Customer Reviews

Blue Horse

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

So, one review applies to both The Be Good Tanyas' cds. Incredible! If you like roots music, if you like beautiful darkly turned music by sweet, child-like voices, you'll love this band. There is nothing below a 5 here... though many of the original songs are better than the traditional covers... the cds, throughout, will leave you crying and smiling at the same time. Thanks to Clear Channel, you'll probably never hear them on the radio... but, this is what the Dixie Chicks wanted to be once before they copped the rich-bltch attitude... before the money and famous boyfriends. Buy both The Be Good Tanyas cds... if you thought you'd have to wait for heaven to hear angels, you're wrong... here they are. They have a great website too, http://www.begoodtanyas.com , with some free songs (mp3)... can't ask for more.

just wanted to agree with the people who have pointed this out as the excellent album it is. Perhaps one of the only things that I would like to point out is the superlative Chieftains style treatment of the old standard "Coo Coo". What should sound like old hat is fresh and new on this album. The Blue Horse gets top marks.

One of my very best cds in my collection. I never get sick of listening to the Be Good Tanyas.

This is the best CD of any genre I've heard this year, even though I'm not sure what genre it is. I suppose they've created a new one. If you like the sound clips here, you'll like the entire CD, which is remarkably consistent.

I am absolutely delighted to have discovered such a unique sound. In a broad sense, it reminds me of discovering the Band 30-some years ago, with the loose homey feeling of their music, but these sweet little songs make the Band sound pretentious by comparison. Yes, there are other folk singers, bluegrass singers, alt-country singers with girlish voices who make beautiful music. But none of them makes music like this, and this CD has become an indispensable part of my collection.

It isn't that there is a remarkable voice here, or an amazing instrumentalist. It's the creation of a sound that's truly their own. I'm not sure I'd go as far as those below who call it angelic, but it's surely a sweet, if light, pleasure.

I have to give 5 stars to women who put themselves out there and do what they want. Their music is familiar, yet different enough to keep my interest. I can't help but take the less than esctatic reviewers (those that gave less than 4 stars) personally, but all I can say, is if you like what you hear on the snipets that amazon.com offers, you will like the CD even more (the snipets don't do the songs justice). If you hate it, you hate it. I can't convert you. For those who tend towards torch-and-twang/folk music, this cd and this trio is for you. I love them like I've known them for years, and I just bought both their cds 2.5 hours ago at the suggestion of an in-law. She knows me better than I thought...

These four women (that's counting Jolie Holland!)
produce some of the most beautiful, sweet, wierd,
intriguing, compex, and utterly arresting haunting
vocals I have heard anywhere ever. And I listen
to a lot of stuff -- broad spectrum, as it
were ... "Oh Susanna", "The Lakes of Pontchartrain",
and "Littlest Birds" are three of the most beautiful performances you will ever hear. Trust me. And
the rest of the CD is good too, but you can discover
the rest for yourself. The price of the CD is worth
the three above-mentioned songs alone. (You've
heard "Oh Susanna" a thousand times? You're bored
with the song? Listen at it again, Jack ... this is
the definitive version. It's sublimely beautiful,
beyond your wildest expectations.)

Cheers to all of ya (and Be Good, you Canadian and Texas
Tanya girls ... I'm looking for you to show up in New
Orleans. I'm holding my breath.)

-- Charlie D.

Someone has finally picked up the scent of folk, wherever it has been lost to the four winds all of these years. Not only that, the Be Good Tanyas infuse it with even more than it ever was before. You know what back porch means even if you never had one.

the be good tanyas are one of the greates female bands since joni mitchell.

I absolutely love this CD!! The harmony, acoustics everything about it is simple, ear-catching, and 'soulful'. If you like relaxing, yet inspiring music then you'll love this one. I could go on and on but instead will say, buy it and you won't be disappointed!

I bought this CD a year ago after seeing an ad for the Tanyas in "No Depression" magazine and then hearing to "The Littlest Birds" on their Web site. I played the album every day for weeks, and still listen to it regularly.

The CD would be worth it just for "Birds" and the trio's beautiful rendition of "Oh Susanna," but it turns out the rest of the music is good too. There's "Dogsong," a soothing, whimsical lullaby for a canine, and the gently lilting "Rain and Snow." Primary vocalist Frazey Ford sometimes mangles the words with odd pronunciations, but that's part of what makes the album so fresh and endearing. It's truly original.

These songs never fail to make me happy, and they're a great change of pace from the formulaic and insipid tunes that dominate popular music these days.