Fireworks

Chris Stamey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000008L2X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,161 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Company of Light

2. Something Came Over Me

3. Glorious Delusion

4. Time Is Running Out

5. Two Places at Once

6. Perfect Time

7. The Newlyweds

8. On the Radio (For Ray Davies)

9. All the Heart's Desire/Black Orchids

10. Fireworks (Still Life #5)

11. The Brakeman's Consolation

12. I Want You

13. You Don't Miss Your Water

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Around the Bend, November 1, 2007

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireworks (Audio CD)

Chris recorded "Fireworks" in 1988 for A&M Records. A&M thought it was too weird. So it wasn't until 1991 that he found release through a Rhino subsidiary RNA Records. Yes, I suppose it could be considered experimental, but there are some interesting gems that make this solo set by dB's frontman of interest. The set embraces melodic pop & uses unusual flourishes. "Time Is Running Out" is more straight-up with its driving rock beat that sounded retro even in 1991. "You look around you now; It's like you've never seen in broken imagery, but two familiar things: a painted photograph, the way you took it in your dreams," opens with Chris' urgent vocals on "Perfect Time" before the song morphs into a jingly pop chorus. "On the Radio (for Ray Davies)" is a tight pop tune that masquerades as a Kinks track, "Later that day I heard it again, the stars were out & I was driven around the bend; The singer's voice was singing 'let's pretend,' and I heard a glass shatter, but it really didn't matter." Stamey's vocals are a bit strained on "I Want You" that is otherwise a decent track. Gram Parsons' "You Don't Miss Your Water" is given an airy reading. Not everything works well on "Fireworks," but it's never boring. Enjoy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever, Jangly, & Beautiful, March 11, 2010

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Robert Szarka (Norwich, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireworks (Audio CD)

Great pop songwriting! Sounds like a cross between Matthew Sweet and Stamey's old band-mate Mitch Easter, with clever but beautiful lyrics set to jangly-guitar pop that's just a little to the mellow side of Stamey's work with The dB's. Recommended to fans of any of the aforementioned artists.