The Finest Thing

Lori Carson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Meta
• ASIN: B00023P4W4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,464 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, December 25, 2004

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Hugues Orsetti (MANOSQUE France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Finest Thing (Audio CD)

I'm pretty new to Lori Carson. Actually I discovered her music with this album and purchased her previous ones after. The reviewer below is 200% wrong, I bet he put his point after one listen. Pretentious??? Why? Because it's mostly instrumental? This is a stupid statement. It's not pretentious by any mean, it's a space, relaxing, magnificent music that goes deep in a flow of memories, images and emotions. And anyone at least sensitive would notice that this new album is the logical evolution of her style. Lori doesn't even sound like the conventional songwriter in those previous records, to the contrary of what the amazon editorial reviewer says: the way she performs her songs leaves space to the senses, it sounds fragile, sensual, subtle and moving. It's pretty more a physical thing than a brainy one. And an album like "Everything I Touch Runs Wild" is like the soundtrack of a love story. THE FINEST THING is looking for the essence of what you need in music. This is the music you need when the words don't help. This is music replacing the words. This music SPEAKS, and is far to be bleak. Sometime in his life an artist miss words, but the emotions remain, and the music wants to marry the silence, or a blue evening sky. On THE FINEST THING, the music sounds like the peaceful, wonderful kingdom of a new-born baby: he doesn't have the words yet, but he's open to a heartfelt paradise. Life is that wonder.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly *The Finest Thing*, June 28, 2004

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This review is from: The Finest Thing (Audio CD)

"Quick as you wish you could make it last, it goes that fast." -- lyrics from the song "The Finest Thing."

That's how I felt after listening to the marvelous new CD by Lori Carson. Luckily, I have my own copy and can listen as often as I want!! ;-)

Lori Carson has made another wondrous CD of beautiful, soul-touching music. "The Finest Thing" is a truly unique collection of ethereal, haunting and entrancing songs.... I love it!!!

While somewhat of a departure from her previous discs == i've read that lori calls the tracks 'meditations' == "The Finest Thing" manages to fit nicely among her other recordings, while at the same time going deeper and pushing different sonic edges. Her voice and singing have never been better!

IMHO, it's more than worth the price for the title track alone and a lush recording of the rare tune "Glimmer." Some of the songs remind me of a soundtrack to a movie, and brings to mind her standout contribution to the "Crazy/Beautiful" soundtrack, "I want to believe you." (One of my favorite Lori songs.)

Lori's always contributed amazing songs to movie soundtacks (See her awesome collection "Stolen Beauty"), but this CD makes me want to hear her score a film all the way through.

All in all, definitely a must-have for any music lover.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Things, November 11, 2005

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JBT "jbttttt" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Finest Thing (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite cd's of the past couple of years. Such beautiful arrangements of vocal and non vocal tracks -- all evocative. Carson has an uncanny lyrical sensibility not usually heard on pop music's illiterate landscape. "Coney Island Ride" is a perfect example -- very Joni Mitchell. This cd will not disappoint if your looking for a quiet, soothing listen.