3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
!, August 13, 2003
This review is from: Very Mary Beth (Audio CD)
A brilliant album which actually outshines last year's watershed "Jiggery Pokery". "VMB" is definitely the most varied Black Watch album ever - gorgeous, loping ballads like the opener "All these shivers" and "That's just how it went this time around" (a very very haunting song, by the way) share time with more standard (but excellent!) B.W. fare such as the "Mary Beth" and the rocking, ridiculously catchy "Kick". The album's defining moment, however, is "Kensington Gardens". For this song alone, J.A. Fredrick could be mentioned in the same breath as Andy Partridge, or John Lennon, or any other great songwriter you'd care to name. Yep folks, it's that damn good. Sorry if I'm sounding pretentious, but it's the truth. And there are 7 additional songs on this album that are nearly equal to
the above five - I just don't have enough adjectives to describe them all. BUY THIS.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Why 4 stars instead of 5, August 26, 2003
This review is from: Very Mary Beth (Audio CD)
This recording is GREAT. Real music and REAL ROCK AND ROLL is supposed to have some grit, rawness, ups and downs and slight imperfections. All that said, it's not like this was recorded on a micro-cassette recorder. Lots of great sonics herein. There's no such thing as a "5" except in symphony orchestras. This CD has grown on me beautifully. This is true altrenative indie music sans the short-change on songwriting.
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