Hard Tales To Tell

Brad Sachs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 1, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00005LK5O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,351,514 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Stone I Life

2. Miracle of Love

3. Dream Avenue

4. Ballad of Birmingham

5. Tip of a Knife

6. Invisible Love

7. Riverbird

8. Another Way into the Fire

9. Bread

10. I Must Speak to Myself

11. Arise

12. Not Waving but Drowning

13. Leaves

14. Folding Chairs

15. Mountain of Love

16. The Weight of Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars HARD TALES TO TELL, November 19, 2003

By 

Donna Mincher (Amarillo, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hard Tales To Tell (Audio CD)

Listening to HARD TALES TO TELL is an unusual and extraordinary
experience. A cycle of songs that are based (not exclusively, apparently) on the composer's work as a psychologist, this CD works on many levels. First of all, the musicianship is excellent, and the arrangements are interesting and creative.
Sachs's voice has limited range, but when he sings, he does so with passion and care (I can understand most of the words!).

But the songs, themselves, are like mini-dramas, each one telling a complicated (and usually painful) story. My favorite is "Dream Avenue" which actually tells three tales--a story about confronting a homeless man, a story about a man watching his daughter kissing her boyfriend, and a story about a young man sharing a joint with his dying mother. Another favorite, "Miracle of Love" tells the tale of a police officer who adopts an abandoned AIDS baby.

The CD is accompanied by a well-designed booklet and the composer's comments about what prompted him to write the songs.

All in all, HARD TALES TO TELL is well worth the listen.

Donna Mincher