I Shot the Albatross [Import]

I Shot the Albatross [Import]

I Shot the Albatross [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. A Tale Best Forgotten
2. Long John Brown And Little Mary Bell
3. The Tragedy Of The Leaves
4. Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town
5. Wild Nights
6. Summer Farm
7. The Triumph Of Hunger
8. Lady Weeping At The Crossroads
9. The Horses
10. Song

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2002 album for former Friends Again & Love & Money singer/songwriter. Ten tracks including, 'A Tale Best Forgotten', 'Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell' & 'The Tragedy Of The Leaves'. For fans of Scott Walker.

I Shot the Albatross,James Grant,Vertical,Pop,Rock/Pop
I Shot the Albatross
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Not what you'd expect...
 I Shot the Albatross
James Grant
Manufacturer: Vertical
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000062UU8
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

  1. A Tale Best Forgotten
  2. Long John Brown And Little Mary Bell
  3. The Tragedy Of The Leaves
  4. Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town
  5. Wild Nights
  6. Summer Farm
  7. The Triumph Of Hunger
  8. Lady Weeping At The Crossroads
  9. The Horses
  10. Song

Album Description

2002 album for former Friends Again & Love & Money singer/songwriter. Ten tracks including, 'A Tale Best Forgotten', 'Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell' & 'The Tragedy Of The Leaves'. For fans of Scott Walker.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Not what you'd expect..........2002-09-13

James Grant came to my attention a couple of years ago when I noticed that he sang back up, played guitar(s), and wrote several songs ... From there it was a quest for me to find anything and everything I could that Grant had done. He has a very good, instrumental voice and is an accomplished guitar player and song writer. ... so I ordered "I Shot the Albatross" as soon as I found out it was available, and was really surprised the first time I played it (this CD has now become one of my favorites - the more I listened to it, the more I liked it).

On this CD, James Grant takes poems and puts them to music, some in song form and some narrated with musical accompaniment. It was not what I had expected, but it really is quite good. "A Tale Best Forgotten" is hauntingly beautiful (Monica Queen does the lead vocals)and Grant's guitar work (throughout the album) is very impressive. Grant sings on "Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell", "Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town", "Wild Nights", "Lady Weeping at the Crossroads", and "Song". The rest of the songs are narrated mostly by Grant with his Scottish accent. The music is always interesting, melancholy in "The Tragedy of the Leaves", quirky in "The Triumph of Hunger" and everywhere in between on the rest (something for everyone). I could really begin to like poetry if the poems were accompanied by music like this - try it, you might like it.

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