The Other Side of Time [ENHANCED]

Mary Fahl

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2003)
• Original Release Date: May 27, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00008S2VE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,683 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have cd.. but not October Project, June 2, 2003

By A Customer

Mary Fahl is finally back. After a few random performances over the past couple years Mary returns with an album of songs which truely showcases the splendor of her voice. Raging Child has the same energy and soaring vocals that made songs like deep as you go while Kindness can be cruel mimics the build style of falling farther in. It's wonderful to hear Mary again both on this record and as part of her ongoing tour.

This record has much of the feel on previous OP albums. Two words of caution though. The disc lacks the consistancy of October Project discs. Rather than feeling like a single work, it's more a collection of songs written over the past 5 years. As a second note if you are looking for the magical lyrics of October Project you would be better off with an album by Ellis Paul. Mary's lyrics aren't bad, but they lack the ability to stand on their own as the lyrics of October Project did.

Even with these shortcommings, this album is a must own. Mary has all the passion and splendor that we've come to associate with october project and takes us on a journey through a variety of musical genres. Buy this cd.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trip back in time, June 2, 2003

By	"ericmm" (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This CD sent me spiraling back to the days of October in Burlington, Vermont, when the Champlain Ferry motored to the middle of the lake and shut down it's engines so that October Project could sing an hour long concert. The ferry seemed to hover in space as the calm water reflected the night-sky and "Bury My Lovely" echoed out onto the water.

Mary's new album is amazing, and has separated her from the October Project clan as a truly awe-inspriring singer-songwriter. Her voice is even more clear and thunderous. Mary also shows her vocal capabilities on tracks such as "Ben Aindi Habibi", a mesmerizing swirl of Moorish/Hindu music inspired from an old album she found in Spain, to a cover of "Una furtiva Lagrima" an aria which rivals the covers that Josh Groban performs.

Her current road show includes many of her new songs (where she can be seen accompanying herself on guitar), and she also performs 2-3 October Project songs.

The Other Side Of Time brings us the feelings we felt with October Project but catapults the listener into another realm not visited by her previous works.

I was able to talk with Mary after the concert and relay my feelings to her. She is gracious as always and very thankful to have her loyal fans back.

The album and the concert brought me back and brought me to tears as I realized I felt like I was home again for the first time in many years. I plan on bringing the album on an upcoming trip to Vermont to try to regain those past feelings of sublimeness I felt when I was younger and had more freedom.

Nothing touches the soul more than Mary's haunting voice and choice lyrics. I hope you'll purchase the album and try to see her in concert. Visit her web site at Maryfahl.com

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pop vocal bliss, May 31, 2003

By	David Pearlman "sound fanatic" (Arlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

To be honest, I approached this album with apprehension. Unquestionably, Fahl has an incredible rich NATURAL voice (confirmed in live appearances). However, with her previous band, the October Project, Kohl was only the honeyed vocalist on top of their lush folk-cum-celtic-cum-pop-rock songs. In that band, the songs and arrangements were written by other members of the band. In fact, the band's disinclination to allow Fahl to contribute to the writing is one of the reasons Fahl cites for leaving the October Project. Nonetheless, the range, presence and tonal quality of Fahl's vocals with October Project were so great to give creedence to the old adage "she could sing the phone book and make it sound good."

Flash forward a half decade and Fahl has finally re-emerged (somewhat ironically on a subsidiary of the same label--Sony/Columbia--that dropped the October Project). Happily...no, SURPRISINGLY, the songs on this album, all but three co-written by Fahl, are very good. The tone is considerably less traditional pop-rock than the October Project; here you'll find elements of Broadway pop, folk, world music (Ben Aindi Habibi), opera (Una furtiva lagrima) and even a slight touch of jazz (Dream of You), along with the celtic tone sometimes used in her previous band (The Dawing of the Day). And when Fahl meets a diva-worthy showstopper like Redemption, she's so good you sit mouth agape, hold your breath and hope this is just the beginning of a long career. Fahl could teach all the pop tarts that seemingly qualify for Diva today what a REAL Diva sounds like.

This is a wonderful singer's album. A showcase album. The kind of album they don't make anymore. Well, mostly, anyway. On a pure musical level, this album betters the October Project's oevre. Heck, go ahead and place this album on the shelf beside the first few early Streisand albums. Yeah, it's that good. Yeah, SHE'S that good.

David