Minor Love

Adam Green | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Possum
• ASIN: B0032IAB60
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Adam Green is a famous American celebrity from New York City. At the beginning of his career he moved to Germany to seek political asylum from the persecution of his talents. He was greeted with open arms and formed a theatre company which produced a ballet concert. While living in East Germany, he was offered a co-starring role in the movie Juno, which won the Grammy and went platinum. After his work with The Moldy Peaches was done, he recorded 6 solo albums, including the latest, "Minor Love."
Recorded with long time producer/friend Noah Georgeson in a luxurious pool house in Los Angeles California, fondly nicknamed The Lake Room, "Minor Love" found Green enlisting the talents of Rodrigo from Little Joy and other hanger-ons, like his brother Joel (and look-a-likes Joe Steinbrick and Greg from Megapuss).
The album showcases a tender side of the often arrogant and emotionally unavailable bully/singer, Green. In a total state of isolation, Green attempted to play nearly all the instruments on the record, due to incurable social phobias which plagued him. Sometimes a slick session musician, like Rodrigo, was tolerated in the studio. However no women were permitted into the studio at all because of Green's attempts to pursue a bisexual lifestyle.
The inspiration for this album lies in Green's fatalism. Despite a fairly normal upbringing, and a generally optimistic world view, he often contends that nothing lasts... that there is nothing to look forward to...and that "we are all living in a butcher shop," which Leonard Cohen told him while at a Bar-B-Que at Lou Reed's house.
People may be shocked by how talented Adam Green is.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Album, Shows Promise For Green's Future, February 16, 2010

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D-Rich - See all my reviews

This review is from: Minor Love (Audio CD)

Adam Green is a difficult artist to recommend to others. His quirky lyrics and vegas style melodies come off as, dare I say, goofy to most people. Not to say that he's never written a song that the mainstream could enjoy. But for every easily accessable song like "Emily", there are 5 songs like "Her Father and Her" that are sure to confuse people. If you can't see past the fact that this is indeed strange music, then this is not the kind of music for you.

This time around, Green dumped the high quality sound of a professional studio and went for a lo-fi sound to represent these songs. It certainly sounds "worse". It was a fantastic choice. For the first time in his career, the melodies that he's written are more on the dark side than the light. This lo-fi recording process created a powerful, deep atmosphere that really ties these songs together, making it more of an album and less like a pile of songs (im looking at you, Sixes and Sevens.)Songs like "The Boss Inside" show off Green's knack for melody and his lyrical talent. A cigarette that burns forever certainly is a powerful image to anyone who's ever been stressed and needed to escape from the world, and Green captured this thought flawlessly in the appropriately titled "Cigarette Burns Forever." These songs still have lots of nonsense lyrics, but they seem to take themselves more seriously this time around.

Not to say it's all serious business. Songs like "Give Them a Token" and "Castles and Tassels" could have been lifted right out of the "Friends of Mine" era, and are a warm welcome among the more dreary tunes like "Breaking Locks" and "Don't Call Me Uncle".

The album isn't without its flaws. Green has stated that he writes his songs by coming up with melodies in his head, and then finds the chords to go beneath them. Melody has always been his strongest musical muscle. The songs on this record that don't work are the ones where the melody seems to have been written around the music. The guitar riff in "Goblin" is very catchy, but the melody seems tacked on. The same goes for "Lockout." Also, "Oh Shucks" is simply TOO lo-fi and isn't up to par with the other 13 songs in general.

Some flaws aside, this album is very consistant and definately has a unique vibe all its own. This definately still feels like Adam Green, but there are a few moments when you get the feeling that our New York boy just might be growing up, which is a very good thing. You couldn't put on "Jacket Full of Danger" at a party without expecting to turn a few heads. With "Minor Love", you might just be able to get away with it....maybe. I'll be playing this album for months to come. Make sure to pick up a copy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Minor Love, October 15, 2010

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Lati@s - See all my reviews

This review is from: Minor Love (Audio CD)

Adam Green's Minor Love perfect for:

You want music that can be forefront or ambient (e.g., Party vs. Starbucks music).

Road trip!

Early morning drives with the sun gleefully shining on your window.

You want to feel nostalgic.

Oddly, when it's raining :D Think of the nice but effective contradiction of the sound of rain, and the happy and folksy tunes of Minor Love.

You want to be reminded of everything INDIE!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full Victory from Adam Green, September 6, 2010

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Proppa - See all my reviews

This review is from: Minor Love (Audio CD)

I own all of the Adam Green solo albums and this is instantly my favorite. Minor Love feels the most cohesive yet as a collection and if you're a fan of Adam Green this is a very "concentrated" dose. This album feels concise, lean, and something of an Essence of Adam's songwriting - Other A.G. albums contain amazing material as well but feel sprawling in comparison - which is no bad thing - Minor Love is stripped down and if anything feels too short in the best possible way.
The genre-hopping can be challenging but behind that and the often absurdist lyrics are songs that will bury themselves into you and if you're like me you'll catch yourself missing them when they're away. It's that last point that says everything that needs to be said about both Adam Green and this album. 5 stars.