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Track Listings
| 1. Scissor Runner |
| 2. My Pet Snakes |
| 3. Switchblade |
| 4. Big Wave |
| 5. While Men Are Dreaming |
| 6. Animal |
| 7. Just Like Zeus |
| 8. New Yorker Cartoon |
| 9. Straight Edge Of The Blade |
| 10. Slavedriver |
| 11. Committed |
Product Description
Album Description
2010 album from Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. Jenny and Johnny first started working together in Los Angeles in 2005, after being introduced by Conor Oberst. The exuberance of love songs like 'Scissor Runner' mask some of the record's darkness, with Lewis chronicling the economic demise of her beloved California in 'Big Wave', Rice's haunting vocal on 'Animal', and both songwriters raising a middle-finger kiss off in the acerbic 'My Pet Snakes'. The overall result is genuine and original pop music for 'Right Now'. This is not a Rilo Kiley record, a Jenny Lewis record, or a Johnathan Rice record. This is Jenny and Johnny
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4.7 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews)
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A better girl-boy duet album, Aug 31 2010
By William Merrill "eclecticist" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: I'm Having Fun Now (Audio CD)
As a big fan of Jenny Lewis' music - I even enjoyed the last Rilo Kiley CD more than most people did - I was excited to learn about her new duet album with Johnathan Rice. It turns out to be as good as I could have hoped, with some very catchy rock-pop tunes with fetching vocals by Jenny and appealing duet harmonies. (Try the chorus of "Big Wave" for starters.) The settings for these 11 songs are usually a loose sort of indie rock, although an occasional wild card pops up such as the spacey lullaby "While Men Are Dreaming."Over the past few years there have been a bunch of duet albums from man-woman combos, sometime lovers, often involving an actress trying out a singing career. The `She & Him' grouping comes immediately to mind (just friends, those two), as well as Scarlett & Pete and the Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs "Under the Covers" CDs. This Jenny & Johnathan musical pairing is as good as any of those, if not better.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
"painting a portrait / all over my heart", Sep 8 2010
By C. Ryono "my heart is a series of tubes" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: I'm Having Fun Now (Audio CD)
I find that I keep using the word 'love' when describing this album. I love its deceptively sweet flavor (with a dark complicated underbelly). I love the call-and-response and/or echoing lyrics. I adore the instances where their voices divide/intersect on the respective choruses. I thoroughly dig Jenny's "riffs" in "Scissor Runner." I love the awe-inspiring uses of harmony on the album as a whole. You will find yourself singing or humming along with Jenny and/or Johnny -- it's practically inevitable. The songs are infectious. The chemistry between Jenny and Johnathan is immediately apparent. I feel like there is no song on the album that distinctly hers or distinctly his, and that this was a true collaborative creation. It is an uniquely beautiful album.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
new fan, Oct 20 2010
By E. J. Buzzell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: I'm Having Fun Now (Audio CD)
This album was my intro to these artists and I was delighted with the discovery. Heard a sample on npr and bought this to accompany a trip to the deep sunny south. A perfect road tripping choice. The vocals are lovely listening and the music is lively and enjoyable. The lyrics tend toward the darker side of things, but the bold foot tapping rhythms and bright refreshing harmonies work to lift the edge and make it sparkle. Life's bitter pill never tasted so sweet.
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