Bell [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Stuart Davis

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Dharma Pop
• ASIN: B0000VBUUS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #274,208 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Belle

2. Sexy Messiah

3. Karma Pyre

4. Dharma-Drama

5. Smoke

6. Human Girl

7. Flower of a Zero

8. Is

9. Wizard

10. Original Face

11. The Glimpse

12. Ara Belle

Editorial Reviews

Jim Musser, Iowa City Press-Citizen, October 16, 2003

Bell displays Davis' estimable wordplay, intellect, sense of humor, Buddhist philosophy and earthly fears.

Product Description

A concept album about the feminine divine, inspired by his wife and unborn daughter, "Bell" displays Davis' estimable wordplay, intellect, sense of humor, Buddhist philosophy and earthly fears in a sweeping, visceral roller-coaster of a listening experience. The new disc features the songs Belle, Sexy Messiah (listen), Karma Pyre, Dharma Drama, Human Girl, Smoke, IS, Flower Of A Zero, Wizard, Original Face, The Glimpse, Ara Belle, and explores themes of the feminine divine in general, and Dakinis in particular. Stuart himself ranks this as one of his very best albums to date, and its potent amalgam of sex, God, and Rock 'n Roll already has saints and heretics spinning ecstatic-like.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rumi with a Fender., December 11, 2003

By	scott james zimmerle (a boring suburb west of Chicago.) - See all my reviews

Listen to Stuart's last five studio albums in succession (Kid Mystic, Bright Apocalypse, Stuart Davis, The Late Stuart Davis, and Bell) and try to tell me that Stuart is not one of the great mystical poets as well as a major pop music talent. In these 60 or so songs, he confronts redemption, inwardness, sin, birth, death, immanence, transcendence, and emptiness with intelligence, biting wit, and penetrating guitar riffs. Stuart improves with every album, and Bell is no exception. For a truly mind-changing experience, see Stu in concert.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Songwriters of our time!, December 5, 2003

By	john ryan harris (Marathon, FL) - See all my reviews

A Beautiful and intelligent album brimming with solid production. This is one of my favorite albums to date. You will have a hard time listening to anything else.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 10 stars easily. One of the best pop albums this year, November 25, 2003

By A Customer

I have all of Stuart Davis's previous releases and love them all, but this new release Bell goes beyond what he has done before. Working with Alex Gibson and Tripp Lanier,(Hank Madison) the production matches the sensibility of the songs right on. From the trance like Bell to the simple yet lovely Ara Belle. Bell is a brilliant album.
Sexy Messiah is a punchy pop number about the second coming of Christ as a teenage Buddhist girl and is very infectious.
Human Girl, Flower of a Zero, Wizard, and Ara Belle are the other gems on this album.
This is one the finest pop albums this year that has blazin combination of intellect, humor, and dakini power.