Twenty-Four Seven

Well Wishers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Not Lame Records
• ASIN: B0001GWBAU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,212 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

The Well Wishers is a brand-new side project of veteran San Francisco power poppers Spinning Jennies. Jennies front-man Jeff Shelton formed the Well Wishers in mid-2003 to explore his talents as a solo artist and to further mine the deeply melodic foundation of the Jennies’ unique style of pop. With the exception of half the album’s drum tracks and guest spots from various pals, the Well Wishers was recorded entirely by Shelton himself. The album’s rich, melodic tracks are driven heavily by acoustic guitars; warm, ringing electric guitars, and cascading vocal harmonies that punctuate Shelton’s penchant for elaborate pop arrangements. Production played a key role in the development of this album with invaluable assistance provided by veteran San Francisco recording engineer Justin Weis (Trakworx Studios). The end result is a big, full-bodied pop album that transcends the staleness of commercial-radio rock and forgettable pop clichés. The Well Wishers’ aim is to creep into your life and extol the virtues of timeless, well-crafted music.

Product Description

Rich, melodically-driven, hook-filled pop.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar power pop for Posies fans, March 16, 2010

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Horsegal JPJ (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Twenty-Four Seven (Audio CD)

I listened to this just-bought CD for the first time when it was added into a compilation for a road-trip. Without knowing who it was, I was happily overwhelmed with how every single track was just perfect melodic, harmonic, sunny-pop heaven. I kept turning up the volume. It's not schmaltzy candy-pop (I completely disagree with the review calling it 'bubblegum'), it's smart and mature and terrifically well-crafted music. Still not knowing who it was, all I could think was, did I accidentally put in a Posies album that doesn't actually exist? Sure sounds like the Posies, mainly, right down to the vocals, but also reminiscent of Matthew Sweet. That's what I was thinking when I suddenly remembered who it was, and that the Editorial Review mentions "13 meticulously crafted slices of pop underground nuggets that recall the Posies, Matthew Sweet, and XTC." As a huge fan of all three, that's why I bought the CD. Bottom line is, if you love the Posies, a thousand theoretical dollars says you'll love this album. Now I'm off to buy the rest of their albums...

4.0 out of 5 stars spinning jennies sounding, June 23, 2009

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James M. Keffer "50year old rocker" (leabon ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twenty-Four Seven (Audio CD)

If you like power pop in the vain of spinning jennies youll love this cd .It is fill with power poppy tunes and its a lot of fun,from see for the first time,to golden arrow ,to bleed on the outside this cd is great .And youll hear such influences as reo speedwagon ,and bob mould ,on this cd ,its well written ,and well played, as all jeff sheltons projects are.I hope this review was helpfull to you