Zeroone

Mia Doi Todd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: City Zen Records
• ASIN: B00005ARDZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most beautiful album you'll hear in 2001, March 13, 2001

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Reader (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zeroone (Audio CD)

I first discovered Mia Doi Todd a few months ago. I was playing around with "real audio" files when I first heard Mia's song "Spring" - I knew what was flowing into my ears was pure genius.

I immediately picked up her "Come Out of Your Mine" (1999) CD on the Communion label shortly after. "Come Out of Your Mine" is an incredibly rewarding album from one of the most sublimely talented singers / songwriters of our time. No exaggeration here, either.

Her latest effort, "Zeroone", builds on to the aesthetic which emanated throughout the previous album. The songs are a bit longer, but there is never a dull moment on the album, incredibly enough.

If you have never heard any of Mia's songs, imagine a sober Chan Marshall with more class and confidence and you'll get an idea of what her songs sound like.

I'm still looking for Mia's 1997 release on Xmas records. It's #1 on my "must find" list. I doubt that Mia will ever see this review but if you're out there, Mia, can you please drop me an email! I'm in the midst of writing a very favorable review of "Zeroone" for the Swedish zine "Broken Face" and it's also a dream of mine to conduct a short interview with you for the zine as well - only if you're up for it, of course!!!!!

The bottom line? Music doesn't emerge or manifest more beautifully than what Mia impeccably executes on "Come Out of Your Mine" or "Zeroone". Period.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, February 19, 2009

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Basking in the Ridge (Basking Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zeroone (MP3 Download)

I discovered Mia Doi Todd via an itunes entry that caught my eye, and I quickly bought everything of hers I could find. She has a very nice, sultry voice, and I am a sucker for acoustic folk.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mia Doi Todd, a truly unique talent., January 7, 2003

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This review is from: Zeroone (Audio CD)

It's been over a year since I first heard Mia Todd over an internet radio station. First one song, then another, two or three times over again never taking notice. Finally, that voice stuck in my head and I had to know who it was.

I can honestly say that I'm not quit the same since I've been listening to her. She's had a kind of profound influence on me that very rarely happens and, I admit, it's not the kind of music I normally listen to.

Granted, Todd's music isn't for everyone. It's not really what I'd call easy to listen to. It takes a bit of listening to before the beauty of the lyrics and singing come through. In Zeroone, as her previous album 'Come out of your mind', which I highly recommend, is voice and accompanying guitar and that's it. Lyrically more complex than 'Come out of your mind' Mia was more daring on this album. Experimenting with a free form approach, none of the songs have any real structure. While that may be teetering on the brink of catastropy, I think she pulls it off. As a result, the songs are even more fascinating then on her previous work. Like 'Come out of your mind' she continues to produce, with combination guitar, voice and lyrics, very rich visual imagery that borders on the surreal. Her lyrics are sheer poetry as true as any I've seen.

I recommend you get this album. You may not like it at first, but if you have the patience to really listen to the music, Zeroone is as rewarding as any other recording.