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You Are My Flower

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by: Elizabeth Mitchell

Release Date May 14, 2002
There is only so much Wonder Pets, "Old McDonald" and "I'm a Little Teapot" I can take before I go crazy! Elizabeth Mitchell's CDs (we also listen to her albums "You are my Sunshine" and "You are my Little Bird") are a wonderful alternative to annoying children's music. Her songs are beautiful and fun to sing along to. My three year old has learned the words to most of the songs and loves them! I also sing some of Elizabeth's songs as lullabies to my baby at bedtime and they are great for soothing her to sleep.

Elizabeth Mitchell's CDs are must haves for all parents who want to listen to GOOD music with their children!

CD-Charts Position 142
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Remember That I Love You

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by: Kimya Dawson

Release Date May 09, 2006
I can assume that I am one of many that hadn't heard of Kimya Dawson until Juno, and "Remember That I Love You" features most of the songs she contributed to the soundtrack. I expected that these songs would all be the standouts, and though Loose Lips is possibly still the best song on the album with a catchy-as-hell chorus and cheery tune, the whole album is strong start to finish.

I'm usually one to go for punk, hardcore, metal and the like, but the fact that this is acoustic and more pop than the Moldy Peaches wasn't a factor - I enjoyed especially "My Mom", "Underground" and "I Like Giants", as well as Tire Swing, Loose Lips and the full version of My Rollercoaster, which even features a little Metallica reference.

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No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)

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by: Bob Dylan

Release Date August 30, 2005
I would disagree with anyone who says this isn't just for serious Dylan fans. I am one, and there's still a lot here I wouldn't want to listen to very often....a lot of the songs are alternate takes where he seems to be working out the melody or instrumentation or lyrics for a particular song, & while they're interesting as insights into his creative process, it also becomes clear after listening a few times that these versions got rejected b/c they're just not as good as the ones that were released. If you're looking for alternate takes on Dylan tunes, you're better off with some of the many live recordings - I'd pick bootleg 4, 5 & 6 over this, and the Concert for Kampuchea set.

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Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega

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by: Suzanne Vega

Release Date April 22, 2003

There really isn't a song on this compilation that you can't listen to-they are all listenable and some songs will grow on you. My only quibbles, I suppose, are these two: (1) there isn't the original version of "Tom's Diner" on this compilation. If I have heard the original, I don't remember it, but, seeing as this compilation is long on songs, one more wouldn't have hurt. You hear a remix of this song on this compilation, which is nice enough. (2) I really liked the song "The Queen and the soldier". It's live. Normally, I don't like live songs, unless they are better than the studio version [as Dire Strait's "Industrial disease" manages to do by having a more fluid cool guitar riff compared to the studio version]. This song is a pretty, ... Read More:

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Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith)

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by: Various Artists

Release Date August 19, 1997
There are some truly haunting performances here, and some funny ones, and some of everything, really. This stuff is so far deeper and weirder and spookier than any folk I've ever heard. It's the motherlode; Harry Smith wandered around and got these recordings before radio started, and thus we get true folk music, passed down the generations and from that area, or from the motherland of the musicians, with the spirit of the New World.
The vibes are palpable, varied, and intense. Lots of "mistakes", but so much feeling that missed notes only add to the experience.
If you've ever liked any folk music at all, whether Leadbelly, the Seegers, the Carter family, early Dylan, or if you need to know where real country music comes from, this is your collection. ... Read More:

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Sweet Life

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by: Catie Curtis

Release Date September 09, 2008
There are some truly haunting performances here, and some funny ones, and some of everything, really. This stuff is so far deeper and weirder and spookier than any folk I've ever heard. It's the motherlode; Harry Smith wandered around and got these recordings before radio started, and thus we get true folk music, passed down the generations and from that area, or from the motherland of the musicians, with the spirit of the New World.
The vibes are palpable, varied, and intense. Lots of "mistakes", but so much feeling that missed notes only add to the experience.
If you've ever liked any folk music at all, whether Leadbelly, the Seegers, the Carter family, early Dylan, or if you need to know where real country music comes from, this is your collection. ... Read More:

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Five Leaves Left

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by: Nick Drake

Release Date May 06, 2003
Pink Moon was dark as they come, but Five Leaves Left, despite others saying it is the most depressing of the three, or some other stuff, it's like an autumn morning. Or a dark night on the river. It's also longer, and features more than just the guitar. Nothing is as naked as Pink Moon, but Five Leaves Left is beautiful, and, if you have the ears, becomes apparent with the first seven seconds of The Thoughts of Mary Jane (though to me it seems about drugs).

Five Leaves Left takes me on a journey to the rivers, forests, star-filled sky, and sunsets (sometimes with a girl on my side, sometimes not). Drake's lyrics, as always, are filled with lyrics of hope , depression, life. Sometime, I really need to take a music based journey to the places that conjure ... Read More:

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Diamonds & Rust

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by: Joan Baez

Release Date October 25, 1990
As a lifelong Judas Priest fan, l borrowed this album from someone who owned it to hear the original version of the title track. Judas Priest did a memorable version of this on their ''Unleashed ln The East (Live ln Japan)'', as well as an unplugged version on their reunion tour a couple of years ago. WH0A!!! This low key, folksy version kicks Judas Priest's hard and heavy, full octane version's butt. You can picture the gray overcast afternoon in Washington Square in Joan's version.

The rest of the album needs some getting used to, but l can listen to ''Diamonds And Rust'' over and over again on repeat for hours.

CD-Charts Position 149
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The Missing Years

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by: John Prine

Release Date September 24, 1991
John Prine is one of my favorite artists. This album highlights his talent very well. It's been good to visit with him again.

CD-Charts Position 150
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Another Side of Bob Dylan

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by: Bob Dylan

Release Date June 01, 2004
Yes folks, this is indeed a pivotal work by perhaps the greatest songwriter of the post war "baby-boomer" generation. Here is where the cute folky Bobby Dylan, who sang of cannon balls firing and hard rain's fallin' came to extol the virtues of being "oh so much older then" and being "younger than that now". Just listen to the older more world weary 23 year old Bob Dylan singing about La Dolce Vita and a "Motocycle Nightmare" tale. "No No No It Ain't Me Babe"....But who exactly is this troubador spinning yarns about a "Spanish Harlem Incidents" and gazing upon the "Chimes of Freedom" flashing.

Dylan was merely reaching his stride when he recorded "Another Side of Bob Dylan". Sure Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde and Blood On The Tracks would further reveal the depths of his ... Read More: