- Audio CD (May 18 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Tooth & Nail Records
- ASIN: B00020HDDK
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #215,566 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Product Details |
Track Listings
| 1. Looking For You |
| 2. Lawyers And White Paper |
| 3. Are You Lonely? |
| 4. Chestnut Street |
| 5. All The Days And Nights |
| 6. 22 |
| 7. I Love You April |
| 8. Days Repeating |
| 9. It Takes Time |
| 10. Better Or Worse |
| 11. You Could Be Anything |
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Not a typical Tooth and Nail release!
Jun 13 2004
Format:Audio CD
I will start this review with this: This album is excellent. It got five stars because it deserved five stars. Now, let me tell you why. I must admit that I am not familiar with Denison Witmer's previous work, but after hearing this album, I am not only interested in hearing them, but possibly purchasing them cold turkey just because this album is that good. One part folk, one part pop, and one part indy, Denison and his very talented musician friends have put out an album that spans a wide variety of musical tastes, and yet seems very focused. His lyrics are intelligent and the music, though having heavy emphasis on the use of the acoustic guitar and other rootsy instruments, is layered and intricate. Every song on this album speaks to me in a different way, and I think this is a truly moving an insightful piece of art that is capable of inspiring the un-inspirable, relaxing the un-relaxable, and moving the apathetic.
On another note, I have to admit I was shocked when I learned this album was released on tooth and nail. I love tooth and nail, but the river bends is so....different from any other tooth and nail band. All I can say to tooth and nail is this: Thank you for this refreshing listen. It's nice to know that a label known for such staples as Anberlin and Mae will also embrace a folk driven group and help to produce one of the best albums of 2004 or any time up to this point.
If you like wilco, billy bragg, old ryan adams, damien rice, howie day, john mayer, dave matthews, or anything remotely close to that, at least give this band a chance. I dont think you'll regret it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not a typical Tooth and Nail release!
Jun 13 2004
Format:Audio CD
I will start this review with this: This album is excellent. It got five stars because it deserved five stars. Now, let me tell you why. I must admit that I am not familiar with Denison Witmer's previous work, but after hearing this album, I am not only interested in hearing them, but possibly purchasing them cold turkey just because this album is that good. One part folk, one part pop, and one part indy, Denison and his very talented musician friends have put out an album that spans a wide variety of musical tastes, and yet seems very focused. His lyrics are intelligent and the music, though having heavy emphasis on the use of the acoustic guitar and other rootsy instruments, is layered and intricate. Every song on this album speaks to me in a different way, and I think this is a truly moving an insightful piece of art that is capable of inspiring the un-inspirable, relaxing the un-relaxable, and moving the apathetic.
On another note, I have to admit I was shocked when I learned this album was released on tooth and nail. I love tooth and nail, but the river bends is so....different from any other tooth and nail band. All I can say to tooth and nail is this: Thank you for this refreshing listen. It's nice to know that a label known for such staples as Anberlin and Mae will also embrace a folk driven group and help to produce one of the best albums of 2004 or any time up to this point.
If you like wilco, billy bragg, old ryan adams, damien rice, howie day, john mayer, dave matthews, or anything remotely close to that, at least give this band a chance. I dont think you'll regret it.
An exciting extra effort by Denison Witmer
Nov 29 2006
Format:Audio CD
Since Denison Witmer is my favorite musician currently, I needed to check out this CD, and I was well satisfied. Definitely more of a beat in many of these songs than is normally found in Denison's solo work. There is a feeling of tension between the artistic styles of the trio working together on this cd, but for the most part that tension seems exploited rather than ignored.
In the "Chestnut Street" track, the entire first verse is mixed in stereo sound so the right speaker just plays Denison's awesome voice, and the instruments come through on the left speaker. Very cool.
"I Love You April" and "Lawyers and White Paper" both have a simple Casio keyboard sound, which is very unlike Denison's solo work, and gives this cd more of an underground music feel.
My main criticism of this cd is that some of the songs don't seem to know when to end (i.e. Days Repeating and You Could Be Anything)...If they were a bit shorter I think they would be much stronger.
Recommended.
In the "Chestnut Street" track, the entire first verse is mixed in stereo sound so the right speaker just plays Denison's awesome voice, and the instruments come through on the left speaker. Very cool.
"I Love You April" and "Lawyers and White Paper" both have a simple Casio keyboard sound, which is very unlike Denison's solo work, and gives this cd more of an underground music feel.
My main criticism of this cd is that some of the songs don't seem to know when to end (i.e. Days Repeating and You Could Be Anything)...If they were a bit shorter I think they would be much stronger.
Recommended.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Best cd that you haven't heard...
Nov 3 2004
Format:Audio CD
I'll start off first by saying before this album, I have never heard a Denison Witmer song. I first heard the song "Are You Lonely?" on Purevolume.com and it was instantly a favorite of mine. I was utterly shocked that a musician like this was coming out of the Tooth and Nail family, a very prominate punk/emo label. I don't believe that Witmer is a christian, but I am very pleased with his cd.
With all that said now, everything about this cd is great. It's not too long nor to short. It has a very unique sound in today's music scene. It's also the darn hardest cd to find. I ended up ordering a copy on toothandnail.com because it's so hard to find, I've only ever seen it in a store once. Notably the best song that stands out is "Are You Lonely?", but the rest of the songs are amazing as well. The ending song, "You Could Be Anything" is a very good song as well. The songs in between are very good, very well written, and very well recording and produced. By this album, but don't be in shock that it isn't emo/screamo/punk.
With all that said now, everything about this cd is great. It's not too long nor to short. It has a very unique sound in today's music scene. It's also the darn hardest cd to find. I ended up ordering a copy on toothandnail.com because it's so hard to find, I've only ever seen it in a store once. Notably the best song that stands out is "Are You Lonely?", but the rest of the songs are amazing as well. The ending song, "You Could Be Anything" is a very good song as well. The songs in between are very good, very well written, and very well recording and produced. By this album, but don't be in shock that it isn't emo/screamo/punk.
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