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Kiss It Goodbye

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easily the best cd of the year. together with some of chicago's finest musicians, chris mills continues to carry the torch for the alt-country movement (YES this IS alt-country) in a time when the movement seems to be fading a bit. a little less raw than the preceeding classic "every night fight for your life", kiss it goodbye features some wonderful, yet subtle, steel guitar along with some extraordinary backing vocals. as always, the lyrics are smart and fresh. couldn't recommend a cd more highly.

Desert Island Top 5 . . . and as Chris has a new CD out (Silver Line), his music is now occupying 4 of those spaces. My first awareness of Chris Mills came through the 5 Years of Bloodshot CD (Last to Know, duet with Deanna Vargona), and my only regret is that I hadn't heard of him sooner. He's one of those rare artists where you almost feel conflicted when you listen to him, because a part just wants to be absolutely still, absorbing the healing balm that is his voice, while the other part is completely alert to the poetry of his lyrics. And yes, as others (and their wives) have pointed out, he's kinda fun to look at as well.

1st: Naperville, IL is a land of miscreants and/or small-minded fascists. That fact invalidates the previous review. 2nd: Kiss It Good-bye is remarkable. It is lovable. It is painful and beautiful and noisy and angry and afraid and sweet as butter and even smells nice. It is the aural equivalent of eating 5 hot glazed Krispy Kreme donuts in rapid-fire succession. Buy this cd. My wife thinks Mr. Mills is cute, too.

Have you heard the new Melissa Ethridge CD by Chris Mills? If way over-the-top, unbelievable and overly dramatic is for you then perhaps you would like this. In which case you should buy records by Creed, Live and Hootie.