If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now

Nields | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Zoe Records
• ASIN: B00004S5G8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album will haunt you!, April 7, 2000

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Archimago (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now (Audio CD)

This is the Nields at their most mature and most playful selves. The songs on this album invade your brain and make themselves home. You'll find yourself waking up in the morning with the melody of "100 Names" on your tongue, singing "Mr. Right Now" in the shower and going to bed humming "I'm So Lonesone I Could Cry." The Nields fashion layer upon layer of meaning and depth to their latest effort, and you'll find that more than just the theme of "home" resonates throughout the beautiful and lively songs. The voices of Katryna and Nerissa are perfect complements -- oh so sultry and powerful! -- and the addition of horns and piano to their newest album is an unexpected treat for longtime fans. The Nields have always written intelligent songs, and one has to look at the album in its entirety to really understand what this group is saying about "home." Buy this album and be seduced by the music world's best kept secret!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sitting under a shady tree on the first warm day of spring., July 16, 2000

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"joey_jeremiah" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now (Audio CD)

this album will produce similarly giddy feelings. the opening song, "jeremy newborn street", almost makes me want to don a sundress and dance in a field, and the patent absurdity of that image is a testament to the song itself. "mr. right now" amuses with its sunny, open lustiness; you will let out a surprised laugh when you hear the chorus, i promise.

the more ethereal songs on this album really let loose the nields' talent for lush yet raw harmony. "wanting" and "100 names" are particular favorites, and while i previously would shun the title of hank williams fan, their cover of "i'm so lonesome i could cry" makes me slightly more willing to look into it.

this album does wander astray at times, but it's really more of a meander. remember, not all who wander are lost. the nields always come back when they're done.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Through the Looking Glass, September 12, 2000

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Greg Lam (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now (Audio CD)

I didn't think it was possible for the Nields to top my previous favorite ("Mousse"), but they've done it with "Home". They've always dabbled in different genres, folk, country, rock, pop, etc. But this time they've gone through the looking glass and come out the other side with their most ambitious CD yet. "Jeremy Newborn Street" has rightly been called "Beatles-esque", "Keys to the Kingdom" is a folk/gospel type piece, "Mr. Right Now" sounds like a lost Bonnie Raitt classic, and covering Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome..." is of course Country. The key to their versatility is that none of this sounds forced. They are equally at home everywhere. Add to that their wholly original songs like "This Town is Wrong" and "Caroline Dreams" and you have a potent, powerful album. Gorgeous harmonies are always a given with sisters Katryna and Nerissa, and the musicianship of the band has long been solid. What often goes unappreciated is their masterful sense of storytelling. This isn't just verse-chorus-verse. They set scenes, create characters, and let them loose on the world. They tell great stories which happen to be wonderful songs as well with economy and flair. I've liked the Nields since I've first heard them live, but on this disk it all comes together.