The Palace At 4am (Part I)

Jay Bennett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Undertow Music
• ASIN: B000063Y3E
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,652 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Puzzle Heart

2. Talk To Me

3. Whispers Or Screams

4. Shakin' Sugar

5. C.T.M.

6. Drinking On Your Dime

7. My Darlin'

8. No Church Tonight

9. Fireworks

10. Forgiven

11. Like A Photograph

12. Venus Stopped The Train

13. California

14. Little White Cottage

15. It Hurts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clarifying raven2017, July 30, 2004

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Edward Burch (Champaign, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Palace At 4am (Part I) (Audio CD)

I could not submit a review without giving it a rating, so I randomly went with 4 stars.

Jay Bennett did not simply "have a hand" in writing "My Darlin'.'' Rather he WROTE the song. Our version (the one which appears on P4AM) is the original, and Summerteeth's is the cover, in spite of their flip-flopped order of release.

As for "Shakin' Sugar" and "Venus," we have always been very clear right from the start that these songs were Tweedy/Bennett collaborations ("check your fileshares" suggests cloak-and-dagger antics). If "Sugar" sounds like Wilco's "Alone," it shouldn't be surprising because the basic tracks are the same. WHY are they the same? Because Jay Bennett played EVERY instrument on the Wilco version. We simply added some more stuff to it and put it on our record.

As to whether people like our record better or Wilco's records better, I do not really care. I make records because I enjoy it. I just wanted to clarify a mis-informed opinion.

Thanks,
Edward Burch

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful uplifting pop, May 9, 2002

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imants "imants" (Bora Bora) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Palace At 4am (Part I) (Audio CD)

With all the praise and adoration being heaped upon Jay Bennett's former band Wilco's new release "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" it seems ironic that Jay's new recorded collaboration with Edward Burch is an overlooked gem. It's obvious that in Bennett's recent departure from Wilco that he took a lot with him. I received this disc at the same time as Wilco's YHF and I find myself reaching for this one over YHF. While not as original sounding or experimental as YHF, "The Palace at 4am (Part 1)" evokes 60s and 70s pop sounds. The songwriting here is stellar. At times a little too Elvis Costello sounding but this is no knock against the album. The production and layering are almost over-the-top but beautifully done with all kinds of instruments and sounds popping up out of the blue. I highly recommend this CD and look forward to Bennett and Burch's next release.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wilco's Loss Is Our Gain, November 21, 2002

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Larry White (AdultPop.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Palace At 4am (Part I) (Audio CD)

Teaming with another multi-talented instrumentalist and vocalist Edward Burch, former Wilco member Jay Bennett has created an album every bit as good as anything Wilco has done. If Bennett's mission upon leaving Wilco was to search for `the hook', it appears he's found it, as it makes an appearance in virtually every song. Although Bennett and Burch are not averse to tossing in sonic twists akin to those of their brethren Wilco, their songs are generally more `poppy', less edgy, more hummable and a very pleasant surprise.