Customer Reviews

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I was so hungry for new Shocked material that I preordered the three cd set. NOTHING on here disappoints. I won't go into the
details about each cd, but all three are great. You got Disney songs ( done Michelle's way ), rock, and tex-mex flavor. The sound quality on all three cds is great. Michelle Shocked's voice actually seems to be better than ever now. On a few of the songs she sounds so sexy that you just go " mmmm" and on others she really rocks. I really like the "hidden" track on one of the cds...punk done Michelle's way! FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!!!

Michelle Shocked is endlessly creative, moving effortlessly between genres and styles of music, from pop to Tex-Mex Rhumba beats to sweet Disney songs done to swing. Her voice is always great, her amusement at the wonders and horrors of this little planet always shines between the lyrics and the musical lines. Have fun. Be shocked. Be surprised. Your ears will be happy.

After her triumphant "Deep Natural" Shocked 2-disk release, she set herself a very high bar and she tried to reach that bar with a three disk set!

If you're a diehard Shocked fan, like me, you'll want the set. Otherwise, take advantage of Amazon and listen since most people aren't going to equally like all three disks.

Disc One (Mexican Standoff) is my least favorite only because I'm not too fond of Mexican music -- not because there is anything wrong with that genre nor her songs. Some of the songs are not Mexican at all but are old-school Hammond Organ style blues. I love those tracks!

Disc Two (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is my personal favorite and is more what I expect of Michelle Shocked's original pieces. It's folksy, bluesy and poignant -- although she has avoided the over-heavy seriousness of a couple of her albums.

Disc Three (Got No Strings) is my favorite to listen with my 6 year old in the car. I'm always looking for albums that both she and I enjoy, and this is certainly one. It a simple, sweet little tribute to the old "Disney style" songs that I was raised on.

If you are a first-time Michelle Shocked album buyer, I'd probably steer you to her earlier works like "Short Sharp Shocked " or "Arkansas Traveler" (best yet, Mercury Poise, if you can get it) or I'd recommend my personal favorite, "Deep Natural".

However, if you already know how great Michelle Shocked is, then I'd say go for the set! You may not like every song but you'r sure to like enough of them to make the set worth it since you get three discs fore the price of two.

OK, first off, to the previous reviewer, a 1 out of 5 because of the packaging is a little harsh isn't it? LOL, just kidding. Well, I gave this a 4, based mostly on the fact that it's a worthy effort, and that Michelle Shocked is one of the best artists I know of. She is right there in the upper eschelon. Having said that, I really did not enjoy this collection very much. Not that it was terrible music, just that it wasn't my cup of tea. I guess this is no shock, because this has happened before with me. I was blown away by Short Sharp Shocked and Arkansas Traveler, but wasn't crazy about Kind Hearted Woman or Captain Swing. I was then blown away again by Deep Natural, but this latest set just doesn't hit the mark with me. My sugestion is that, seeing that it's right here at your fingertips, I would give the sample cuts from Amazon a listen before investing the $25 or $30. If given the option, I think I would have given this more like a 3.5 out of 5, but a 3 is too harsh.

I'm giving this 5 stars even though I'm not really into the Disney songs (Got No Strings disc), but the other two discs are so full of extra great music that it averages out to 5 stars. Seriously!

The music contained herein is terrific -- unfortunately the packaging is cheap. Buy the individual CDs -- I wish I would have!

I am a fan of Michelle and I own every release that I can find. I was a bit disappointed with this release; it could have been a killer record with a little trimming.

The real complaint that I have is with the packaging. The rubber dots that hold the discs in place have already come off and the cover itself is very sparse.