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Amy Denio
Amy Denio - Greatest Hits
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Jazz

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. [When George Bush Was Head Of The] C.I.A. (Tone Dogs)
2. Secret Crush (Tone Dogs)
3. Brave It (Tone Dogs)
4. Traffic Island Psycho (Tone Dogs)
5. What Is Free To A Good Home (Curlew with Amy Denio)
6. Exiles
7. Birthing Chair Blues
8. Czechered Pyjamas
9. Sit Still
10. Salvatore ([EC] Nudes)
11. Dishwasher
12. Psycho Marlboro
13. Air Drone (Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet)
14. Axis (Pale Nudes)
15. Funeral Music (FoMoFlo)
16. You Never Call Me Anymore (Pale Nudes)
17. Hey Hey #3
18. Les Sons Se R?pondent (Pale Nudes)
19. Ambaraba Ci Ci Co Co (Die Kn?del)

CD Details

All Artists: Amy Denio
Title: Amy Denio - Greatest Hits
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Unit Circle Rekkids
Original Release Date: 5/18/1999
Re-Release Date: 6/3/2003
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Jazz
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Contemporary Folk, Avant Garde & Free Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 619324261341

Synopsis

Album Description

When Amy approached us about putting out a Greatest Hits album, we were ecstatic. Amy has produced an amazing amount of excellent music over her career. It was a hard time figuring out which pieces to use. Luckily for us, MØ re Music, in Italy, had produced a limited-edition version of a Greatest Hits album and had picked almost the perfect tracks. We augmented their choices with some of our own, including newer material. The result is as much as we could have ever hoped for. A collection of material from an artist with a long and distinguished career that succeeds in showing where she has been and where she is going.

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CD Reviews

Different - - - In a Good Way

Harvest Moon | Grand Prairie, TX USA | 10/28/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Absolutely wonderful. Hard to categorize. A little jazz, some ambient, a bit of French bubble gum... If you appreciate music by Kate Bush, early Throwing Muses, or the Red House Painters, you'll probably enjoy it."

Fortunately good music exists

Bruno Gran | 01/07/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I went to a concert last night where Amy Denio was guest artist with the Relache Ensemble Music at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. I was immediately struck by the quality of her music when she started singing daring overtones with her voice and accordion. I have a gift for recognizing good quality music (maybe I should say ...the music I like!, but you know what I mean), my simple categories are: "good", "bad", "deserves more listening". Amy is strikingly good. She seems to me like a serious "researcher". Sometimes I wonder about music genres, "what happened to jazz", where is the good "research" going? In this example, no need for labels: it is just good music. Denio's pieces, some of them composed for the Relache music ensemble, were the artistic highlights of the evening. The musical atmosphere was intense, well-structured, intelligent, sometimes painful (but never indulgent), sometimes very humorous (in some sudden changes of rhythm). Some compositions suggest a long, tough process of personal maturation ("Hopeful ID" was the interesting title of one of the pieces at the concert; I wonder if that refers to "identity", and/or has a more Freudian connotation). Back to the "Greatest hits" CD. I bought it at the concert and found the quality I expected. This is a collection of songs with different groups (or solo) over more than 10 years. I will just mention my favorites: "Secret crush" (interesting combination of instruments with alto sax and cymbals among others), "Traffic island Psycho" (I would call this a...psychiatric text! see also "Psycho marlboro"), "Salvatore" (Italian...salad, see the Ferrari-amore-mozzarella text; this one has a good change of rhythm), "Funeral music" (good use of the alto sax; not at all sad as the title would suggest), "you never call me anymore" (accordion and bass go well together; oops there is another "psycho" here...this one is I would say "psycho-humoristic"! and boy, what a voice!), "Les sons se repondent" (good bunch of players), "Ambaraba ci ci co co" (Italian filastrocca - yes I am from Italy - makes me curious about the "Non lo so, Polo" album; please note the closing "ci ci"!). Conclusion: I recommend this album to anyone interested in good music and art in general (which is rare: Amy, sincere congratulations). Enjoy."