Songs for Three Days

Kaitlyn Ni Donovan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hush Records
• ASIN: B00001P4SN
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for people with an emotional attention-span, January 4, 2000

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Tony Lash (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for Three Days (Audio CD)

My name is Tony Lash, and I am the producer/arranger of "songs for 'three days.'" I have worked on a lot of records, but this one is by far my personal favorite. It's difficult to sum up briefly, but let me say that the quality of Kaitlyn's music I tried hardest to bring to the fore is its emotional honesty. Kaitlyn's songs explore a wide array of moods and feelings, many of them dark. Our goal with this record was to bring these feelings directly to the listener without ever being sappy, overdramatic or manipulative. "songs for 'three days'" begs more attentive listening to reveal itself than your average pop record. The music is emotionally direct, but it is never obvious or trite. If I had to draw comparisons I would say we (Kaitlyn on the writing side, I on the production side) were influenced by Lisa Germano, Talk Talk, Ravel, Satie, Antonio Carlos Jobim, traditional Irish music, Cocteau Twins and the less dramatic side of Kate Bush. It's a strange mix I know, but hopefully you will find much in it that moves you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars soundtrack for life, April 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs for Three Days (Audio CD)

Songs for 'three days' could be a sound track for life. Innocently it envelops you and matures. The first track (aegis) is soulful and simple with lulling voice and strumming on guitar. A calm introduction to an album that progresses with unexpected twists of sorrow and joy. Lush and intimate soundscapes swell with hope and dark humor. This CD a constant in my player especially on nights of quiet introspection.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eerily gorgeous, January 16, 2002

By 

William T. Schultz (Forest Grove, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs for Three Days (Audio CD)

This is an absolutely stunning album. Its principal achievement, I feel, is the way in which it very insinuatingly and gracefully creates a kind of total atmosphere of sound, and how that atmosphere comes to envelop you, and suggest moods. The music reminds me very much of a Diane Arbus photograph, for instance. Both gorgeous and eerie--eerily gorgeous--at the same time. There is something deeply sad about it, but the sadness becomes liberating and even reassuring. I can't listen to it enough.