Goldfish Don't Talk Back [Import]

Brenda Khan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 1995)
• Format: Import
• Label: Community 3
• ASIN: B000005YIG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, clever, wistful album, May 24, 2007

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A. Lowry - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goldfish Don't Talk Back (Audio CD)

Brenda Kahn is probably tired of her 1st album being praised as her best, but it is -- her lyrics are brilliant, her voice has a great emotional range. I could quote from every song, but look at this line from "Coal Train Blues":

"I know a girl, she got a hat for every thought in her head"

--Great line, we all feel like we've known this girl too; but Kahn's not finished:

"She got three hats: John, Joe, and Fred."

This in a wistful, can't-love-men-can't-shoot-them song. But it's not all laughs -- "If Red Were Blue" and "Eulogy for My Next Lover" are sad, wonderful songs.

Some of the allusions are dated -- PMRC? Billy Joel memorized an encyclopedia? -- but all of the songs hold up well. I have been listening to this album for 10 years and still love it.