What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

I noticed a vast difference in Natalie Merchant's music from 10,000 Maniacs to her solo career ....Motherland album is brilliant by her !!!!

from my library (cd)



Sometimes my own albums surprise me. That's what happens when you give them a spin as seldom as I do, and that's
what keeps it interesting. In this case I would have guessed this album to come out a lot better. It just scrapes
by into the like range. Nothing I love and four I don't like at all. Certainly no In My Tribe which I think was the
groups best. And I do love Natalie, who has a way of turning beautiful prose into songs. The music here just seems
to over power her voice, burying the lyrics. I love the strings, the horns, not so much. This is the groups fifth
album and the last before Natalie went off on her own. They replaced her and carried on. High praise for Natalie's
swan song, but the public was not so kind trailing off from the bands previous effort at #28, still better than
anything to follow without her. Singles of These Are Days, Candy Everybody Wants and Few And Far Between, none of
which even cracked the top 40.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I'm Not The Man

Best Track - These Are Days

These are the days
These are days you’ll remember
Never before and never since, I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it,
You’ll know it’s true
That you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you
Are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you

These are days that you’ll remember
When May is rushing over you
With desire to be part of the miracles
You see in every hour
You’ll know it’s true
That you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you are touched
By something that will grow and bloom in you

These are days
These are the days you might fill
With laughter until you break
These days you might feel
A shaft of light
Make its way across your face
And when you do
Then you’ll know how it was meant to be
See the signs and know their meaning
It's true
Then you’ll know how it was meant to be
Hear the signs and know they’re speaking
To you, to you

1) Noah's Dove **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4PHgEo-zg
2) These Are Days **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVY75PQomE
3) Eden *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlaxHTPnaGI
4) Few And Far Between *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2ppmhWh6Q
5) Stockton Gala Days **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2A00YbGWNo
6) Gold Rush Brides **
7) Jezebel *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsiE_rzzafE&feature=fvst
8) How You've Grown **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejaNIOYcNs
9) Candy Everybody Wants **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M9ncAkKSNM&ob=av2e
10) Tolerance **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVAANV5H6EQ
11) Circle Dream **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_deHRDRPA
12) If You Intend **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTkxfot2ziI
13) I'm Not The Man *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3qHkJnYK4E

3's - 0
2's - 9
1's - 4

Grade - 1.7

so many albums, so little time