Teenager

Jane Siberry

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00001T3FV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #297,906 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
"Clichés come so easily," Jane Siberry croons on her new album, and she immediately proves her point by singing, "Your tears run through me again and again." The album, "Teenager," is the first to be released on Siberry's own label, and it takes its title from the fact that it contains 13 of the first songs she wrote as an adolescent. As one might expect, many of these songs reflect the self-absorbed angst, portentous symbolism and solipsistic philosophy of most teenage writing. And without the art-rock arrangements that have driven her major-label releases, the limitations of Siberry's voice and melody-writing become painfully apparent. Nonetheless, there are glimmerings of the lyric-writing talent that would later make Siberry's reputation. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
Songs written by Jane Siberry as a teenager.

Recorded in 1996. spare arrangements - guitar, piano, voice. Includes part of an old home recording made by Siberry at sixteen years old.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No teenager ever sounded like this!, January 18, 1999

By	Donna Davis Idrees ([e-mail]) (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

Teenager, is my absolute favorite Jane Siberry CD. Her voice is like gossamer, light, floating, angelic, etheral. Her lyrics are full of thoughtfulness, self-examination, nostalgia, memories, angst (afterall she was a teen when she wrote these lyrics), and love.

I am so moved when I listen to this CD. I actually will put it on to listen to when I want to relax or to fall asleep.

When listening to her song to her "Daddy", I am flooded with memories of my own relationship with my father. I cry tears of sadness for the love that passed me by, and feel the slightest twinge of jealousy because, unlike Siberry, my memories are not filled with happiness and warm feelings. Nevertheless, I love to listen to it to hear emotions that are so foreign to me; that I will never feel for my own father. The love for her mother, sister and aunt come through also.

I am always amazed at the maturity and the literate manner in which she was able to express teenage feelings and angst. These songs certainly were indicative of the great artist that she would become.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars SEEDS OF GENIUS, January 16, 2001

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

One can see the seeds of Siberry's genius in these tender and remarkably mature songs with their simple but touching melodies. My favourite is Bessie, an angelic song about a cow that flies away. But I do not listen to this album as often as I do to her other work ... it lacks the emotional transcendance of her later music. So I do not recommend Teenager for those who want to investigate Siberry. Rather start with When I Was A Boy, and if you really like her music, try this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, but hypnotic..., December 7, 1999

By A Customer

This is Jane Siberry's least commercial album, and this is what makes it so wonderful. It is simple, personal, quiet and comfortable. I like the way she can look back at herself with a bit of humour, commenting between songs on the over-emotional girl she used to be, but at the same time reproducing and respecting the first impulses that brought these songs out. For a teenager, she sure wrote wonderful lyrics, which I find myself singing over and over again in my head. This truely is one of Jane Sibbery's greatest works.