Seeds We Sow -- First Impressions

[Dodfather]

Just got an e-mail from Play.com to say that my order for Seeds We Sow has been dispatched. I should get it in a couple of days - most likely on release date. Excellent!

[Silver Springs]

Mine doesn't dispatch until tomorrow because my Mother pre ordered with Amazon (obviously I paid. She just has the credit card) against my initial plans. The git. Knowing my luck it'll come on the 5th....of October.

[D.W-Suite]

Just heard the new album there. Absolutely amazing. Lost for words after hearing it.

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by D.W-Suite

Just heard the new album there. Absolutely amazing. Lost for words after hearing it.

Lucky! I wish Belfast had the same release date as down south so I could go and get it now...

[Madness Fades]

Wifey just picked up the CD for me in Dundalk,
It is currently in her possession, this is going to be the longest Friday in work, In the history of Longest Fridays.
5 hrs 55 mins to go.

[Peestie]

But just think what a good Friday evening you're going to have. It'll be all the better for the anticipation

[Nico]

with this new album. Seriously, it is absolutely perfection. I don't think I have felt this strongly about one of LB's solo albums aside from OOTC. I absolutely can't believe how stunning it is. I am speechless. Of course, he never fails to amaze me but I am telling you all this is a work of art. I'm not posting this to boast because I did get it a little early, I just had to share and hopefully everyone will be able to express their thoughts once they have heard it.

I actually can't pick out a favorite because I am so blown away by it all. You know that thing LB said about it being his "best work?" Ummm....I'm almost feeling like "HELL YEAH!"

[BombaySapphire3]

If it as good or better than OOTC then that is really something .I consider OOTC one of the top five best albums ever released by Fleetwood Mac or any of it's past or present members.Looking forward to hearing it on Tuesday and to seeing Lindsey perform the songs in Napa next month!

[AmbrFireflie]

I agree! The 3 songs I have heard are so amazing I'm beside myself! I have loved under the skin and GOS from recent years, but after awhile I always go back to OOTC! I think this new cd will be the the best of Lindsey we have heard yet. So excited to see him in Allegany Both he and Stevie are writing amazing songs, and I hope they keep it going either with FM, or a BN reunion!

[D.W-Suite]

I agree. For me, this is his best album without a doubt. Love the percussion on it. I'll admit I was wrong about Stars are Crazy, I suppose it was just so frantic you couldn't tell how it would be from the clip. All 11 songs on this album are amazing. I find myself in the position whilst listening to it that I'm loving whatever song is playing, but I also simultaneously want to be listening to the other 10 songs also.

[Nico]

It's such a perfect album I almost can't begin reviewing it, but I will attempt to as soon as I can think objectively. I have to say, we are all aware that this man's guitar-playing is simply incomparable, but it is so amazing on here, in those segues between each moment in a song- those transitions from verse-to-chorus or what have you- that it is literally jaw-dropping.

Plus the songs are all so amazing!! Kristen did a FANTASTIC job sequencing as well. I tip my hat to her because each song flows so perfectly into the next. I can't even...as someone who has always been in love with Lindsey solo, this is even a milestone for me.

[wondergirl9847]

I'm super sleepy, so one listen before I hit the bed, but I HAD to listen!!

Seeds We Sow - GREAT opener! I love the ending guitar part...it's stunningly gorgeous. I love the echoing of "seeds we sow".

In Our Own Time - What a great melody! Such a great shuffle-esque quality to it. I know this will sound strange, but it reminds me of some Wild West tune. I have no idea.

Illumination - I loved this when I heard it from his live concert. This version sounds more contained, so I like the live version better, but this is such a freaky cool song! The waterfall effect of that guitar is mesmerizing. Such a catchy chorus too. Earworm.

That's the Way Love Goes - First impression is video game lullaby. LOL Oh Lindsey. I prefer the versus over the chorus...those versus give me a lump in my throat and I'm not entirely sure why. They sound so tender, I think. This sounds like it could have gone on GOS.

Stars Are Crazy - The melody of the opening guitar is friggin' gorgeous. I think this one is better live too. His voice soars on it. The acoustic guitar porn on this album is INSANE. I like that the song mentions stars and it sounds so ethereal.

