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Lifeline by: Iris DeMent List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £9.28 You Save: £4.71 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0606673100421 Label: Flariella Manufacturer: Flariella Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Flariella Release Date: November 08, 2004 Studio: Flariella Sales Rank: 16621 MPN: 1004 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Although there's only one new original on Iris DeMent's first release in eight years, the music throughout ranks with the most personal she has made. DeMent's quavering vocals invest this collection of traditional spirituals with an unwavering conviction. "This is my story," she sings on "Blessed Assurance," written more than 130 years ago. "This is my song." In her liner notes, the Arkansas-raised artist explains how these were the first songs she remembers hearing, and that this music has always provided comfort during hard times, a comfort that isn't necessarily (or at least not narrowly) religious. On "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and "God Walks the Dark Hills," DeMent accompanies herself on stately solo piano, and the emotion is as pure as the arrangement is unadorned. On other tracks, DeMent and co-producer Jim Rooney enlist homespun support from kindred spirits such as guitarists Mark Howard and Bo Ramsey and a call-and-response chorus of harmonizers including Stuart Duncan. The self-penned composition, "He Reached Down," is a folkish recasting of the Biblical "Good Samaritan" parable. Even listeners who don't share the faith expressed in these songs will have trouble resisting the unflinching intimacy of the performances. --Don McLeese Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Iris means every word, every note.The songs on Lifeline are just that, a lifeline out of sorrow and despair. These are heartfelt renditions that take repeated listenings before you tune into their emotional resonance. They may not have an immediate appeal, even to devoted Iris fans, but once you let them get inside you, you will be glad you did. Iris always surprises. Every album is different from the last, none more so than this, her latest. Her voice remains unique and very special. The accompaniments on this album are appropriately sparse, yet virtuoso. The songs are Gospel in theme and content, folksy in style and spirit, and Blues in their cathartic power. If you are an Iris fan, give this album a fair hearing before judging it. If you are new to her, ... Read More: Rating: - Iris is Back!I'm the least religious person I know...quite an atheist in fact. I often resent when religion creeps into ostensibly or otherwise secular albums (i.e., my reaction to the recent Rosie Thomas cd was quite strong and negative for this reason). But... I haven't been so moved by an album in ages. In fact, LIFELINE turned me to mush. I've always loved Iris as one of our best songwriters and most affecting singers. My reaction is likely heightened by having just read the biographical essay about her in the new issue of NO DEPRESSION. It deals with the past eight years since her last album (the great THE WAY I SHOULD), the hate mail she received from some of the songs on that album, the more viruluent response she got when she cancelled ... Read More: |
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