Wild Seed Wild Flower

Dionne Farris | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 25, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000029AJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MiniDisc
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,008 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Know

2. Reality

3. Stop to Think

4. Passion

5. Food for Thought

6. Now or Later

7. Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)

8. 11th Hour

9. Water

10. Blackbird

11. Human

12. Find Your Way

13. The Audition

14. I Know [NY Reprise Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rockier Lauryn Hill... with a lot less commercial success, May 13, 2000

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Carl B. Walker "thamatrix" (North Cali) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Seed Wild Flower (Audio CD)

As a kid I listened to both alt-rock and hip-hop for quite a while, I was interested when I heard the pop hit "I Know" that brought soulful singing and a hip-hop flavor to pop rock guitars and rhythm. The single was a hit, but the album lingered somewhere around #100 on the charts, and no more singles came out. Luckily, I bought this album after listening to it in a record store, and it's one of my best. "I Know" is still fun to listen to, but it pales in front of the smoooth blues/thrash of "Passion," the death trip-hop of "Stop to Think" (amazingly constructed from a Lenny Kravitz sample, it's hard to imagine how), and the acoustic mournfulness of the "Blackbird" cover. Dionne Farris just rips up every kind of music into a classic CD that's been as throughly ignored as possible. What's wrong with people (like the A&R folks for example.) While Lauryn Hill managed to bring soul and rap together for a classic R&B album, Dionne Farris mixed rock and soul elements for a equally accomplished piece. Maybe she'll come back some day....?

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Blackbirds is flyin' free.", November 10, 1999

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Daniel Magallon (Spokane, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Seed Wild Flower (Audio CD)

Never can this be more true than with the debut album of an artist who can truly be called versatile. Her use of funk, soul, rock, lush melodies and down home sass combine to make an experience, an experience that can only be good for your soul. To this day, considered to be one of the best albums this reviewer has ever owned. Never have so many different types of music and instruments been so succesfully mixed. From the sultry breakout heat of "Passion" to her soul-filled cover of the old favorite "Blackbird" to pop favorite (and a little bit of rock'n'roll) "I Know" to the little bit of country sqeal in "Water" Dionne Farris shows she isn't even afraid to show off every kind of voice she's got coming out of that throat. How nice that she even includes an alternate version of her hit "I Know" to give us another flavour and a new vibe on a song we already love (check out the maxi single of this song to hear the Acoustic Roots version). Themes are even produced through "Now or Later" and "Find Your Way" as well as the comedic talents of David Alan Grier reprising an old Im Living Colour character for a hilarious interlude. I can't tell you enough about this album but to tell you how excited you will be to pop this in and sit back and appreciate this talent...then wait for the next album......

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How is Dionne Farris not famous?, February 15, 2001

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R. Whiten "Digital Poet" (Hinterland, Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Seed Wild Flower (Audio CD)

I bought this record when it first came out and have listened to it regularly since then, a fact that I can't say for most of the music I own. Everyone heard 'I Know' back in '94, but every track on the CD could have been a single. 'Passion' and 'Find Your Way' are probably the best showcases of this woman's true vocal talents. A lot of people have made comparisons with Lauren Hill, which is somewhat misleading. You could argue about who has the better voice for days, but when it comes down to the actual songs, Ms. Farris is less hiphop and more jazzy, delta-bluesy, rock-inflected R&B/soul (how's that for a compound phrase...). Blues Traveler fans will immediately understand this music. Which is not to say there isn't a sophisticated urban element to it, just don't expect rap solos. Further evidence of this is her other single that got radio air-play, 'Hello' from the 'Love Jones' soundtrack. Rumor has it that Arrested Development is talking about a reunion, maybe we'll get some more then. I can't wait.