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Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red Distribution
• ASIN: B002KBBGHI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best of the year, November 6, 2009

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J. Jacobs (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: wpa (Audio CD)

Very glad to see this beautiful album on the Best of the Year list! It is a remarkable collection of music. The songwriting is consistently meaningful and touching. I especially enjoyed the two vocals by Luke Bulla. Everything, the instruments, harmonies, lyrics, all work so well together. Hope there are more like this on the way. Great packaging too!!!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How an old Rocker keeps an open mind..., November 9, 2009

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James B. Connors - See all my reviews
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This review is from: wpa (Audio CD)

I have been buying music back to the days when Keith Moon was alive. I have heard so many trends in music that things are beginning to return. Now having said that I know that becoming jaded is an easy thing. So when I heard that Glen Phillips was teaming up with the members of Nickle Creek I was going to hear a Bluegrass kind of thing. Was I ready for this now in an age of American Idol mediocrity? It turns out I was starved for it. Give this cd a listen. With the help of some muscian's musicains the Watkins Phillips and co have turned out a fine album of genuine music that Taylor Swift and rest of the country pop idols would do well to listen to. And go see them live I was fortunate to see them live and they were inspiring.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grammy Worthy!, September 29, 2009

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D. Webb "-music fan for life" (Greenville, NC) - See all my reviews
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The songwriting and musicianship alone puts this up there as one of the best albums of 2009. And the fact that this group was able to get together and put this ablum out deserves many accolades. Maybe I'm biased, but this collection of 12 masterful songs is Grammy-worthy. I've been a fan of Glen Phillips for over 15 years and his songwriting has only gotten better.

This album can not be classified as pop, rock, country, bluegrass, or folk because it's all of these. I would just call it great American music! I will warn you that this is a rather "dark" album - many songs about love and loss (and one about slavery). "Remember Well" and "Cry for You" are haunting while one song, "A Wedding or a Wake" is lighthearted and fun, but still potentally depressing - I love that about this album. You HAVE to pay attention to the lyrics on this record!

I am surprised that I don't find Glen's vocals on some of my favorite songs, but "Not Sure" (my favorite) would not work without Sean's vocals. Sean has another moment of greatness with the upbeat "Already Gone". Sara's closing number "The Price" is breathtaking, and on the other end, "Always Have My Love", starts the album off with a bang. I am not dissapointed with any song on this record.