Octoroon

Laura Love | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fontana Island
• ASIN: B000001ETD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,438 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great find!, March 18, 2000

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mark eastman (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Octoroon (Audio CD)

Strange...but true. I was not familiar with Laura Love untiltoday. I purchased a lot of CD's lately and, as fate wouldhave it, after rifling through them all, this was the first one I slipped in my car's cd player. Well, the diversity and energy blew me away. I just finished reading the 11 other customer reviews and I find all to be "on the money" covering different aspects of this album. Rather than be repetitive, I'll just give one more reason to buy this album: my favorite, the fantastic and unique Louisiana swamp infused/tribal beat/country yodel song 'Capricorn & Hominy'. Somehow, that one escaped the attention of all the other reviews. It shouldn't have. END

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, diverse, complex, toe-tapping good fun...., January 11, 2005

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Paul B. Hubbard "SpikeSoleil" (Portland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Octoroon (Audio CD)

In the same amazing, mesmerizing way that David Lindley & El Rayo-X would cover a song and make it truly their own unique pleasure, Laura Love has a gift for transforming the music. There's simply no bad or even mediocre song on this album - how many artists can say that about theirs?

I stumbled across this album at one of Tower's listening stations, and was instantly charmed and amazed. I have highly diverse tastes - across the board and across the world - and yet I have few albums that are as well-rounded, consistently entertaining and so gifted. You see all the reviews here - every one with 5 stars - do you need to be kicked in the head to get with the program? Buy this album...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Social conciousness expressed through a joyful, unique voice, July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Octoroon (Audio CD)

Laura Love tackles a suprising range of issues and ideas on this album blending traditional, creole, celtic into something unique and powerful. At moments, the sheer joy comes through in her trademark yodelling. The instrument also turns somber on tracks like June 4th Foundation (dealing with Tianneman Square) and If I Knew. Her covers of Amazing Grace, Blind Bartimus, and Come As You Are breathe new life and energy into these tunes. An album for anyone who loves their music as a source of fun or inspiration or (most importantly) both.