Milk of the Moon

Greg Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B000060P7E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,349 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Grit, March 14, 2002

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Karl Sundquist (Duluth, MN.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Milk of the Moon (Audio CD)

Greg Brown's new album comes up from the dirt and resonates in everyday life. He creates songs that bring you to a fireside with "Telling Stories" or he ponders the never-ending question of how love works with "Ashamed of our Love" and "Steady Love". It is kind of funny to say the Greg Brown has gone back to his roots because he is an artist that has always stuck to a pure form of songwriting but this album does reflect his earlier works. Greg Brown seems to effortlessly give his listeners outstanding songwriting time and time again.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greg Does the Milky Way, April 12, 2002

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Marina - See all my reviews

This review is from: Milk of the Moon (Audio CD)

Veteran folkbard Greg Brown knows the dark and muddy places of the heart. On his latest Redhouse Recording, he sings of love found, lost, and better left alone. With ethereal vocal backup from Karen Savoca, and the sometimes structured, sometimes writhing backup from axe-ter Pete Heitzman, Greg's smoky voice alternately comforts, confronts, and condemns.
The recording visits dark blues ("The Moon is Nearly Full"), primitive country (a lilting "Lull it Bye", featuring just Greg and his banjo), even 60's Hammond Organ funk ("Steady Love"). In "Smell of Coffee", Greg paints a vivid minimalist picture, with just a few sharply defined strokes. In "Telling Stories", Greg does what Greg does best: conjures up a time, place and feel so real we can all drop by for a rest. For that, we thank him.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mellifluous and memorable, January 17, 2003

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Donald D. Zimmerman (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Milk of the Moon (Audio CD)

I got this album today and can't stop listening to it. "Telling Stories" and "Oh You" are two of the best songs I've heard in a long long time. Greg Brown's baritone, unlike some who have ended up that way after years of vocal abuse, seems natural and unforced. This album just flows, and is one of the best folk albums of the year.