red Cherry (Audio CD)

We don't hear Jann on USA radio stations so I have to keep tabs on her releases. I heard Jann sing on "Live With Regis" about a year ago and she sang "Cherry Popsicle". Although it wasn't a great live performance even by the reaction on the show--I knew Jann's work and knew I'd get the album eventually.

The songs that grabbed me on this one are: "Sleepless", "Into the Sun", "Another Human Being", "Janeen", "Taste of This" and "Mend". This album has a different sound both musically and vocally. The vocals are more restrictive on "Blood Red Cherry" as they do not 'showcase' Jann's powerful range as we heard on "Living Under June" and "Happy". We only get brief glimpses on such songs as "Another Human Being", "Janeen", and "Taste of This". This album's synthesized instrumentation partially overwhelmed her vocals, and the emotive lyrics sometimes came across as a whiny country twang.

Overall I did enjoy the album. Many reviews from those who disliked "Living Under June" have raved about this album. The only way to make a decision is to buy them both. Jann Arden has proven to be versatile and just when you think you got a hold on her style she sings "Best Dressed" and you think it could be a Dolly Parton song. Looking forward to her next album as always.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This one made me a big fan!, August 28, 2001

By	Bob M. (Woodstock, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red Cherry (Audio CD)

I had never heard of Jann Arden until two weeks ago when I sampled my way through the entire album through a headset in a music shop. I liked it so much, I never hesitated to lay out almost full price for it. Since then, I've become an Arden " junkie"; bought LIVING UNDER JUNE, and HAPPY? is on the way. The obvious ones here, like "Cherry Popsicle" and "I Only Wanted Sex," grab you right off, but before you know it, almost every other track here is your new favorite. "Sleepless" is, for me, the killer track on this CD, and I have no idea why it's not a huge hit, except maybe label indifference in promoting Arden. Much as I like female rock/pop vocalists, most of the current crop of "girls" doesn't do for me. Jann Arden does. A lot.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is deep folks...., December 2, 2001

By	Music "Music" (in the world) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Red Cherry (Audio CD)

Hey everyone, this CD is excellent. Anyone who enjoys the deep thoughts of singer/songwriters will certainly enjoy this CD. How many people write a song called, "I Only Wanted Sex" and it sounds GOOD? There are a few songs in here speaking of environmental issues in addition to the great love songs she always creates. "In your keeping" is almost like a lullaby, very quiet and vulnerable. My favorite tracks are "Waiting in Canada" and "Sleepless" And no Jann Arden CD would be complete without the off the beaten path smarty pants song..listen to "Best Dress" I always rank higher those artists who create their own music, not just have a cute voice and someone else does all the writing, producing, and arranging. This is an artist all the way around, and this CD is an excellent example of this. Jann truly has a gift of expressing our dark sides, and somehow making it seems just as beautiful as the rest of us. She is not afraid of the deepest, worst part of herself, and her music encourages me to accept it all.