Rocking Horse [Import]

Kelli Ali | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: MSI:ONE LITTLE INDIAN
• ASIN: B001HQJYTO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another enchanting album from Kelli Ali, December 3, 2008

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Steven Guy (Croydon, South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rocking Horse (Audio CD)

I am very taken with Rocking Horse, as much as I was with Tigermouth and Pyschic Cat, Kelli Ali's other albums. I only got this CD this week and I've been listening to it quite a lot of the last few days.
I think Ms Ali's songwriting skills continue to grow and her singing, as always, very attractive and expressive. I hope that this album does well, because it deserves to.
I will write more a little later...

Okay, this is a SUPERB album. It is like a collection of Lieder, performed by a chamber music group. Charlotte Gainsbourg did something similar with her very enchanting album, "5:55", and Alison Goldfrapp's "Seventh Tree" ventured, less successfully, I'm afraid to say, into similar teritory.
What is so good about Kelli's album is the feeling of an integral performance - a singer working with a group of acoustic musicians. It all comes together in a very effective and powerful way. You won't hear this music in clubs, unless they are very adventurous clubs, but I think this is the sort of music musicians and singers will want to hear and perform in years to come.

If you've bought "Tigermouth" and "Psychic Cat" (shame on you, if you haven't! ;-) - they are excellent albums), then you will be in for a very pleasant and delightful surprise. Ms Kelli Ali has demonstrated, in a very credible and convincing way, that she is a powerful and important Pop artist in our time. I only hope that Ms Ali tours this album as far as Australia, where I am!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quelli, February 16, 2009

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doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rocking Horse (Audio CD)

Kelli Ali is known for her uniquely sassy and sweet singing voice, but since her brief stardom with Sneaker Pimps her solo career has been pretty directionless, with her great voice wasted on weak synth pop and pseudo-dance. With this quiet and introspective album Kelli has rejected the sounds of her two previous solo albums and adopted an airy acoustic folk muse, finally finding a style that can bring out her greatest vocal talents. The songs here are free of gimmicks and mostly rely on acoustic guitar, woodwinds, and strings, and Kelli's voice is finally in front of the music where it belongs.

The low-key musical accompaniment, not to mention some strong poetic lyrics, result in some truly beautiful and haunting songs like "One Day at a Time," "Rocking Horse," and the album's big winner "Flowers," while there is a real surprise in the wordless vocalizations of "The Kiss." But while Kelli's personal songwriting skills seem to be maturing, there is still some trouble here with execution. More simplistic tracks like "Urique" and "September Sky" never quite get off the ground, and otherwise successful tracks like "Water Under the Bridge" and "What to Do" build some drama but then end abruptly without fulfilling conclusions. Also, while Kelli is singing with great emotion throughout the album, she sacrifices some grit and authority for a general dependence on her higher and more whispery register. It's hard to say if Kelli will settle into the folk groove after some previous musical dead-ends, but this album finally gets her on the right track, with a great display of her most obvious talents. [~doomsdayer520~]

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love her..., January 18, 2009

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Montie J. Carrico "Mailman" (Waldorf ,MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rocking Horse (Audio CD)

She's one of the few musicians around that I always await anxiously for new material. This album is beautiful. Drawing from sounds and concepts of psychedelica. Truely wonderful and highly enlightening. Her voice is so Incredable and the songwriting so thoughtful and Imaginary. It will bring light into your life.