Desire Develops An Edge

Kip Hanrahan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMERICAN CLAVE
• ASIN: B000005A2O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,790 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Desire Develops an Edge

2. What Is This Dance, Anyway?

3. Two (Still in Half Light)

4. Early Fall

5. Valasquez

6. (Don't Complicate) The Life (La Vie)

7. The Edge You Always Loved in Me

8. Sara Wade

9. Far from Freetown

10. All Us Working Class

11. Childsong

12. Nocturnal Heart (Coracao Noturno)

13. Meaning a Visa

14. Her Boyfriend Assesses His Value and Pleads His Case

15. Trust Me Yet?

16. Nancy (The Silence Focuses on You)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, Wondrous, Sublime, August 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Desire Develops An Edge (Audio CD)

My favorite of Kip's albums, and one of my favorite albums period. Beautiful compositions, excellent vocals by Jack Bruce. Vast musical territory is covered with ease; each song takes on a different style, and yet the songs flow together well. All of the musicians on this album are virtuosos, playing with a passionate intensity. Fusing Latin rhythms, funk, rock, Afro-pop, jazz, and god knows what else, Kip manages to create a totally unique style. And if that weren't enough (and it would be), Kip's poetry is stirring, innovative, profound, heightening even further the listener's experience. I can't recommend this one highly enough.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This sleeper is a keeper, February 18, 2001

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Denice A. Stephenson (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desire Develops An Edge (Audio CD)

I'm surprised more people haven't taken up the cause for this exceptional album. Start with the talent: Kip Hanrahan, Jack Bruce, Steve Swallow, Arto Lindsay, a collection of the best Cuban and Haitian percussionists and John Stubblefield AND Ricky Ford on tenor sax. The result is an utterly original sound; melding Afro-Cuban rythyms, classic rock & roll guitar licks, and some unhinged jazz riffing with Bruce's entrancing vocal stylings and Hanrahan's lyrical writing. This is an album that has rewarded each listen for nearly twenty years. It is dense, complex, and unpredictable yet the melodies stick in your head immediately. "Working Class Boys" and "Her Boyfriend..." are unflinching but beautiful character studies. "Don't Complicate The Life" and "What is this Dance Anyway?" both jump with the explosive congas. Buy this album for yourself and be prepared to begin buying it for your friends...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous gumbo, July 5, 2005

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Craig Weatherby (Waltham, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desire Develops An Edge (Audio CD)

I echo the praise of the other reviewers....the combo of the superb Haitian and American players, with Hanrahan's lyrices and Jack Bruce's vocals is uncategorizeable and priceless....