Twelve Mondays

Ari Hest | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2009)
• Label: Project 4 Records
• ASIN: B001XURPYK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,355 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a pleasant, lovely surprise: Outstanding work, beautiful music, April 14, 2009

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GJ "GJ" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twelve Mondays (Audio CD)

I have always liked Ari Hest's albums - moderately - they were OK.

This one is different - VERY different - it includes songs from Hest's personal (self produced and published) project titled 52, in which he released a new song every week for a year. All songs on this album are his fans' choices of "the best" of that collection. And THE BEST they truly are - it's not too often that one can honestly say that there are NO weak songs here. This is such an incredible qualitative (and quantitative!) improvement over the previous albums - everything is somehow new, fresh, and sounds emotionally sincere; from technical point of view, all elements of this albums are close to perfection (or just perfect). Hest's songs are beautifully crafted, his voice is now more mature, and has impressive dynamic range; gentle back-vocals harmonies are used with restraint, and the record is outstandingly produced: even though it maintains a stylistic consistency, and to a certain degree his own "signature" sound, it's varied, and never gets boring, creating interesting soundscapes and arrangements on many songs. My personal favorites (although I like them all) are "Cranberry Lake" and rhythmically spectacular "Binoculars."

It's gutsy for a singer/author to go back to "independent" after recording for a major label. In this case, it seems it was a carefully planned, and well thought out decision, backed up with creativity, tenacity, hard work, and lots of talent. I hope it is a new start for Ari Hest, on his own terms: a beginning of a great career.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff!, July 7, 2009

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M. Brayton "Unplugged" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twelve Mondays (Audio CD)

Attach a great vocalist to a great acoustic guitarist and you expect nothing less than a great CD. Ari's other recordings will soon be added to my library.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twelve Mondays his best to date., April 19, 2009

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Leo A. Piguet (Carmel, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twelve Mondays (Audio CD)

First of all what a great voice. Such range on this CD. His fans voted in the best 12 songs that he wrote for the past 52 weeks and they are great selections. My personal favorite is "Ride the Brake". If this is your first taste of Ari's style I promise you you will be buying his past two albums to satiate your taste for great music. (The wife and I saw him live at a house concert in Indy and he not only sounded great but his band and he were very nice and personable)