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The SWS Reviews Thread
I guess the reviews of the album are going to start coming in any day now so we should have a thread for them all together.
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http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/08/25...top-cd-reviews
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^That is a glorious review.
I laughed at the Calgary Sun singling out Lindsey's "high whispery vocal." Ummm, I'd rather he not become known for that. Michele |
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Thanks for these reviews. They've made me even more excited. I just wish Linds would care a little about singles and the success of the album. I mean, it's great he just wants it to be out there, but as a major fan, I want it to succeed with some promotion. |
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http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011...s-we-sow-2011/
Rock music, uncategorized — August 29, 2011 9:39 am Lindsey Buckingham – Seeds We Sow (2011) Posted by Nick DeRiso You keep waiting for Lindsey Buckingham, the old rebel, to soften into middle-aged acceptance, to conform. This isn’t that record. Credit Buckingham for never trading true emotion for sentiment. Seeds We Sow is as hard eyed as it is musically ambitious — beginning with its abruptly confessional album-opening title track. “In Our Own Time” follows, as Buckingham reminisces about a lost love amidst an almost mathematical cascade. “This time I think she’s gone for good,” Buckingham says, then adds: “But I never really know.” Then all of the implications, all of those hurt feelings, all of the still-burning confusion, are echoed in his frenetic, contradictory chording. It’s a triumphal marrying of words and music, and not the last one. “Illumination,” with a smack-you-around rhythm and smart lyricism, becomes the first echo of his familiar Fleetwood Mac-era mixture of angular pop musicality and the angry admonition. That makes the initially prosaic, old-timey texture of “That’s The Way Love Goes” all the more devastatingly effective. Just when Buckingham has lulled you into a sense of safe melancholy, however, he rips off a series of brick-loosening riffs. Love can be like that too, all soft and safe, then heart-splashingly, completely over. Buckingham, awake in the middle of the night chasing regrets, drags us across a desolate dreamscape on the echo-laden, pulsing “Stars Are Crazy.” It’s a song of hollow majesty. Then “When She Comes Down” bursts out, powered by a sky-high multi-tracked vocal that runs completely counter to its crepuscule subject matter. Back in their prime, this track probably would have been swiped for a new Fleetwood Mac album. Just like that, though, Buckingham begins banjoing through “Rock Away Blind,” a staggering lament. Those days, he seems to be saying, are gone. And maybe that’s a good thing. After all, his old band might have struggled with the complexity of “One Take” – a tune that seems to set up as a moment of repentance, with somebody answering for whatever missteps happened along the way. Not in Buckingham’s hands. Looping a half dozen singing Lindseys over a torrent of strangely metallic blues licks, he doesn’t sound sorry — not at all — on this brutally frank rocker. So, yeah, Seeds We Sow, due on Sept. 6, certainly has its dark moments, culminating with “She Smiled Sweetly.” Sung in an after-midnight whisper, the track doesn’t even try to sort out the mysteries of life, much less of women. Yet, there is a lasting transformative quality to tracks like “Gone Too Far,” this clanking piece of pop confection; and “End of Time,” a surprisingly upbeat moment of ambivalence that again belies its title. Taken together, they end up imbuing this project with a pleasing thematic rhythm, as Buckingham ultimately finds purchase somewhere between striving for community and feeling his oats. Makes sense. Buckingham, for all of the things he rejects, for all of the things that piss him off and make him play the guitar in a bloody-fingered rage, was never about nothingness. Buckingham’s music, in a move that belied his era, didn’t settle for cheap thrills, quick answers — or something so obvious and easy as nihilism. And, lucky for us, it still doesn’t. ------------- I really liked that review! They've all been good so far! |
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Ha!
I think it's hilarious how when we (the general public, not we on this board) read reviews from critics who love what we love, we are happy with them and say they know what they are talking about. Then, when they hate what we love, it's "Stupid critics, they don't know what the h*ll they are talking about!"
It's just funny to me, dat's all. GREAT reviews, but I think most music critics love LB. It's the general public that's always going "WTH is this?" Heh.
