Moon Hut

Kim Fox, Kim Fox | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dreamworks
• ASIN: B000005AM5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Wanna Be A Witch

2. Found A Penny

3. Could Have Been A Saint

4. Bleed A Little, Allison

5. Say Anything

6. Sweetest Revenge

7. Flowers Have O's

8. Cowgirl's Lament

9. Jen

10. I'm Discovered

11. Daredevil

12. Atlantic City

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Crazy like a fox?, February 8, 2008

By 

kaduzy - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Moon Hut (Audio CD)

I got this album in high school from a friend who thought it was a little too weird for her. This is the same friend who gave me my first Tori Amos CD, also because she just didn't like the music as much as she thought she would when she bought the album (Which, in case you're curious, was From the Choirgirl Hotel.)

Well insert your favorite cliche here: [Her loss is my gain, one woman's trash is another woman's treasure, take your pick.]. The bottom line is that I wound up really digging this rather strange debut CD from an artist most people have never even heard of. Her songs have a strange echoy quality in the production, and her lyrics have kind of a weird lesbian vibe but if you're a fan of Tori Amos' sometimes impossible to interpret songs, you'll love Kim Fox, trust me. This CD may not be so easy to find these days, now that most used CD stores have shut their doors in the wake of iTunes and the like, but if you happen across it some dark night, go ahead and give it a listen. You just might dig her too.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Pop Music Talent, February 2, 2006

By 

Gregory Zeigerson (NJ USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Moon Hut (Audio CD)

In a more reasonable world, Kim Fox would be a major star by now. "Moon Hut" is a fine pop music album by an immensely talented singer/songwriter, with occasional touches of lounge singing, Broadway, and even circus music in its many styles. Kim Fox sounds at times like a female Elton John, Dean Friedman or Matthew Sweet. I also hear the influence of Bacharach and David, Cyndi Lauper, and Lesley Gore. She definitely has Lauper's sense of humor. Her cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" is perhaps more haunting than the original, as a slow David Lynch-style ballad (I'm thinking of "In Heaven" from Eraserhead). I also especially like "Found A Penny", "Could Have Been A Saint", "Say Anything" and "Jen". I hope this CD gets re-released as it appears to be unavailable now except from used CD dealers.

2.0 out of 5 stars Unexceptional but has its moments, July 18, 2000

By 

Cam (Newcastle, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Hut (Audio CD)

I remember picking this up about two years back after a few contributors on one of my many mailing lists enthused over it. At the time, I thought more highly of it than I do now, which is as much to do with the quantity of music that drifts by my ears as with the standard of songwriting on offer here.

"I Wanna Be A Witch" still sounds playful, "Sweetest Revenge" would be the Sundays if only Harriet Wheeler had got there first, but the majority of the remainder sounds almost grating now. Kim doesn't have the strongest of voices, and on more than one occasion it certainly isn't sufficient to pull the material to the surface.

The highlight for me at least, oddly, is her cover of Springsteen's "Atlantic City" which manages to pull off that rare feat of being genuinely unnerving, much in the same way as Stina Nordenstam often is; the whispered vocal and discordant piano really give the song a sinister edge that is probably a million miles away from what Bruce had in mind when he wrote it for "Nebraska" 18 years ago. No mean achievement.

On a more general note, I don't think the production does anyone any favours here, and the echo-chamber atmosphere gets over-used and never truly lets the music escape. I will admit to being curious enough on the basis of "Moon Hut" that I'd give a second album from her a listen, should she release another in the future.