Falling Into Place

1. So Complicated

2. Falling

3. Sarah

4. Simply Said

5. Charade

6. One People

7. Inside Out

8. Dreaming in Color

9. Waterfall

10. Love's Last Breath

11. Each Other's Angels

12. New Day

Falling Into Place,Michael Kelsey

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Love Is Infectious
Pure Power Pop by a Natural
FANTASTIC!!!!
What a suprise!
an under-appreciated talent

Falling into Place
Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K2B0
Release Date: 1999-08-31

Tracks:

Falling Into Place
Killing Floor
All I Have
Too Much Going On
Let It Ride
Give Me Some Time
Hills Of L.A.
I Don't Know Anything
Can't We Do Anything Right?
Stop When It Hurts
Doing It The Wrong Way
Break Your Heart
Fall Back Down
Once I Was

Customer Reviews:

Love Is Infectious.......2002-11-23

With a new CD this year called "Play With Your Head," it's time to dust off Mike's first full length outing. More than Elvis Costello or some of the power pop bands, I hear a strong similarity to Neil Finn & Crowded House. The title track is pop perfection, a joyful loud mix. "Killing Floor" has that abrupt staccato machine gun guitar riff on which Viola hangs the lyric, "My man I dig you Jonah, two-tailed spermatozoa, killed them with your bleeding lance, you just couldn't keep it in your pants." "You're in my bed tonight, I'm on my best behavior," he sings on "All I Have" to thundering guitar riffs. On of my favorites is the bouncy "Too Much Going On." "Let It Ride" has a pretty melody hung on locomotive guitar, sounding a bit like Split Enz. "Give Me Some Time" quiets down for acoustic guitar and a pretty McCartney-like melody with a splash of dissonant strings. My favorite track is the throbbing "Hills of L.A.," "I worry about what I've become, I'm looking for someone to blame it on." "I Don't Know Anything" is great rock while "Can't We Do Anything Right" boasts great harmonies. "Stop When It Hurts" shows Mike's better when he doesn't slow down. "Doing It the Wrong Way" & "Fall Back Down" are great power pop rockers sounding lots like the Brothers Finn. The CD concludes with the softer, somewhat plodding "Once I Was." This CD is great because it is amazingly consistent and strong. All the rockers pop with energetic guitar melody. Based on this strong outing, I'm looking forward to "Play with Your Head." Enjoy!

Pure Power Pop by a Natural.......2001-07-11

Creating a three-minute pop song is nothing less than an artform, but Mike Viola makes it seem like a breeze. His songwriting is sharp, his gravely tenor voice fits perfectly, the hooks abound, and producer Bob Clearmountain adds a bright, "up-front" 90's polish to it all.

This album differs substantially from the 60's moptop sound of "That Thing You Do," or even the folksy feel of the Candybutchers' debut EP, showcasing a more raw, edgy rock sound. I was searching for a suitable analogy, and one reviewer's reference to Graham Parker nailed it. The hooks and changes, as well as the faint sneer in Viola's singing style bears an almost eerie resemblance to Parker at times.

The album falls somewhat short of a pop classic. The ideas start to trail off and tend towards cliches towards the end, and Clearmountain's engineering, while fresh at first, starts making everything sound the same. Nevertheless, songs like the first track, with its chiming guitars and churning beat, and the uptempo "All I Have," among others, are real pop gems. Viola is a natural, and I can only hope he continues to refine his craft.

FANTASTIC!!!!.......2001-03-13

If you do one thing today, buy this CD!!!! They just don't play music like this anymore, it's a shame they don't give this band more airplay. I bought this beauty three months ago, and haven't stopped listening. The songs really grow on you - very catchy but not too "pop." I especially like some of the uptempo songs with horns ("I Don't Know Anything", "Fall Back Down") but this album has everything from well written ballads ("Give Me Some Time", Stop When It Hurts), to songs which could have EASILY gone top-40 (the cover song, and "Let It Ride"). This album has something for everyone...I can honestly say its one of the best I own. To describe Mike Viola's style is difficult, but think of it as Elvis Costello meets Paul McCartney meets Tom Waits meets Tom Petty with Sqeeze and a little Roy Orbison thrown in (okay, at least the sunglasses)...with the whole being greater than the sum of its parts! "Hills of LA" could have been a Springsteen song, but Viola has a better voice.

To put things into perspective, I haven't got this excited about a record since Nevermind, even though my musical tastes have changed considerably since then. Even my wife got into the act and works out to the CandyButchers. This stuff is GREAT!

What a suprise!.......2000-07-26

I have read all the reviews and must say I agree with most of them. I happened across this cd at a listening station and I was immediately taken with it. I put it in my car and I don't think I took it out for quite some time. Even my 16 year old son likes parts of it(he's into 311-POPA ROACH-etc.). There are some really good songs on this cd and they don"t all sound alike. I personally really like "Let It Ride". I believe if you buy this cd you will be glad you did.

an under-appreciated talent.......2000-07-23

Mike's vocals give this album the edge it needs. While never really threatening to become too poppy, the album has its moments. its definately got some good elements of glam, disco, and pop, while not hesitating to have a ballad or a few... the killing floor is a good song to pick you up, while stop when it hurts has a tendency to soothe. Overall, a good buy if you have many musical interests, or if you liked what you heard during That Thing You Do, since mike did the lead vocals, and wrote the songs.

