Unbearable Love [IMPORT]

Walela

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Triloka Records
• ASIN: B00004NRWF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #117,132 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Reprising the trio harmony of Walela's debut, vocalist Rita Coolidge is joined by both her sister Pricilla and her niece, Laura Satterfield. The group leans further into their easy blend of Native gospel pop, venturing into a deep country soul a capella in places, most successfully on the first cut, "Gathering of Eagles." "I Have No Indian Name" employs some nice fiddling, and elsewhere banjo, pump organ, and piano serve to accent primitive percussion. The Robbie Robertson Native-rock influence is heard on several of the moodier arrangements, such as "I Know I Don't Walk on Water" and the "When It Comes." Strongest of all, "Cherokee Rose" is a powerful anthem and sister to the title cut on Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt's Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions. "When Love Was All We Knew" is over the top and a little too much like a Coca-Cola commercial, and the overall listening experience would benefit from more warmth and grit in the production. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first, but different, and Different is OK, April 2, 2000

By A Customer

I agree in part with Aurora's review, but beg to differ in her overall appraisal. Walela's first CD was wonderful, but so is this one: The difference is that this is, as Aurora pointed out, more "Bluegrass" -- My point is, these three ladies have phenomenal voices, and whatever they bring that wonderful harmony to is bound to be just plain good music, and isn't that what it's all about? There isn't anything bad on EITHER of their releases. Put away any "classification" and just enjoy.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An OK Follow up CD, March 11, 2000

By	Guardian of the Zen Sea "Indigo" (Looking after the sun and surf) - See all my reviews

I admit that I like this CD better as I listen to it more, but it just can't compare to the first release, Walela. Then again, that other title was so good, I'm not sure how the artists could follow it! There are several tracks I like a lot, such as Smoke in the Wind and Bright Morning Star, but there are others that I program to skip when I play the CD. If you want to get one CD by Walela, I recommend the first release. If you have that one, then you will like this one as well. You could likely enjoy it more than i did, especially if you have a slight urge to listen to country/bluegrassy music.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Totally disappointing..., January 18, 2004

By	Lisa Faye Brady (Grandview, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unbearable Love (Audio CD)

That's the best way I can describe this album. After buying and falling in love with Walela's debut album, Walela, I was eagerly looking forward to this one. But, sadly, it's like comparing apples and oranges. The songs on this album are unremarkable and seem to my ears to be thrown together. Their first album was incredible and I listen to it daily. I don't see how they could go from amazing to pitiful from one to the next. Listening to this one just doesn't bring forth the same emotion as the first. It's just like listening to any old other country song...there's nothing spiritual about it. And the beautiful harmonies that they displayed in the first are nowhere to be heard. The songs are choppy and vary so much from line to line that it doesn't even seem like the same song sometimes. Very little sound from their Cherokee roots and turns into a total copout. My advice...pass it up. Save your money for something else...I wish I had.