Ready

Allison Tartalia

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 10, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Make Haste Records
• ASIN: B00008IO6B
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #568,468 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice

Wonder of wonders, this native New Yorker's debut CD sounds legitimately more jazzy than folky...

Product Description

Produced by Mike McGinnis and Allison Tartalia, "Ready" is the debut album Allison's listeners have long waited for: daring, uncompromising and challenging. The ten-song collection embraces a variety of styles and subject matters. "Ready" opens with the ethnic rhythms of 'Let It Go' and closes with the exquisite horn arrangements on 'Advent of You.' In between, she deftly fits the devastating 'Tide;' 'Dorothy's Reply,' a funk-inspired song that uses the Wizard of Oz as a metaphor for forging a path in the music industry; and the lusty title track, 'Ready' (recently awarded Honorable Mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest). Provocative and compelling, "Ready" paints the portrait of a fiercely independent woman struggling to find the balance between passion and control, love and freedom, ambition and surrender...Allison Tartalia is "Ready."

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Singer/Songwriter/Musician extraordinaire..., April 22, 2004

By A Customer

Allison Tartalia is singer/songwriter/musician extraordinaire...
I obtained this cd of hers a while back... All the friends I've played it for loved it and thought, like I, to be original... "Back of My Neck" is my favorite track, though the whole cd is chock full of really good songs... I've seen her live - and I'd recommend you do to when she hits your city/town -Plus I'm eagerly awaiting her next full length album with anitcipation!!! - Savannah Skye...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cornucopia of Rhythm & Style, March 5, 2003

By A Customer

Being from a time in music when everything new is anything but, Allison Tartalia's "Ready" redefines the independent folk genre- proving that indie does not mean amateur and style needs not be stagnant. Her debut is a concoction chock full of exotic and delicious ingredients (ranging from folk to jazz to funk to even a bit of a mediterranean flavor) that puts the bland formula-ed mortifs they call popular music to shame. A skillful musician with an intoxicating voice, her lyrics are sure to seep through even the most impassive listeners.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!, February 24, 2003

By A Customer

I highly recommend this album to anyone who likes rich, meaningful, jazzy/folky music. Dorothy's Reply, in particular, is just brilliant -- the lyrics are clever and witty, and the instrumentation is full and interesting in its own right. I play it on repeat for ages. Lots of other nice surprises too, like the cool layered harmonies in Spinning Song (another of my favorites)....