CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

LISA MITCHELL "bless this mess" cd,2012.

Lisa's second album(i dont have the first one....yet?!)
a strong recommendation from Tem back in october-ish....
pretty hard to describe her vocal quality but Kate Bush-cum-folk is the nearest thing i could say(maybe someone could enlighten me further on her???)
lots of catchy tunes here,not that that is a bad thing....
Lisa was originally a contestant on "aussie idol" back in 2006...they(the producers) wanted her to not play guitar,not do original material etc etc....so she told them to 'get stuffed' and walked out even though she made it through to the final six....and the rest is history, gotta admire the girl for standing up for her principles IMO!!!!
i urge you guys to listen to a few of these tracks, you wont be dissapointed!!!!
all up a very good album from a girl/woman of only 22years of age, am looking foreward to hearing her debut at some point!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: better left unsaid
best track: the story of the raven and the mushroom man

tracks:

1. providence ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjPZXC5uY8 audio
2. so much to say **
3. spiritus **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxtxjE_TDoM video
4. the land beyond the front door ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYKNLEAzww audio
5. the story of the raven and the mushroom man ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mvj8Rvo1_g audio
6. bless this mess **
7. better left unsaid **
8. the present **
9. walk with me ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j-IblBjNbM audio
10.you pretty thing **
11.diamond in the rough **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cyfd9NpGRI audio
12.i know you're somewhere **
13.-hidden untitled track- **

3s=4
2s=9
1s=0

rating: 2.3 or 7.7/10

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:listened to 'contort yourself' from the album above this one.....serious?, ***, what the heck were you smoking when you graded this????...."*" from me

Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)



Not much out there on this guy and nothing on this album. He was original, I'll give him that.
Here's what I wrote down that I heard, Jonathan Richman, Talking Heads, Tubes, Ian Dury, with
some Famous Flames thrown in for funk. Can't you just hear it? With all that you would think I
would love this. Love the first track, Contort Yourself, but nothing else comes close and one
sucked. One side of the album is titled James White and The Blacks and the other is titled
James White and The Contortions, so I'm assuming this is some sort of compilation, although it
doesn't say that anywhere. I did find a brief bio of the guy on wiki. He is also known as James
Chance but was born James Seigfried. Improv jazz/punk is what they call him. Yea, I should have
thrown that jazz reference in mine too, which is the one highlight of this album. Sax is up
front and in your ear. Discography on the guy shows 21 albums, so he must have some fans out
there somewhere.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I Don't Want To Be Happy

Best Track - Contort Yourself

1) Contort Yourself *** - a must hear
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCI24Lt9aNQ
2) Stained Sheets ** - best moanin since Love To Love You Baby
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTsOONfVNk
3) Tropical Heatwave **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6saiUngWbI
4) Almost Black ** - great bass line
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BVN7Lbckg
5) Design To Kill **
6) I Don't Want To Be Happy *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgEQtrlnp4
7) Contort Yourself (Remix) **
8) Throw Me Away **
9) Bedroom Athlete **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PPdHy_EuwU

Grade - 2.0

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:yeh i know....im sure a lot of Paul Weller's "***" from me would be lucky to get "**" from you at times also