Extended Player - 24:26 [EP]

Johnathan Rice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B0002234ZE
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,683 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Break So Easy

2. My Mother's Son

3. Put Me in Your Holy War

4. Mid November

5. Stay at Home

6. The Acrobat

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice debut, June 15, 2004

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Nathaniel Deas (Gainesville, Fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extended Player - 24:26 (Audio CD)

The six-song Extended Player 24:26 introduces the world to the brooding rasp of 21-year-old Johnathan Rice, a name that should be household after his future full length release, Trouble is Real.

Personal and simple, the EP displays Rice's unpretentious role in today's music scene. With a voice like John Mayer and a soul like Van Morrison, Rice can appeal to teen girls as well as true music fans.

Songs like "Break So Easy" and "The Acrobat" display the soft elegance of Rice's voice over acoustic guitar, while "My Mother's Son" and "Stay At Home" feature orchestral explosions that take the EP to the next level.

Fans of Ryan Adams and Shawn Mullins should definitely give this youngster a listen, and if things go like they should, Johnathan Rice will be around for a while.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Ep with some lo fi touches, July 29, 2004

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alex bushman (Michigan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Extended Player - 24:26 (Audio CD)

This EP establishes him as a true, young, singer-songwriter. His songs has substance and poetic resonance. Teeny-bopper magazines consider him to one of the most handsome new guys on the block, but who really cares unless you are one of them, and I'm not. His music is what I care about, it's strong and whimsical. Mr. Rice's voice is wispy and seasoned, like a hoarse John Mayer, but his music is far more adventurous and sophisticated. On "Stay At Home" he employs a children's choir and toy piano, while the song that kicks off the recording is like a sunny daydream. He makes the biggest artistic risk by recording "Put Me In Your Holy War" in such a lo-fi way that it suggests an ancient King Biscuit Flower Hour recording from the south. It's a risky thing to do because I'm sure it will catch some listeners off guard, but I like it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, June 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Extended Player - 24:26 (Audio CD)

This is an amazing piece of music. Johnathan Rice's voice is beautiful and haunting, and his words resonate with a depth of meaning and poetic expression rarely found at all these days. I'm reminded a bit of early Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens, although his sound is completely his own. The raw, pure emotion is clearly felt in each song ("The Acrobat" is particularly affecting), and the mocking spite in the anti-war song "Put Me in Your Holy War" is biting in its irony. All I can say is, I wish I hadn't missed him live here in Brooklyn, and I cannot wait to hear the full-length "Trouble Is Real"...