Defending Ancient Springs [Import]

Defending Ancient Springs [Import]

Defending Ancient Springs [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
2. Single Father
3. Paris Blues
4. Defending Ancient Springs
5. Working Man's Love Song
6. I Saw My Love Walk Into C
7. Hand Is Pale With Holy Ki
8. Your Winter Days
9. They Keys To The Forest
10. Morbid Sky

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Jackie Leven's production and songwriting ambitions have been on a tear since the release of The Mystery of Love Is Greater Than the Mystery of Death, and have grown wilder with every release. Poetic experimentalism, sonic trickery, and musical juxtapositions that would never pan out in anybody else's work seem to flow like whiskey down a drunk's throat in his. On Defending Ancient Springs, he's taken his greatest chance. Formerly it was him covering "I Say a Little Prayer," a song firmly identified with two female singers (Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin), and even then he placed it at the end of the album. But here, he has taken an American classic and attempted a straight reading of it with the most unlikely of partners. The song is the Righteous Brothers' classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," which was also done justice by Hall and Oates (who were also from Philly). But Leven decides to cover it

Defending Ancient Springs,Jackie Leven,Cooking Vinyl,Easy Listening/Vocal
Defending Ancient Springs
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Slightly variable
  • Ponderous Poetics
  • One off my favorites
 Defending Ancient Springs
Jackie Leven
Manufacturer: Cooking Vinyl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000031WEG
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

  1. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
  2. Single Father
  3. Paris Blues
  4. Defending Ancient Springs
  5. Working Man's Love Song
  6. I Saw My Love Walk Into C
  7. Hand Is Pale With Holy Ki
  8. Your Winter Days
  9. They Keys To The Forest
  10. Morbid Sky

Album Description

Jackie Leven's production and songwriting ambitions have been on a tear since the release of The Mystery of Love Is Greater Than the Mystery of Death, and have grown wilder with every release. Poetic experimentalism, sonic trickery, and musical juxtapositions that would never pan out in anybody else's work seem to flow like whiskey down a drunk's throat in his. On Defending Ancient Springs, he's taken his greatest chance. Formerly it was him covering "I Say a Little Prayer," a song firmly identified with two female singers (Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin), and even then he placed it at the end of the album. But here, he has taken an American classic and attempted a straight reading of it with the most unlikely of partners. The song is the Righteous Brothers' classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," which was also done justice by Hall and Oates (who were also from Philly). But Leven decides to cover it

Album Details

18th Collection of Songs of Longing, Sex and Scotland. 10 Complex, Yet Accessible Songs Sung in a Crystal-clear Defiantly Human Voice. An Astounding Album.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Slightly variable.......2005-06-13

This has some excellent tracks (single Father, Keys To the Forest), but other tracks (Paris Blues) are not really as much to my taste. Try other albums such as Night Lilies first!

2 out of 5 stars Ponderous Poetics.......2005-01-21

Leven's coverage of the 60s classic, 'You've Lost That Lovin Feeling' is very impressive. David Thomas lends a cracked harmony to it that is just right. At the opposite end of this CD is,'Morbid Sky'; opposite in every sense of emotion & harmonics. Thomas's Ubu connotations offer, on this track, a new dimension to the notion of displacement within the context of Leven's CD. Hard to take seriously that Leven claims the song(from Thomas's, Mirrorman) as part of one of 'the key recordings of our time'(sleeve notes).Not my time! The real problem on this outing is its pretentious poetic stigma. The writing and musical arrangements are leaden and literal. Leven has a good voice, perfect for crooning lullabyes & lovesick ballads. If you're getting on, like me, think Jim Reeves. More recently, think David Sylvan. But, sorry Jackie, the self importance is written too large, even on the packaging. No amount of hot wind can conceal the weakness of the lyrics. The less said the better.

5 out of 5 stars One off my favorites.......2000-07-17

This Cd belongs in everyones Cd-collection It was rated in the German Magazin:Audio as cd off the month.I heard some more off Jackie Leven but forget it. Buy this one! Sit down in your easy chair and listen.........

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