Public [Import]

Emm Gryner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000007Q8S
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,668 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Curiously addictive, Emm Gryner, July 13, 2000

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Jayme Valdez (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public (Audio CD)

I bought "Public" totally on a whim from Amazon and immediately fell in love. Emm has an amazing penchant for switching from one theme to another, one musical style to another. There is nothing repetitive or familiar about her style. As some may compare her to Tori or Sarah, Emm has a fresh, honest take on her subjects with an incredible ability to write great melodies. In fact, Emm plays many of the instruments on the album (piano, bass, guitar, wurlitzer, mellotron, synths, hammond organ). Her dedication to music is clear. On the surface, her songs are simple accounts of everyday issues (love, independence, resolutions). However, on a deeper lever, Emm attempts more complicated explorations of spirituality and life. The combination of haunting lyrics ("Did I lost my tune to one of Jupiter's moons?) and openly self-examining lyrics("What is this? This foreign breath I'm lying with? Thieves are never sweet....") ("I've had X number of endings. When do I begin?") make for an amazing, powerful, refreshingly creative album that I would highly recommend to anyone willing to chance it on a new, promising artist. To put it simply, she's incredible.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another melancholy favorite..., January 28, 2002

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Just-a-girl "abc-survivors.net" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public (Audio CD)

This is one of the best albums that Amazon has recommended for me. I had never heard of Emm, but decided to try her album on a whim, basically to test out Amazon's choice. I love her blend of pop with edge and great lyrics. Her vocals are a bit trendy, but addictive. I can put this album on repeat and listen for hours before thinking of switching. She has a great way of making choruses stick in your head, and I honestly enjoy the more melancholy songs like "Acid" more than the pop tunes. I also like the fact that I've heard some of these songs in Felicity scenes. This is just a solid album, the kind I love to listen to while driving in the sunshine or playing on the computer. If you like Chantal, Jann Arden, or Mary Beth, you'll love this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated Album and Singer, December 13, 2003

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citizenoftheplanet (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public (Audio CD)

Nothing much more to add to the many other reviews. This album is solid start to finish and is definitely worth adding to your collection. It is more of pop/rock feel than her later work, but not pop/rock in the annoying commercial sense, not at all in fact.

Emm Gryner and Tara MacLean are probably the two most underrated female Canadian singers who often get lost in sea of the huge number of successful and talented Canadian women such as Sarah McLachlan, Alanis, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jann Arden and Nelly Furtado. Like many of the reviewers have said it is really unfortuante that more people don't know about Emm. Pick up this CD and give her a listen, her only better work might be AsianBlue, although Science Fair really grows with repeat listens.