Lace

Benjamin Orr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000G1R4P2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,459 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

In honor of The Cars reunion tour, we proudly bring back two long out of print solo albums by original Cars members. The Lace by Benjamin Orr was originally issued in 1986 on Elektra Records. It features a guest appearance by fellow Cars member Elliot Easton. Speaking of Elliot Easton, we are also releasing his long out of print 1985 solo CD Change No Change. This CD features five bonus tracks not on the original vinyl release. It features a guest appearance by Jules Shear. Both of these albums cracked the top 100 on the Billboard charts when originally released.

Customer Reviews

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest albums ever made, May 10, 2005

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Dynamo (The Hague, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lace (Audio CD)

It is such a shame that the late Benjamin Orr (also known of The Cars) could only made this solo album, because this is truly a master piece. When You're Gone is one of the great songs ever made. Strong and smooth. Benjamin Orr's excellent voice is brilliant on this song, but also on ballads as 'Stay The Night', 'Skyline' and 'This Time Around'. The Lace contains also some very good tempo songs such as 'Too Hot To Stop' and 'In Circles'. Music and lyrics by Benjamin Orr and Diane Grey Page. Production by Mike Shipley, Larry Klein and - again - Benjamin Orr. It is difficult to find this album, but if someone offers this for sale then buy it. I did. It was expensive but I did not regret it, because it is not always easy to find a great album like this. It might be, however, that the sound quality of the CD is not that great, but this not the fault of Ben Orr. Benjamin Orr was one of the world's most talented musicians!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Remembering the very best!", October 23, 2005

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Shane Donaldson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lace (Audio CD)

Five stars are just not enough for an album this quality. This is still my favorite album today. From The Cars late bass player & lead singer, every song on this album is excellent. The strangest thing is that the songs probably hold more meaning now than they did then. From the starting song of Too Hot To Stop to When You're Gone on the A side and from Spinning to This Time Around on the B side this album doesn't miss a beat. This really is an extremely positive and lovely album from beginning to end.

The songs are all excellent, but the order of the songs seems a touch out of place. Stay The Night sounds like more of a song that would end side A or side B, instead of being the third song on the album. It is without a doubt my favorite song on the album. It's a shame that this was his only solo album as excellent as this one is. I wish they would re-release this album so others can listen to this lovely album. It really didn't get any better than this in the 80s and still doesn't today.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cars Fans-You Need This CD!!!, September 15, 2006

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J. R Sategna (Martinez, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lace (Audio CD)

This is an excellent sounding CD--it makes you wish Benjamin Orr recorded more solo stuff before he passed away. In the Cars, he was the opposite of Ric Occask--he was the one with the emotional voice where Occask was the one with the rough voice and out & out belted out a song--I agree- both are great singers but I will take Orrs voice anytime--his voice was very emotional and clear-his songwriting is excellent.(remember the song Drive-what a vocal masterpiece!!) It shows on this cd--every song is great and it clearly shows the other side of the Cars without Occask vocals- Cars fans-get this CD--you will not be disappointed0-plus Ellott Easton the Cars lead guitar player,. is on most of the cuts --sounds like the Cars in my opinion!!!!!