Something Deeper Than These Changes

Stew | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Image Entertainment
• ASIN: B0000A5A0J
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love Like That

2. Mind the Noose and Fare Thee Well

3. Kingdom of Drink

4. The Instrument of Pain

5. Clear Blue Day in Limbo

6. Tomorrow Gone

7. The Sun I Always Wanted

8. The Constellation Jeeves

9. Statue Song

10. Way of Life

11. L.A. Arteest Cafe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Clever, October 23, 2003

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"leahverre" (Shoreline, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Deeper Than These Changes (Audio CD)

This album is my first introduction to the world of Stew, and I am definitely hooked. My taste in music varies widely, but I tend to go for faster, more electric sounds over all. "Something Deeper Than These Changes" is extremely mellow and accoustic, and I absolutely love it. The lyrics are incredibly clever, such as "Statue Song", and often endearingly sweet, as in "The Sun I Always Wanted". Back up vocalist and co-producer, Heidi, gives a wonderfully light contrast to Stew's rich, deep voice. This album's sound is somewhat simliar to John Cale and Leonard Cohen; however, I really hate to pin him to a particular sound or era. It's the kind of album that goes well with a long car drive in the rain.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the Kingdom of...Stew., October 17, 2003

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Chris Morgan (Palm Desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Deeper Than These Changes (Audio CD)

Stripped down instrumentation and great songwriting present a chill-out version of TNP. Minimal percussion and slow tempos create an almost ambient vibe to this very personal and sometimes unusually direct collection of songs from Stew.

Very satisfying record, one to be LISTENED to and worthy of buying. Complete lyrics included are a nice bonus as is the hidden track (#15) "Lazy Emergency".

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid progression from last album, March 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Something Deeper Than These Changes (Audio CD)

Stew continues on the path that started once "Naked Dutch Painter" made it's mark. One noticable difference is that Heidi's background vocals seem to fit in much smoother this time out. Maybe it's because she co-produced this album, or just because I'm getting used to hearing her more prominently in the tracks, either way, I feel this album is her vocal breakthrough. There is an absence, in my opinion, of a track which is a rabble-rouser like "Naked Dutch Painter." Certainly the "Statue Song" is a great 'tribute song' to a piece of art and the song whose title escapes me, which is about modern love and the varying expectations of the two sexes involved. The hidden track is also very good, but I feel that it disappoints on one level, when the song starts with that funky groove bass, I think that it's going to end the album with a punch, but it ends up being more of a shove than anything else, which isn't a complaint, it just doesn't go where I thought it would go. "Le Arteest Cafe" is a great number that I will constantly go back to and marvel at. Alas, I must go so that you can listen to to tracks and not have to read my review any longer. Enjoy