Sunforest [Import]

Tom Rapp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 7, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B00000607Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,898 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Comin' Back

2. Prayers Of Action

3. Forbidden City

4. Love/Sex

5. Harding Street

6. Blind River

7. Someplace To Belong

8. Sunforest

9. Sunshine & Charles

Editorial Reviews

Frontman for the legendary Pearls Before Swine who recorded five classic albums in the late 60s and early 70s. Originally released in 1973 and on CD for the first time.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A long neglected master rediscovered on CD, June 24, 1999

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This review is from: Sunforest (Audio CD)

Though Sunforest may not be the very best album of Tom Rapp's ouput, at least half of the songs rank pretty close to his best. "Love/Sex" (Vonda Shepard should check this one out!) and "Prayers of Action" are my favorites here. The CD recording, however, does not improve on my old LP, and a couple of cuts sounded muddy, as they do on my LP. Despite that, this is a beautiful collection of songs that should have been rediscovered long before now. Tom's lyrics are achingly personal (and perhaps unfashionable for their time) and his singing got more expressive. (Having attending one of his concerts recently, I can say his singing is better than ever!) Though his previous album, Stardancer, is perhaps his greatest album, Sunforest certainly holds up extremely well. Well worth the purchase!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Poet Artist is now a Philadelphia lawyer, February 20, 1999

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This review is from: Sunforest (Audio CD)

We first heard of Tom Rapp and his group, Pearls Before Swine, on a Warner Brothers sampler album in the early 1970's. Rapp was an excellent writer who brought a new life to American folk music by adding classical layers from the past. Who else could set William Blake or W.H. Auden to music? Although SunForest is his last (we'll forget that mess the record company put out agaist Rapp's wishes), and certainly not his best effort, Rapp's music is very enjoyable and relaxing. I hear now he's a Philadelphia lawyer specializing in human rights cases. May he live a full life of dignity, and may the publishers reissue his extensive catalog on CD soon!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rappin', February 10, 2007

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Joseph K. Jackson "tranquility base" (biz. az) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunforest (Audio CD)

This is an excellent album in the true vein of Mr.Rapp. He is one of the gifted folk Plato spoke of. Aristotle once said that metaphor is the mark of genius for it can neither be taught nor learned. Tom Rapp bore that mark when he was with P.B.S. and does now. I wish we would here from him again. Anyone who is an admirer of poetry will find plenty to like in this album as in all his work with P.B.S. and solo. He surely seemed to be looking for God. I hope he found Him. joe