Chinese Boxes

Kim Richey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000QEIOPS
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poetic Masterpiece, July 11, 2007

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B. Gould (Norfolk, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Boxes (Audio CD)

For Kim Richey to not be a household name after all of the superb albums she has released over the last decade has got to be one of the music business's biggest mysteries. On her fifth studio album Chinese Boxes, she continues to make a simply beautiful album full of poetic lyric writing that breathes life into her highly emotive and real songs. Her voice has never sounded better either. From cover to cover, this album is simply a masterpiece. I hope this album finally catapults her to the rich allocades she deserves--out of the box and into the light.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More of the same = Excellence again and again., July 12, 2007

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qqonos (Saint Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chinese Boxes (Audio CD)

There are truly more "performers" out there than one might care to shake a proverbial stick at. But there are fewer and fewer Artists making great music these days. People who can truly craft a song, and then produce it to such an extent that the final product significantly moves you. Kim Richey does just that.
Although I think it may be a disservice to even remotely classify her efforts as pop. In the conventional sense of the word anyway.
Her music is deep enough to create it's own mini genre. You'll probably find yourself, as I often do, craving Kim Richey music. There aren't a great deal of people in my music collection I can truly say that about. Sting comes to mind... maybe Peter Gabriel or Sheryl Crow. Where their production sense and musicianship, coupled with their songwriting and performances allow you to keep the CD continuously running. Music always interesting, with solid melody, that leads you somewhere satisfying.
Every one of her albums is consistent from start to finish, and this one 's no different (Yogi Berra anyone?).
And how many albums do you own, where you really enjoy 90% or more of the music on that album? Two of the only things you'll ever find annoying about Kim Richey's music, is that there isn't enough of it, and you don't have as many people you can talk to about her material, because they're just simply not aware yet.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars such a nice vibe on this one....., August 3, 2007

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J. Bilby "littlebibs" (Kingston, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Boxes (Audio CD)

first off thanks to Darden Smith(another smooth singer who knows how to
do it right) for reminding me that Kim Richey has a new one out and to
check it out, and that I did. Its been a while since I last heard from Kim. I've been playing this on and off for the past week, nice selection
of songs, feelings, vibes and especially the production, sublime, but of
course its that voice of Kim Richey that draws you in. I hear so much of
the Beatles sound from the past woven in these melodies, it gives Chinese Boxes a timeless feel and one you will want to play whenever you're in the mood to relax, pour a glass of wine, a beer or whatever and think, this is one of the best of the year for this style of music, by far. Would
like to see radio wake up and play songs like "Turn Me", "Jack and Jill", "not a love like this".