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Omygawd! It's awesome! Like everything else I'm into!
AWSOME
Pure Gold!
Comparison
For an EP this is GREAT!

Falling into Place
Finch
Manufacturer: Drive-Thru
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005PJCS
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

Perfection Through Silence
Letter To You
Waiting
New Kid

Customer Reviews:

Omygawd! It's awesome! Like everything else I'm into!.......2004-12-18

No, just kidding. God, I hate those jabbering morons. 'Everything I like is great! If you don't like as much, or more, than me then everything YOU like sucks and I hate it!' Jesus, shut up. Little 15 year old musical Hitlers. Anyway, this CD is pretty cool, much rougher sounding than WIITB, which I like. My new favorite Finch song is Waiting, conversly I also have a new least favorite Finch song. Of course that's New Kid. Project Mayhem has been dethroned. Very 'Finch'. A little too 'Finch' for my liking. Everyone else seems to love it, so don't let my worthless opinion get in your way of buying this. If you like Finch I highly recommend this disc. Totally worth the money. Even if you like Finch just a little, like me.

AWSOME.......2004-08-01

First off. This is a awsome CD. I loved it, and it was worth every penny. The songs "Perfection Through Silence", and "Letters To You" sound even better and cooler then on the What It Is To Burn CD. Waiting, being my favorite on the cd, kicked butt! And the last song "New Kid" was perfect for a slow emo track. Believe me, this is worth purchasing.

Pure Gold!.......2003-08-21

This is without a doubt the best EP of 2001. After buying What It Is To Burn I was tempted to check out this EP, and after a while I finally decided to go and buy it (it's only 7 or 8 bucks). I can honestly say it was worth every penny.

1. Perfection Through Silence (4/5): This seems like a great fit to start off the EP. However, I feel it is the weak point of the EP, it just seems too average compared to the other songs...

2. Letters To You (6/5): This song alone is worth the 8 bucks. The version on the EP is better than the version of What It Is to Burn...which [is also great]...I just can't say enough about this song, it is just that good.

3. Waiting (5/5): I can't believe this song didn't get onto What It Is To Burn, with the exception of Letters To You, it is clearly the best song on the EP. This song has been blasted over my stereo many times.

4. New Kid (4.5/5): This song grew on me a bit, when I first heard it, I didn't like it too much, but after listening to it a few times it truly has grown on me. This song reminds me on Ender on What It Is To Burn, this is the closest to a slow song Finch can get, if you like Ender you will like this song.

Well, what are you waiting for....go buy this EP!!!

Comparison.......2003-06-27

Ok. First their name is far from original. Secondly, what has music come to? Everything has become another Linkin Park. Someone told me that they sounded like the Deftones. NEWS FLASH!! Deftones are talented original musiscians, and Finch are unoriginal children with no taste for what's good in music. I feel sorry for the world of music to have to deal with such distaste. I do NOT reccommend spending your valuable dollars on this band, though if you do, beware.

For an EP this is GREAT!.......2003-05-01

I have never bought an EP before, but after hearing What It Is to Burn and going to a Finch show, I became a HUGE fan. For a cd that's only 4 songs, it's awesome! Letters to You and Perfection Through Silence are on What It Is to Burn, but they're a little different here, so that wasnt a total waste. Plus, the two songs that are only on this EP, "Waiting" and "New Kid" are excellent. I have to say that "New Kid" is one of my favorite Finch songs though. This song is a masterpiece. Oh hell, BUY THE DAMN THING!

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Falling into Place
Finch
Manufacturer: Drive Thru
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006JMLQG
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

Perfection Through Silence
Letters To You
Waiting
New Kid

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Calm, Well-Mixed: A Great Musical Addition

Falling into Place
Komëit
Manufacturer: Monika
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000067AO6
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Customer Reviews:

Calm, Well-Mixed: A Great Musical Addition.......2006-12-18

I'll be brief: good luck getting your hands on this album (the vinyl is cheaper in the U.S. than the CD) but its worth it if you can. Very Postal Service-esque, komeit's songs blend ambient and IDM electronica with Iron & Wine type vocals.

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A diamond in the rough!

Back into the Mainstream

Manufacturer: Crystal Disc Music Publishing
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00006JSMM
Release Date: 2002-09-01

Tracks:

Back into the mainstream
Octave Jam
Springtime in Anzo-Borrego
The battle of seven suns
It's so natural
Crackling congas
Firefall at Glacier Point
The pirate from Anacortez
Going nowhere fast
Warm jazz at sunrise
The moons of Antares
Slumbering samba
Life in the comfort zone

Album Description

An eclectic mix of contemporary jazz and modern rock by songwriter/guitarist, Rick Hanson.

