Songs of Innocence & of Experi

Greg Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B000001B85
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars William Blake Covers, January 6, 1999

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This review is from: Songs of Innocence & of Experi (Audio CD)

A labor of love, not for his musical influences, but for some of the poetry that inspires Greg Brown's songwriting and his life. Sixteen of Blake's Songs of Innocence & Experience interpreted beautifully by Brown- I can no longer read the poems without humming the tunes. With exceptional guitar, mandolin, and violin arrangements, Browns barritone voice has more range than on more recent CDs. Brown has long been the voice of rural Iowa Joy, and rural Iowa Sorrow. Lucky to have one of us talking poetry along with the weather in the cafes. I listen to this CD as much as any of his others. One more thing- great CD cover with the Innocence of his sleeping daughter and almost refrigerator repairman Experience of Brown.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD for listening or teaching, May 20, 2003

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Nick O. (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Innocence & of Experi (Audio CD)

I think this is a wonderful CD for fans of Brown, Blake, or folk music in general. William Blake's poems set -- word for word -- to accordian, harmonica, pan pipes, mandolin, and guitar. Beautifully arranged. I have given this album as a gift to English majors and played it in class for students--a great resource for teachers. One English professor called the CD "dull" and found "every song the same." I suppose she has a point -- many of the songs do tend to blur together after a while -- but I think his covers of "Introduction" and "The Tyger" stand out very well. I think this would be a great CD for kids -- it's a pretty mellow album overall, great for nighttime listening -- and a fun way to introduce children to poetry.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really like it, June 26, 2001

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Mois Benarroch - See all my reviews

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Although Brown has said in many interviews that he'd rather forget this cd, I really liked it and it made me like evn more Blake's masterpiece. It's naive and touching and different from brown's output in general, although his great voice is still here.