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Let in the Light

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I was so eager to hear this record I ordered it from Amazon.fr (where it was released almost 2 months earlier) but, turned out to be my least favourite Wright album. It just lacks the intensity of her previous work. One of the major flaws is most of the songs are too short, and unlike Dyed In The Wool, and Maps Of Tacit (where the songs were also brief) it falls short of the force, strength and concentrated energy which enabled those songs to be quick furious burst of raw emotion, here the songs are too quick and light and simply don't make the same dent on the brain.

There are some blinding track on this album, In The Morning is razor sharp and gorgeous, Defy This Love with it's Soviet piano is stand out as is the poetic texture and imagery of St Pete .It had fine possibilities, like Baffle Me, Don't You Doubt Me and Idle Hands, but it just doesn't grab hold of you and command attention like her previous works.

Having said that it is Shannon Wright, so it is a far superior album than the majority of sound out there.

discovering artists such as shannon wright, always scares me, for it makes me wonder "what else am i missing?" the lyrics and music (great percussion and beat)are biting, sharp and sophisticated, but not for the faint of heart. this is dark stuff.

My favorite Shannon Wright music has always been her old Crowsdell tracks. Her last 3 solo works I found uneven and difficult to enjoy. They sounded like she was singing alone in a dark, isolated room somewhere while she cried and slashed her wrists. On this album, she has stopped feeling sorry for herself and realized she has an audience that love to listen to her, but want her to move on and be happy. The title apparently reflects this new attitude of accepting the concept of happiness.

The most obvious feature of this album is the accessibility. It is still not quite radio-friendly, but anyone who ever wanted to like Wright can easily do so with this album. This should be your point-of-entry for her *solo* music (I still like Crowsdell better, but it is a completely different style).

You can hear bits and pieces of samples from the previous three at times, but they sound like they finally evolved into the right form. Every song is great. On her other albums I would only really like a few at most, and even then only on special occasions.

If you enjoy piano-playing female songwriters like Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, or Aimee Mann, don't pass this up. If you like slow, thoughtful bands like Bedhead, Low, or Codeine, you will feel at home here. Finally, if you were told by someone you would like Shannon Wright but you didn't, try this one out. It is the album I always hoped she would write. It would have been the perfect substitute soundtrack for my favorite movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".