Megiddo

Lauren Hoffman | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (May 20, 1997)
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WDN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Track Listings

1. Blood

2. Rock Star

3. Lolita

4. Fall Away

5. Cold and Gray

6. Hope You Don't Mind

7. Strange Man

8. Persephone

9. Alive

10. The Cannibal Ed

11. Build a Home

12. The Ashram Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing; the natural heir to Frank Zappa., February 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Megiddo (Audio CD)

In today's music, attitude is the easiest thing; emotional resonance harder; musical muscle and songwriting craft harder still; spirituality the rarest. This album qualifies on all fronts.

Lauren uses her voice and guitar in unorthodox ways to tell unorthodox stories. These songs range from the sexily moody ("Blood"), the gleefully irreverent ("Hope You Don't Mind"), the downright hilarious ("The Cannibal Ed"), rock fury ("Rock Star"), seductiveness ("Cold and Gray"), culminating in the sonic scape that is the album's best song, "The Ashram Song", marked by stunning vocal layering and Middle-Eastern-influenced melodies. It's a real feat to make "Om Shanti" a songwriting hook!

Lauren's vocal ability has grown considerably since this and, given the daring she's shown here, her musical future is limitless. For the time being, Megiddo is essential listening.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANK GOD I FOUND IT AGAIN, December 29, 2007

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Debra A. Medina "Page turner" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Megiddo (Audio CD)

I actually found this album in a vinyl store off the beaten path in 1997 and bought it from the shop owner as a sample..didnt even listen to it first. When I got it home I was beyond thrilled the music was amazing the lyrics everything, it became my favorite album. I was going through a break up and things were bad and this album saved me. I emailed Lauren and she emailed me back..basically told me to burn all his stuff! haha..of course I didn't but she was great. I tacked that email up on my fridge and there it stayed for a long time. I had lost the Cd in a move and for the life of me couldn't remember anything but the name of a song of the album..I just googled it and it came up and now the CD is on it's way to me again! YAY ...everyone should own this CD ..it should be re released because it would be on top!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating blend..., February 12, 2006

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Brian Kehew (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Megiddo (Audio CD)

This album is full of opposites: it sounds raw and yet lush. The songs are stark, open, and bare emotionally, but full of cautious intent and sly trickery. The instrumental bits seem wild and loose at times, but are also carefully ochestrated.

Some wonderful recording and production by all involved. Especially noteworthy to some are the instrumental bits added by Jon Brion, just before the world at large knew of his talents. "Cold and Grey" is one of the many powerful tracks, I can't stop listening to it, one of my favorite songs of all time!