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Seeds We Sow (Mind Kit) ★★★★ 1/2 Stars (out of 5) It's a good year for the two pillars of Fleetwood Mac's best-known records. Stevie Nicks, forever the group's most identifiable face in her space-cadet witch regalia, surprised skeptics in May with the unexpectedly solid In Your Dreams. Lindsey Buckingham, the real visionary behind the lush, sparkling Mac sound that once sold records into the platinum stratosphere, does not surprise us at all: with Seeds We Sow, he delivers yet another terrific collection of songs. Buckingham's solo career has been a matter of one reliable gem after another, so there's always a danger of simply taking his modest little masterworks for granted. The multi-instrumentalist and gifted songwriter never returns to form because the standard has yet to slip. Like his last two releases, Under the Skin (2006) and Gift of Screws (2008), the new disc - his sixth studio recording and first self-released effort - is defined by Buckingham's hyperactive acoustic fingerpicking and ultra-melodic hooks. The wonderfully familiar pattern is quickly established by the title track, which opens the album, and In Our Own Time, which follows it. As usual, one of Buckingham's most intriguing quirks is that it's sometimes hard to lock into the groove of his songs: a chorus will come around and you're looking for the natural place to move your head with the rhythm. In Our Own Time and That's the Way That Love Goes are perfect examples. On the latter, the guitarist wails contentedly with two bare-bones electric solos. Playing virtually all the instruments and doing his own producing and mixing, Buckingham manages to make an insular work sound far-reaching and timeless. Rockers like Illumination and One Take alternate with dreamier tracks like Gone Too Far, which is the most obvious Mac sound-alike on the disc, and When She Comes Down, which evokes the Irish folksong Wild Mountain Thyme as well as Brian Wilson's sunnier choral beds. Once again, Buckingham raids the deep tracks in the Rolling Stones' mid-`60s catalogue. Having covered I Am Waiting on Under the Skin, he closes the new album with a haunting version of She Smiled Sweetly, surely one of the most tuneful beauties in the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards oeuvre. If the recurring themes of betrayal and distance add a blue note to the proceedings, the music on this disc overflows with joy. Never take it for granted. - Bernard Perusse Montreal Gazette http://www.canada.com/Reviews+Montre...762/story.html |
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Guitar Omnivore
http://www.guitaromnivore.com/2011/0...medium=twitter
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 Best Guitar Cds of the Week - Week of 09/06/2011 Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow Lindsey Buckingham fans are in for a treat. All the things you would want from a Buckingham solo album,the slightly oddball arrangements,the lush Beach Boys inspired background vocals,the unique finger style guitar, are not only here but are better than ever. Headphone listeners in particular will have fun as Buckingham,who handled all of the mixing and production duties,has his trademark guitar tone doing all manner of cool tricks in the stereo field.It is,of course,the guitar in particular that caught my attention. There is an impressive amount of drool-worthy playing that never takes away from the focus of the song. I was also surprised to notice that this is the first time Buckingham,a noted control freak,has released something on his own label. The freedom seems to suit him well. Instead of leading to self indulgence,Buckingham has released his most intimated and focused solo album thus far. No word on a solo tour yet but Buckingham reports he's hoping for a Fleetwood Mac tour in 2011. EDIT: huh - no word on the solo tour?!?!?! - people should really read up on what they are writing from time to time! Last edited by elle; 09-06-2011 at 11:21 AM.. |
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doesn't like production?
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...e-sow-20110906
Lindsey Buckingham Seeds We Sow Mind Kit Rolling Stone: 3/5 star rating By WILL HERMES SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 Lindsey Buckingham's 2008 Gift of Screws, assembled with some of his Fleetwood Mac compadres, was a shockingly good set from a dude who hardly needed to prove anything. This self-released and -produced LP is a true solo affair. The best moments - the title track, the Rumours-echoing "Rock Away Blind" - show a sweet guitar picker, a haunting high-tenor and an unmistakable melodic touch. But the recording suffers from thin, uneven sound and, on tracks like "Stars Are Crazy," a surfeit of muddling reverb. Sometimes a man needs to go it alone, but sometimes it's good to bring your buds. Listen to "Seeds We Sow": |
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IOOT review
http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/n...medium=twitter
Lindsey Buckingham 'In Our Own Time' SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham has mellowed a lot with age, but he's never stopped being an artistically restless type. "In Our Own Time," a highlight from his new self-released solo album Seeds We Sow, finds an interesting middle ground between the serene, cascading finger-picked guitar parts of his more recent work with the offbeat, manic qualities of his early solo material. There's some studio trickery in evidence on the recording, but this live performance clip showcases Buckingham's ability to play dazzling, super-fast arpeggios on his guitar. Related • Lindsey Buckingham: Fleetwood Mac Will Return Next Year |
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Recording Buddies
"But the recording suffers from thin, uneven sound and, on tracks like "Stars Are Crazy," a surfeit of muddling reverb. Sometimes a man needs to go it alone, but sometimes it's good to bring your buds."
While Mick and John are mainly studio players when it comes to LB's recent work, back in the heydey, I think they brought a different perspective that made the whole greater than the sum of it's parts. I personally feel the same way about Richard Dashut's involvement. That may be (for me) what sets OOTC (and LB's songs on FM albums through 1990) apart from LB's recent efforts (beginning with GOS original effort in the mid to late 90s). While there are some gems, the entire CDs have not been that I would listen to them without skipping some songs. Some of the live songs have the Neale Heywood influence (that "musical sensibilities") that make them that much more enjoyable. I will probably end up liking the live "Stars Are Crazy" better than the studio version, once it is released with the DVD. |
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