Saints

Marc Ribot, Marc Rebot | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00005NSQW
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,158 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Saints

2. Book Of Heads

3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

4. Empty

5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

6. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

7. Go Down Moses

8. St. James Infirmary

9. Somewhere

10. Holy Holy Holy

11. It Could Have Been Very Very Beautiful

12. Witches And Devils

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interestingly peculiar solo guitar music, September 19, 2001

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William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saints (Audio CD)

I'm amused by the thought that someone might pick up this CD as a "solo guitar" release and expect something like the Windham Hill guitar stuff. Boy would they be in for a surprise! Listening to this is the musical equivalent of eavesdropping on a mad scientist fooling around in his laboratory. While the disc does have its melodic passages - such as Ribot's haunting version of John Lurie's "It Could Have Been Very Very Beautiful" - it's just as likely to hit you with an off-the-wall, experimental piece like "Book of Heads #3" (a John Zorn thing). Throughout the CD, John creates some fascinating sounds with his extreme manipulations of the guitar. Some of the tracks are utterly engrossing, such as the buzzes, scrapes, and moans that make up "Empty." Somehow he combines those sounds to produce a feeling of desolate spaciousness, like bad reception on a radio station from another plane of existence. Then there's his remarkable take on the Beatles' "Happiness Is A Warm Gun." He twists and layers the notes yet retains the song's integrity; this is a version I'm certain John Lennon would have really dug. Sometimes the pieces can be discordant or head-scratchingly obtuse, but Ribot is so good I'm willing to tag along with him as he wanders down many different avenues.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If Miles or Bird played guitar., May 18, 2002

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This review is from: Saints (Audio CD)

The secret of Marc Ribot is to understand he's not from this planet. He's some sort of sorceror. He's one of these guys who invents musical forms as he goes along. Pioneer is a good word. Genius is a good word. As with his Tom Waites' stuff, he breaks new ground here. If you like your music 4/4, with every note neatly in place, you'll hate this CD. If you dig Dali and Picasso in art, you'll love Ribot on the 6-string.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Strange Set, December 3, 2001

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Stephen (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saints (Audio CD)

I've heard Ribot on everything from Zorn to his latin thing to Elvis Costello and he continues to surprise me. This set seems at first to be an off-the-cuff little session, but after repeated listenings (I can't seem to stop listening) it reveals a great deal of thought. He manages to bring out the melodic side of Ayler songs while really messing with the Beatles and some "standards."

This is a cd I can't fully describe. Its strange, beautiful and compelling, all at the same time.

With the backing of a major label, the recording is like being in the same room and the packaging is quite nice. Lets hope he's not booted off the label the same way Columbia boots their artists.