Karen Mantler's Pet Project [Enhanced]

Karen Mantler | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00004TWJZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,556 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Cat Armold Is Dead

2. A New Pet

3. Wild or Tame?

4. Turtles

5. Life Is Sheep

6. Go Fish

7. Why Not Bear?

8. Love Birds

9. Shedding

10. Aardvark to Zebra

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Carla Bley Meets Zappa, July 18, 2000

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Sussex Pond Pudding (Somewhere in the desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Karen Mantler's Pet Project (Audio CD)

I enjoyed listening to this. It would make a really good Carla Bley album. If it was Carla Bley I'd give it 4 stars. But it's not. It's her daughter. So, I deduct one star for the inability of Karen Mantler to do anything really unique. That having been said, there is a lot of good music on this disc. It is the story of Ms. Mantler's efforts to find a new pet after the death of her beloved cat, Arnold. It is a funny and touching story with Zappa-esque vocals and banter, and a very good band behind her to make it all come together. Nice production, good sound. Definetly worth checking out, especially if you're a Carla Bley fan.

5.0 out of 5 stars topical yet eclectic, December 17, 2007

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Cen (of Barbi & Cen) "lost in place" (where pigs fly, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Karen Mantler's Pet Project (Audio CD)

it's difficult to say which of her issues is best or better. in the tradition of her mom, carla bley, and dad, michael mantler, not to mention robert wyatt and jack bruce, she mixes a wide variety of music (rock, jazz, cabaret) in the tradition of escalator over the hill. all in the name of her now deceased cat. quel d'homage!