Nomen Est Numen [Explicit Lyrics]

Stuart Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Triad Records
• ASIN: B00000E932
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Progress

2. Stephen's Exhibition

3. Noah's New Ark

4. Barbie

5. Disciple

6. Fall Awake

7. Amsterdam

8. Female Friend

9. Guardians

10. Atavistic Viking

11. Asshole World Renown

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Stuart Davis CD, December 1, 2000

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"savagesal" (Round Hill, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nomen Est Numen (Audio CD)

This one is my favorite of Stu's CDs, perhaps because it really runs the gamut on topics & styles & paces. Atavistic Viking rocks--go get your dictionary if you don't know the word... and leave it open! Davis uses BIG WORDS (gosh forbid!) that do the job just right. I don't know how his tongue twister lyrics make it out okay, but he's a genius. Sure, he touches on taboo subjects (lusting after platonic friends, feeling more comfy with the devil than the angel, playing with a Barbie doll, raping and pillaging in the name of one's ancestry), but he does it so WELL! (Tell me you haven't thought about the same things yourself...!) Stephen's Exhibition was the song that sold me, the first time I heard it (live) after a week-long artist (poetry) workshop. I sat at a table with 3 or 4 world-class writers only to hear Davis sing the old lament of the poet/writer/artist (good or not): "Well, we artistic types are so misunderstood/everyone's a critic, they don't know when something's good/Just letus have our space and freedom to create/and when the work is finished, we'll tell you if it's great." I nearly rolled on the floor, though I wondered if anyone else had made out the lyrics. But even the somber/sober songs strike a chord; Guardians means a lot to anyone who's ever lost (or nearly lost) a family member--after all, our nuclear family, however disfunctional, is our starting place, the organism that created and identifies us, like it or not. And nearly always the source of as-close-to-unconditional love as we ever get (til we have our own kids).

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, but don't listen to it with your parents..., October 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nomen Est Numen (Audio CD)

This album could make you uncomfortable if you are listening to it with your parents because it's quite frank. Stuart Davis sings about entertaining stuff, but it's not always stuff you want your folks to think you find entertaining. Atavistic Viking is my personal favorite. Stephen's Exhibition and Female Friend are great songs, but perhaps not great material for a first date...