Out Of My Way

Peter Holsapple | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: MONKEY HILL REC
• ASIN: B000003M1D
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,022 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 Semi-legend creates garage magic, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Out Of My Way (Audio CD)

Peter Holsapple in more enlightened times would be lauded as a genius in his field: Power Pop. Except that this is here and now and he isn't. Pity about that. This was probably recorded on a shoe-string budget, not that you could tell. Here this musical magician lays out 11 tracks that cut straight to my soul. "I Am A Tree" is the stand out of many highlights. A simple basic plaintiff pop song that describes the experience of "white soul". He also kicks back and rocks to show his dB's roots in "I Been There". This guy has many dimensions! Buy this record to be the proud owner of these songs and to stick it to the corporate record money-men who are blind to the talents like this man and his kind! Long live Peter Holsapple!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a real gem!, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Out Of My Way (Audio CD)

I got this CD 2 years ago based on the reviews. I'd never heard of Peter Holsapple and was pleasantly surprised to find out that the reviews were right. The music is great and the lyrics are even better. "Pretty, Damned, Smart" is a classic. I can't believe that no one has reviewed this CD before now. It's smart, fun and you can dance to it. What more do you need? Buy it!!

4.0 out of 5 stars A sleeper that grows on you, February 6, 2007

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Mr. Chips (Columbia, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out Of My Way (Audio CD)

I can't say how much I've enjoyed this album over the past few weeks, mostly while driving to work in the morning. At first listen, I dismissed it; the songs seemed uneven and the production poor. It seemed to be a basement project done for fun, but without much interest for anyone other than the songwriter.

But, as another Amazon reviewer here mentions, it requires multiple listens. There are some great songs on here!

Some tunes, with better production values, would have fared well as dB's songs. Among the latter are the poppish-to-rockish "I Been There," "Away With Love," "Out Of My Way," and "Meet Me In the Middle." "Pretty, Damned, Smart" is an interesting acoustic number about a friend, and "Here And Now" is an anthemic concert finale if ever there was one. People familiar with Mr. Holsapple's self-deprecation (and those of us who share that quality ourselves) will take heart in "I am a tree," an affirmation about being true to oneself -- a thrown-down glove to the glib naysayers who are all too happy to criticize, but themselves are reluctant to face life's travails head-on.

Yes, there are some ponderous, dirge-like, sonic meanderingings here; and the production has a homade feel that, in some way that I can't quite put my finger on, lends an air of murkiness to the entire project. The production, in fact, sonically replicates the shadowy photo of Mr. Holsapple on the album cover design, where we can't quite see his face for the foreground. But lackluster production doesn't negate good songwriting. If Holsapple wasn't free to explore ponderous, dirge-like, sonic meanderingings on a low-pressure project like this, where could he? And who knows -- had he not felt that freedom, he might not have come up with the other excellent songs here.

All I know is, I wake up out of bed almost every morning singing one of the tunes from this CD. That tells me something.