The Rainwater LP

Citizen Cope (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: R.E.D. Distribution
• ASIN: B003360JSQ
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,490 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Written & Produced by Clarence Greenwood
Mixed by Steef Van De Gevel

The long awaited follow up to 2006 s Every Waking Moment. The Rainwater LP is Citizen Cope s third commercial release and first in over three years. Despite the time between records, Cope s music has been very present in the TV/Film world and on the live circuit where he sold over 100,000 tickets on his 2008 tour (his last major US tour).

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New album, new label, same old Citizen Cope, March 15, 2010

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Lucky Sevens "music aficianado" (Tiger Town, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rainwater LP (Audio CD)

Citizen Cope is one of those artists that constantly get shafted by the major labels. In 1997 he recorded an album for Capitol that got shelved. Then in 2002, he moved to DreamWorks Records only to see his self-titled debut get the cold shoulder. In 2004, he moved to RCA Records, which by that point was only dealing with American Idol-affiliated artists. Part of the reason that he has that problem is that no one knows exactly how to market him...and he doesn't exactly make it any easier. How many artists do you know that can go from hip hop (Rhymefest's "Bullet"), R&B (Raheem DeVaughn's "Nobody Wins A War"), rock (Carlos Santana's "Sideways") and adult contemporary (Dido's "Burnin' Love") without breaking a sweat? For record labels, he is pretty much an enigma.

In 2010, he decided to go the indie route and release "The Rainwater LP"- named so for his label Rainwater Recordings. On this new album, it's pretty much business as usual for Cope. He doesn't stray far from his sound and doesn't even bother trying to expand his sound either. The album has ten songs ,well, eight really. The remaining two songs are acoustic versions of the previous tracks. It starts off with "Keep Askin'" and leads into "Healing Hands". The two standout tracks are "Jericho" and "I Couldn't Explain Why". Overall, it's a good album, but is the weakest of his entire catalogue.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue-Eyed Soul At its Best, May 7, 2010

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R. Kearns (Northern New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rainwater LP (Audio CD)

I first heard about Citizen Cope while listening to a local radio station in New Jersey; track "Healing Hands" compelled me to purchase the Rainwater CD. I knew I was taking a gamble for buying a CD for just one song but what I had already heard was worth the risk. All I can say now is that my gamble paid off; I cannot remember the last time I bought a CD where every track was OFF THE CHART. This CD is flavorful with a taste of soul, reggae, and blues, you get it all. Citizen Cope sings from his toes through his soul, this blue-eyed brotha has been through some thangs and is here to talk about it. Never have I ever heard such delivery of deep, raw emotion in every breath and every note of the songs. Do yourself the favor and purchase this CD NOW. I already bought two because I let my manager listen to mine and couldn't wait to get it back so I purchased another one the same day. Besides I knew she would be HOOKED once she was bitten by this amazing CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slower than his other CD's but still good, April 21, 2010

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BTrain (Pioneer Square) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Rainwater LP (Audio CD)

This new release is a good listen and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a Citizen Cope fan. The only minor complaints I have were that there weren't really that many new songs with only 8 and two alternate versions for a total of 10 songs. The other weird thing is that the songs all seem to be much slower and mellower than his previous material. I was looking forward to more songs like "Bullet and a Target" or "Brother Named Lee" kind of material but there wasn't really anything like that on this CD. That being said, as a Citizen Cope fan I really like the CD.

Buy it if you are a Citizen Cope fan or interested in trying something new and different from the mainstream music.
Don't buy it if you are looking for the best Citizen Cope CD...in that case go to any of his previous offerings since they are all better introductions to his music than this one.