The Boy Who Held The World

1. Crossing Oceans

2. Sudamerica

3. Distant Lands

4. Sunny Sunday Summer Afternoon

5. It’s A Lovely Day When You’re Around

6. Aperiru

7. Fear

8. Adonde Fuiste

9. Improvisations on Malaguena

10. The Boy Who Held The World

11. Into The Fire

12. Thank You

Editorial Reviews

Dan Mickelsen, Cigar
An amazing collection of songs that show why time is our savior and our greatest enemy.

Product Description
The Boy Who Held The World is a collection of songs that show why time is our savior and our greatest enemy.

Orchestral vignettes, gypsy guitars, jazz improvs, and heartfelt piano solos composed & arranged by Matt Messina.

The Boy Who Held The World

Tracks:

Crossing Oceans
Sudamerica
Distant Lands
Sunny Sunday Summer Afternoon
Its A Lovely Day When Youre Around
Aperiru
Fear
Adonde Fuiste
Improvisations on Malaguena
The Boy Who Held The World
Into The Fire
Thank You

Album Description

The Boy Who Held The World is a collection of songs that show why time is our savior and our greatest enemy.

Orchestral vignettes, gypsy guitars, jazz improvs, and heartfelt piano solos composed & arranged by Matt Messina.

Customer Reviews:

A very, very, very bad album.......2001-05-16

Remember when you were in the 9th grade and that boy or girl you really liked broke your heart? Remember how you sat down and poured your feelings out into some of the worst poetry ever conceived? Set that poetry to music and you have this album. Like that terrible poetry, it's obvious this record contains some genuine emotion that is trying to be expressed but, like that jilted 9th grader, Matt Messina's skills are too juvenile to convey it effectively.

Messina's composing ability is almost as weak as his unsupported and whisper-thin falsetto singing voice and his tinkering behind the piano is alternately tentative and ham fisted. His lyrics have all the depth of an overwrought Dawson's Creek fan's diary entries. His orchestra could be called second rate but this would be unfair as they clearly suffer from the material they have to work with. The only bright point are the flamenco guitarists who are quite talented and quite obviously working independently of Messina's influence, and as such only serve to remind you how very terrible the rest of the album is....

Excellent.......2001-04-13

These songs are from the heart and that is all anyone can ask from an artist. His honesty is pure and sometimes a bit hard to take.

The first 3 songs are okay, but the title track is amazing. It completely guts you.

The song Lovely Day When You're Around makes anyone feel good. So lucky whoever he wrote that for.

The last track called Thankyou is the entire reason I bought this album. It is a beautiful testament to his friends and it brings tears to my eyes most times I listen to it.

I love this album. Especially the treat on the inside!

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