Twentythree (Dig) [Content/Copy-Protected CD]

Tristan Prettyman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Content/Copy-Protected CD
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0009X759W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,535 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A couple years ago, San Diego singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman was a competitive surfer. These days, she seems to prefer staying out of the water but still under the stars. Her debut album seems custom made for sunset-hour clambakes and bonfires on the beach, a swell of acoustic guitars, quiet melodies and lapping waves that serenely come together on unadorned folk-pop songs like "The Story" and "Song For The Rich." G. Love plays harmonica on a pair of tracks, while beau Jason Mraz provides vocals for the sweet and tender "Shy That Way." But it's Prettyman's hazily magnificent voice--limited in range but dreamy in scope--that really keeps this album afloat. --Aidin Vaziri

Product Description

Twentythree is the debut CD from the San Diego based singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman. Twentythree features guest appearances from tourmates G. Love and Jason Mraz, plus Norah Jones Band guitarist Jesse Harris and bassist Lee Alexander and veteran session guitarist Lyle Workman and drummer Leon Mobley. Virgin. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Copy protection sucks, but this CD is worth it, December 2, 2005

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Audrey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twentythree (Dig) (Audio CD)

I like this cd very much. I first heard "Love Love Love" on a free compilation CD called New Noise, and I absolutely loved it. I'm a big Jason Mraz fan, and I told all my friends it was like Jason as a girl.... imagine my surprise when I found out they were dating! Anyway, Tristan Prettyman has a gorgeous voice and her songs are wonderfully written. There are some with lush accompaniment and rhythm(Smoke, Love Love Love), and some with only Tristan's rich voice against a guitar (Songs for the Rich, Electric). It's all good.

As for the copy protection issue that Stevio described, it can be overcome. If you want to put the CD on iTunes, for example, there are two options. If you have a Mac, then it should work perfectly normally. If you have a PC, you'll have to upload the music to Windows Media Player, then burn a new copy of the CD from there, and upload the COPY to iTunes. Record companies sure are smart, huh? They don't want us to make any copies of the CD, so they spend money putting software on them. Then we HAVE to copy them in order to use them, so everyone who buys the CD probably has an extra copy lying around that they wouldn't have if the software wasn't there.So yeah, it'll waste a blank CD, but if you want the music, it's worth it. I hope this helps Stevio, if he ever comes back.....

44 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars COPY PROTECTION NAZIS, September 8, 2005

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Eclectic Reader (Central Coast California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twentythree (Dig) (Audio CD)

The music is excellent, which is sad because the disk is copy protected and can't be moved into iTunes or an iPod without doing a bunch of stuff you shouldn't have to do. Burn a disk, read the burned disk, import licenses, copy this file and not that file, download a piece of German ripware -- If you want the music in iTunes or on an iPod, buy it from iTunes. If you think you have the right to listen to music you paid for on your player of choice, Virgin records thinks you're wrong. Their BS story about how Apple won't enter into a contract with them is just another excuse to screw us, the buyers, while they try to make even more money off the artists they force to use their distribution networks.

109 of 139 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Copy protected, August 14, 2005

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Stevio "Stevio" (Warren, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twentythree (Dig) (Audio CD)

This CD is copy protected. If that is of concern to you, do not purchase. On the back cover is a warning that this CD may not play in some CD players, DVD players, and computers. It also states that if it doesn't play you're screwed as you won't be issued a refund. If that is of concern to you, do not purchase.