Under One Roof: Singles and Oddities

Barbara Manning | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Invincible Records
• ASIN: B00004WJ4U
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,372 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dont Let It Bring You Down

2. Haze Is Free (Mounting A Broken Ladder)

3. These Days

4. Someone Wants You Dead

5. Baby Were Really In Love

6. I Love You 1000 Ways

7. B4 We Go Under

8. Joed Out

9. Damned Lucky

10. Being Cheated

11. Dont Rewind

12. Cake Walking

13. Hide Your Love Away

14. Blood Of Feeling

15. Slip Into Th Ocean

16. Hummingbird

17. Shalala Song

18. I Cant Watch You Play Drums

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great CD from Manning, July 11, 2001

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Steve S. (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Under One Roof: Singles and Oddities (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Barbara Manning and the SF Seals for years and have seen her play live on a couple occasions. She's one of those artists who just seems so natural performing on guitar you'd think it was part of her body. This compilation of "singles and oddities" is surprisingly good, since most artists' "b-side" collections tend to be for diehard fans only. I actually prefer this collection to her "In New Zealand" CD, a recent effort. It ranks up there with 1212 and Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows (my favorites).

There's a lot of material on this CD--at 18 tracks it's a generous collection that plays for quite a while. It took me several listens to absorb it, and it really rewards repeat listens. I was surprised to hear her cover of "Hide Your Love Away," one of my favorite Beatles songs, which she completely makes her own. This is really strong indie rock, nice and rough around the edges, performed by a great songwriter who has never become as successful as she deserves. By the way, most of the material is original, but she also does covers of Jackson Browne and Hank Williams. Yet it all blends together in her own inimitable style. Check her out, esp. if you like Pavement/Elliott Smith/Cat Powers, etc.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars She Covers Alot of Ground, April 6, 2001

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M Stanton (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Under One Roof: Singles and Oddities (Audio CD)

I bought this CD because of one song on a mixed tape that I couldn't remember the name of...and it's not on this CD, as it turns out. Oh Well. Good thing this album is so versatile and easy to listen to. My favourite tracks are "Before we go Under" and "I can't watch you drum"...they're definitely the two most rockin' songs. The bass line on track 18 is sweet and comforting, and the vocals on track 7 are very Kristin Hersh-esque. I would recomment this CD to anyone who likes Throwing Muses, Beth Orton, basically girl soloists in general. She also has a few songs that are surprisingly celtic in sound, which is not a bad thing, but takes some getting used to if you're usually an indie-rock listener like myself. All in all it's a worthwhile buy for rounding out your music collection, and it's a good album for rainy summer days or cleaning the house.