Evolver

The Kennedys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Zoe Records
• ASIN: B00003XACJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,153 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pick You Up

2. Keep The Place Clean

3. Good Morning Groovy

4. Never Learn

5. The Girl With The Blonde Eye

6. Free

7. Mr. Lucky Man

8. Put Your Mind

9. Can't Kill Hope With A Gun

10. Here Without You

11. World Away

12. If I Weep

13. Down Down Down

14. Strangers

15. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blissful pop-rock from an ace folk-rock duo, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Evolver (Audio CD)

I first discovered the Kennedys (a duo of husband/wife Pete and Maura Kennedy) by taking a chance on a CD I read Peter Holsapple of the dB's played on (their 2nd, "Life Is Large"). Sometimes you get lucky - it didn't leave my CD player for months. The hooks had hooks! Their next album was much more of a traditional folk outing, but on Evolver they return to pop-rock fleshed out with a full band and a new batch of some of the must hummable songs since the first Katrina and the Waves lp. If you're a fan of this stuff I'd definitely recommend taking a chance on this - more likely than not you'll be wanting to hear their back catalog.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 48-Minute Breath of Fresh Air, April 19, 2000

By 

dev1 (Baltimore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evolver (Audio CD)

It's impossible not to fall head over heels for Maura and Pete Kennedy. Maura is as sweet as cotton candy. In the cute and adorable category, Maura's voice rates with that of Nancy Griffith and Dar Williams. Every line is flirtatious.

Pete has taken the best traits of Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), and wove them into one dazzling blend of ringing-jangling acoustic and electric guitars. I doubt that Pete Kennedy has only 10 fingers. His technique is so intricate that he must have 3 hands. With the greatest respect for Roger McGuinn, the12-string Rickenbacker has never sounded more delightful (Can't Kill Hope With A Gun). `Good Morning Groovy' is filled with shining synthesizers. Maura's charming voice is most effective on the touching ballad `Never Learn.' And the cover of Gene Clark's (The Byrds) `Here Without You' is painfully nostalgic. The rocker on Evolver is `Free' - Pete cuts loose on the drum kit.

Evolver is cheerful and uplifting (Put Your Mind). A 48-minute breath of fresh air. Get happy, get the Kennedys, get Evolver.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evolving, February 13, 2000

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Robert Kennedy "robkennedy" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evolver (Audio CD)

The Kennedys (no relation) are the best thing happening in folk-rock today, and "evolver" marks a welcome shift to the rock end of the spectrum after Angel Fire's coffee house folk. All of the trademark elements are here: Maura's distinctive, remarkably clear vocals and Pete's virtuoso guitar work. This time the arrangements are much fuller; they've been rounded out with synths, drums and even loops (!). The result is a consistent, hook-filled album on par with "Life is Large". The sunny approach may not be for the cynic. But if you revere the Byrds more than the Stones -- or just need a fix of 12-string -- this album's for you.