Songs From the Gutter (Bonus CD)

Thea Gilmore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Compass Records
• ASIN: B000ALZHQQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal CD by an artist with talent to burn, November 16, 2005

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John Long (Miami) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs From the Gutter (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)

If I could rate this with 6 stars I would. Simply the best CD I've bought in at least a decade the songs are so good. From catchy hard rock (When Did You Get So Safe) to country blues (Mud on My Shoes) Alanis style techno (Down to Nowhere), heady solo acoustic (Water to Sky), to otherworldly dreamscapes (And Well Dance). This would easily be a greatest hits album for most artists.

And this is before you get to the bonus CD. Almost too good to be true. The first track ("Hydrogen") is probably the best flat out rock song I've heard in about a year, and the chord change in the acoustic "Lavender Cowgirl" is of the most unexpectedly clever ones I've ever heard. Most of the bonus CD is acoustic. The song "December in New York" is brilliant with its acoustic guitar and piano--it sounds like something straight off Joni Mitchell's Blue album. There's even a spoken word song "Don't set foot over the railway track".

Thea's voice on these discs echoes those of a number of other female artists (Natalie Merchant, Alanis Morrisette, Joni Mitchell, Chrissy Hynde, and even Margo Timmins from the Cowboy Junkies). To me, these songs sound like they're sung by several different women rather than one artist.

After just one play I was a fan. Simply a must have.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thea Gilmore - British Folk Invasion!!!!!!!!!!!!!, February 15, 2004

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David Veysey (OXFORD, Oxfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs from the Gutter (Audio CD)

Some times along comes a voice, a character, a writer, a performer with an edge and difference to make a difference. Now I like Sarah Mclachlan but she is smooth and highly crafted. Thea is a Dylan, harsh at times, crude perhaps, punchy definitely. A unique perspective and a fresh one. I predict that she will conquer all before her and this album, in its double form shows all of that edge and vitality. I'm not going to pick out individual tracks but I will say that, you may start off listening to this album while you are doing the washing or playing with the computer....you will not finish this album that way. Prepare to be disturbed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best kept secret in music, but not for much longer, January 16, 2006

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V. J Signorotti (below sea level in california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs From the Gutter (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)

Thea Gilmore is arguably the most literate and provocative singer/songwriter of her generation and with six full-length CD's to her credit, she is also one of the most prolific.

On Songs from the Gutter Thea takes you on an aural roller coaster ride that leaves you breathless and begging for more. There are no two songs alike and each selection creates a musical landscape that can be favorably compared to the best work of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and all of the great wordsmiths that have come before her. The songs range from a captivating rendition of Dylan's I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine to the introspection of Tear It All Down. The imagery found in Heart String Blues ("It is rising like the evening tide around an old shipwreck, It is tightening that pretty little noose around your neck") is as brilliant as it is timeless.

Her wit, humor and phrasing combined with her God-given talent as a musician place Thea in the company of the masters. Listen to Songs From the Gutter or any of her other releases and you'll understand why Thea Gilmore is a force to be reckoned with.