Sunset Glow [Import]

Julie Tippets | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Blueprint UK
• ASIN: B00004IC8Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #737,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mind Of A Child

2. Oceans And Sky (And Questions Why?)

3. Sunset Glow

4. Now If You Remember

5. Lilies

6. Shifting Still

7. What Is Living

8. Behind The Eyes

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Voice, May 16, 2000

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"wmarx" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunset Glow (Audio CD)

Amazing! When I first heard this record one night on an "Outside" radio program some 20 years ago, I was astonished by the power of Julie Tippet's (ne: Driscoll's) voice and musical vision. I am still moved in the same way with every listening. Great horn work - by Elton Dean, among others. The title track and Lillies are standouts. Don't believe the 2 to 3 days shipping time however, think more like 2 months - it's a rare find.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great companion piece to "Rock Bottom", August 30, 2002

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Joseph T. McFarland "Joe McFarland" (Natick, MA USA<P>Natick, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunset Glow (Audio CD)

Not much like the jazz-rock on some of her earlier albums, this is really something worth hearing. The songs are fairly long, but in a vaguely psychedelic way. It's an album to enjoy in totality, like Man's "Be Good To Yourself At Least Once a Day" or "Do You Like it Here Now, Are You Settling In?" Supposedly, it was considered by those concerned to be a kind of companion piece to Robert Wyatt's "Rock Bottom". It certainly has the same feel of introspection, but with a slightly more jazz feel and even a mantra on side two. The support by two members of the Blossom Toes (among others) gives it a group sound with some dissonance that keeps the record from becoming too precious.
For the most part it's an atmospheric group of songs. Some songs come across as a quieter version of the post-Blossom Toes album "Worker's Playtime" (by B.B. Blunder), which is also worth seeking out for its somewhat less optimistic update on the sixties psych sound. (Julie Tippets sings background vocals on that album as well.)

The four star rating is not five mainly because this album is of one mood, and so it may not please those looking for a more versatile listening experience. But on its own merits it might nudge up to four and a half (not a grading option as I write this). I play it more than "Rock Bottom", but those who are looking for a replay of that album might miss the weirdness and tape manipulation that Wyatt uses. This album, which was recorded about two years later, has a "mellower" feel like Terry Reid's "River" or any Sandy Denny album. The louder parts might also bring to mind Robert Wyatt's first album "End of An Ear."
This is one of those albums that must have sounded out of place in 1976 (subtlety not really being in demand), but it has aged well. Definitely worth hearing for those with more than a two-minute attention span and a desire for a meditative album that manages to be unsettling at the same time.