Chandelier

Rachael Sage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: MPress
• ASIN: B0019P2C7O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vertigo

2. Invincible

3. Angel In My View

4. Blue Light

5. My Word

6. Corinne

7. Mexico

8. Wishbone

9. Moonlight & Fireflies

10. Site-Seeing

11. Hunger In John

12. Beloved

13. Chandelier

Editorial Reviews

"Chandelier" is the eighth album by New York songstress and Mpress Records founder Rachael Sage. Self-produced by Sage, recorded by John Shyloski and mixed by Grammy® Wiinner Kevin Killen (Elvis Costello, U2), the album is filled with what MOJO Magazine describes as "warm, intelligent...indie New York charm" and centers around the theme of fragility. Backed by her regular touring outfit The Sequins (Dean Sharp on drums, Russ Johnson on trumpet and Dave Eggar on cello), Sage shines amidst a slew of additional special guests, ranging from Adam Levy on guitar (Norah Jones), to Todd Sickafoose on upright bass (Ani DiFranco). A seasoned performer, Sage will be touring throughout 2008 in support of "Chandelier", her most ambitious, and soul-baring effort to date.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, Courageous, Inspired, July 17, 2008

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Anonymous Girl "anonagrrl" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chandelier (Audio CD)

I love Rachael Sage's new CD, "Chandelier"! The songs are an eclectic mix of strength, tenacity, and fragility as expressed in love, unrequited love, manipulated love, adultery, and the fantasies and disappointment inherent in so many love relationships. Sage's lyrics are pure poetry - intense, stunning, emotive. Her beautiful, edgy voice and keyboard arrangements capture the vitality and vulnerability that keep hope alive and enduring. The soulful echoes of a cello renders the tunes inviting and haunting, and the addition of trumpet and drums draws an upbeat sensibility. Other instruments include guitar, harmonica, accordion, and saxophone.

Every song on this CD is beautiful, evocative, and effective. "Vertigo" voices the haunting cries for freedom from a manipulative and adulterous relationship: "I feel what I feel/ Feel this is wrong/ And I should have run fast/ Before you led me on." The dark keyboard arpeggios are reminiscent of the powerful opening to "Paper Plane" from her previous release, "The Blistering Sun"The Blistering Sun. "Angel in my View" is an upbeat pop song expressing the musings of someone who falls in love with another who is unavailable: "...You're my only aching/ And I would gladly let you/ Paint me with white lies/ Come on and paint me with white lies."

"Blue Light" is gorgeous soft, jazzy, mystical number about muses and the songs they inspire and the healing that transpires through the metaphor of song. "Wishbone" is my favorite song from "Chandelier". It is a sublime wedding song with gorgeous imagery: "Butterflies crawling on the concrete lawn/ Telling me to love you if I'm gonna be strong/ Everything around me is an empty chair/ Don't know where I'm going unless you're there/ Phoenix is flying in a fiery sky/ Telling me to love you till the day I die/ Everything around me is an old wishbone/ It doesn't matter who says, you're my home." "Mexico" is a gorgeous cover and moody remix of Jay Clifford's yearning release.

Sage reminds me of Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Elvis Costello, and a little bit of The Indigo Girls. Her influences range from The Beatles to traditional Jewish music. This range gives her songs unforgettable hooks and a unique sound that can't go wrong. Buy this CD - you won't be disappointed! Every song pulses with Rachael's bright and compassionate spirit.

2.0 out of 5 stars Consider myself un-hooked, October 21, 2010

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Kenneth Koers (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chandelier (MP3 Download)

I had been a huge fan of hers from previous albums, but this one just doesn't do it for me. I was excited for this one by the high quality of the leading single, "Vertigo", which is indeed a fantastic song. But it stands out as a flower in a field of weeds. The rest of the album is simply not of the same caliber, and it now mostly sits on my shelf collecting duct. Bah.