Customer Reviews:

A diamond in the rough!.......2002-10-01

Back into the mainstream is one of the best indie CD's I have heard this year. Definitly a diamond in the rough!

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Falling Into Place indeed...

Falling Into Place

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005OMUJ
Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

So Complicated
Falling
Sarah
Simply Said
Charade
One People
Inside Out
Dreaming in Color
Waterfall
Love's Last Breath
Each Other's Angels
New Day

Customer Reviews:

Falling Into Place indeed..........2002-06-24

This is the 3rd release from Michael Kelsey, and his strongest. His growth as a musician and songwriter over the three releases is wonderful. He calls his music "Progressive Aggressive Acoustic". If a label must be had, it's as good as any. The quality of Kelsey's uncluttered yet complex music is outstanding. There is honest passion and intensity in every track, and a tendency to reach inside you and touch your soul. He also does things to a guitar which are illegal in most southern states. This CD has music where chord progressions don't do what our pop-deadened ears expect them to do and he constantly defies melody line prisons.

Kelsey's use of vocal harmonies is straightforward. They are used sparingly and rarely for more than 3 phrases at a time. Except for on the tracks "Sarah" and "Each Other's Angels", it is limited to one other voice (which is again Michael's. For that matter, he plays all the instruments on the CD as well). The complexity isn't necessarily from the vocals - it rises from what's playing underneath.

Alternating with songs are instrumental tracks, which sing with a voice all their own. These are not background instrumentals. In fact, this entire CD is not "easy" listening. The music demands and deserves your attention when it's played. And it deserves frequent playings. The drawback of repeated listening, however, is finding that some tracks are just too short.

One of the stronger instrumentals is "One People". This piece is reminiscent of Sting at his most global (this is a good thing) and is way too short at 3 minutes - the track ends just when you really get grooving. It would be great to hear this revisited and re-released in an expanded version. "Love's Last Breath" speaks eloquently of sadness and good-byes without the need of words. "Dreaming in Color" is just an exquisite tune, floating and gliding and carrying the listener along.

Some of the lyrics are, well, true poetry. In "Inside Out", the progression of tenses in the refrain gives a real sense of the journey taken to find the truth it refers to. In "Charade", the mournful, almost melancholy harmonica enhances the bittersweet lyrics of aching desire and difficult choices made. Then there is the kewl funk of "Waterfall" that can bring you to your feet. The sole foray into electric-land, it has a very different sound than anything else on the album. Just some pure funky goodness.

Now all this said, if there is a shortcoming of this and his other CD's, it is that they fail to capture the man's energy. His live shows are just phenomenal. Anything is the room is likely to become part of the evenings entertainment by being transformed into an instrument, with the sound it makes entered into and layered in a loop machine, and then parts of the room becoming instruments, and then... Aw, ya just gotta see it. There is no possible way his shows could sound the same way twice. That spontaneity is missing on his recordings. An interesting question is if even a live recording could begin to capture his boundless energy. His shows are events and have the intoxicating feeling that you don't know quite where he's going, but it's awfully fun, so what the hell, lets go! One warning though - audience participation is required. Prepare to have fun when you see him live.

Until then, "Falling Into Place" and his other CDs ("Gruvency" and the self-titled "Michael Kelsey") are well worth your time.

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Falling Into Place

Manufacturer: Chris Eves
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAH7U4
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

Falling Into Place
Santa Monica
If I Had The Second Chance
Could It Be I...
Losing You All Over Again

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Can you believe this artist isn't world famous?
That Thing Mike Viola Does!

Falling into Place
Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TYZV
Release Date: 1999-12-22

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track.

Customer Reviews:

Can you believe this artist isn't world famous?.......2005-05-02

For people who know and love pop music, you gotta include Mike Viola as one of the greats. OK, so he never made the Ed Sullivan Show. He's too young. Mike, not Ed. But listen to Mike. he's got great jangley guitars, haunting hooks, brilliant song structure. Vocals that I'd give important anatomical parts to possess.
Why hasn't he been discovered by more audiences. Those that know him adore him. When you go to his gigs, the crowd knows all the lyrics. You should too!

That Thing Mike Viola Does!.......2000-07-15

With a strong vintage feel and modern production, if you could only buy one album for the rest of your life, "Falling Into Place" should be the ONE!!!

This Cd stays in my player for weeks at a time.

I was first introduced to Mike Viola when I heard the song "That Thing You Do" from the Tom Hanks movie, being very pleased with the powerful vocals I quickly began to seek anything else by M.V. and the Candy Butchers. When the long awaited album was finally released I'm sure I was among the first to purchase it and have not been disappointed!

This Roy Orbison look alike is also a must see live but start with the album today.

Enjoy!!!!

Every Grave Is A Garden
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Every Grave Is A Garden
Falling into Place
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000E5N2OM
Release Date: 2005-11-03