When She Comes Down - Am I crazy that the chorus sounds almost gospel-ish? Interesting! I love when he lets his voice soar. There is so much going on in this song...good gravy.

Rock Away Blind - HUGE smile on my face when he got to the chorus. That guitar work is....there are no words. And there are the tears welling up at the ending guitar. GORGEOUS.

One Take - HOLY CRAP. The quickness in his delivery! Hello Bad*SS Lindsey! HA!

Gone Too Far - This has an 80's feel to me. I love the 80's so I dig it!

End of Time - Oooh, when it started I sang "What's the world comin' to." EEK!! Thank goodness it wasn't that song. Heh.

She Smiled Sweetly - I've always liked this song. What a terrific ender! I like the new recording of his vocals.

Bonus Tracks:

End of Time (Acoustic Version) - I definitely like this better than the album version. It's just this side of country/pop to me. There goes that soaring voice again! YAY!

Seeds We Sow (Electric Version) - WTH? LOL Well, this is some spacey stuff. I'm not liking this really. I prefer the album version.

[BlueGrass]

My first impressions...


The songs definitely seem to collectively flow together better than the past two albums, maybe it's because all the old GOS material spread out over the last two albums changed the listening experience for me...

Album really picks up with Stars to When She Comes Down to Rock Away Blind. Very shimmery album. I do think he belts it better on the live version of Stars too, though. Don't Care for One Take really. Sounds like he's trying too hard to put a bad ass song on the album. I love the electric version of Seeds We Sow though! Interesting stuff going on in the background...Gone Too Far is prolly the most OOTC-eque of the songs, but the album as a whole does not remind me of OOTC...

[michelej1]

Save me. It's gone too far.

SortaSavage once outdid himself with a chart comparing feelings different websites had for each of the bandmembers. I don't want to fall into a cliche, but if someone's a leather clad deity, why deny it? Why keep trying to pretend otherwise? Resistance is futile.

Seeds We Sow - I think this one would have worked as well or better as a closer. My favorite part is the end, where his whisper flutters over the guitar.

In Our Own Time The fire just doesn't burn as fiercely as it did live.
The chorus loses some force, I miss trailing from "still in my mind" to the fury of "it wouldn't make any difference. We crossed that line." I think the song loses some of its meaning when you lose that sharp contrast. I think the song speaks of both regret and resentment and the album version doesn't capture the two tones as well.

Illumination - I like it, but it sounds like he's singing with a wad of gum (or worse) lodged in his cheek.


That's the Way Love Goes - I don't really like the helium voice, but at the end of this song it works with the way "it goes, it goes, it goes . . . " It's like the song is winding up to bat, just as it's ending. What are the lyrics? He went into her dungeon and saw her secret??


When She Comes Down - I agree that this one has an almost gospel quality. Of course, the layered vocals does indeed make you think of harmonies past. If there's one song for which you call Christine up and ask her to join you, this would be that one. The song has a rise and swell that's so uplifting that I almost resent Lindsey coming in and breaking it up. When I read the lyrics posted, I thought "now she's falling" meant falling in love. But the way Lindsey delivers that line in a halting, discordant fashion, I now understand that he means she's falling down the stairs and breaking her neck! I'd prefer not to have the flow of the song interrupted. But it's quite beautiful.


One Take - Incredible. This guy will not die. His guitar will catch fire during the guitar solo on this song and he'll ascend straight into heaven. Put a halo on it. Oh and the way he drops it down at the end, weakening as the middle class disappears . . . as a statement, I find it much more effective than Peacekeeper or WTWCT. THAT'S RIGHT.

Gone Too Far - Obviously, the more I listen, my preferences will change, but right now this is my favorite. So beautiful and vulnerable.

She Smiled Sweetly - Don't like the vocals. At one point he gets so husky and breathy it sounds like a porn call.

This is a masterpiece. I'm not going to say it's my favorite, because I still like GOS, weigh them both in total, and GOS might win out for me. But the peaks on this album reach an almost spiritual level. Reaching up to the crazy stars.

Michele

[Silver Springs]

Well my CD just arrived, so I'll be gone about a week now bahaha! *Closes self off to listen*