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Dar Williams
Dar Williams: The Beauty of the Rain
Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Mercy Of The Fallen
2. Farewell To The Old Me
3. I Saw A Bird Fly Away
4. The Beauty Of The Rain
5. The World's Not Falling Apart
6. The One Who Knows
7. Closer To Me
8. Fishing In The Morning
9. Whispering Pines
10. Your Fire Your Soul
11. I Have Lost My Dreams

CD Details

All Artists: Dar Williams
Title: Dar Williams: The Beauty of the Rain
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Silverline
Original Release Date: 1/1/2004
Re-Release Date: 11/23/2004
Album Type: Dual Disc
Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Adult Alternative, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 676628413326

Synopsis

Album Description

Dar Williams delivers her most stunning work to date with The Beauty Of The Rain, showcasing a new, fuller sound and her master at mapping out the emotional terrain of people whose lives are in transition. Produced by Rob Hyman (Joan Osborne, Hooters) and Stewart Lerman (Laurie Anderson), The Beauty Of The Rain features guest appearances by a remarkable roster of talent: platinum artist Alison Krauss on vocals, Bela Fleck on banjo, John Popper (Blues Traveler) manning the harmonica and backup vocals, Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band) on bass, electro-jazz wiz John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood) on keyboards, Chris Botti on trumpet, and Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident) on fiddle. Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, John Medeski, Stefan Lessard, Chris Botti and John Popper among guests joining Dar on this album. A DualDisc is a two-sided disc made up of a CD on one side and a DVD on the other, DualDisc?s breakthrough technology allows one disc to have it all. A full album on the CD side. All sorts of special material on the DVD side, including the full album in a 5.1 Surround Sound, exclusive video content and lyrics. DualDisc work wherever you play CD?s and DVD?s, including car stereos, PC?s DVD Players, game consoles and CD players.

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CD Reviews

Love Dar. Love this album. DualDisc? Not so much.

Kevin Nicholls | Milford, MI | 11/13/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this to replace the CD version that mysteriously disappeared from my collection.

I figured the DualDisc was worth the extra money and wait, since Amazon never seems to have it in stock.

Yes, you get lyrics and pictures on the DVD side. Three pictures. And they're the background images for the lyrics, which makes the DualDisc "experience" not unlike watching a really long PowerPoint presentation with great music. Four of the "slides" even have pictures of Dar! (Do you see where I'm going with this?)

The audio is allegedly 5.1 on the DVD side. I'm willing to believe this, since my receiver switches to a 5.1 mode... but my speakers tell a different story. Listening to the CD side on the same system (set to 7-channel stereo) didn't produce a noticeably different sound.

There was no video to be found, unless you count the animated "Silverline" logo, and there were 13 additional pictures, which, frankly, aren't very good.

For added fun, the CD side "mysteriously" works on all of my DVD and CD players, except for the ones in my computers. So, you can imagine what an awesome time I had getting this album in to my iPod.

So... if you like Dar Williams (even a little), you absolutely must own The Beauty of the Rain. But unless you like paying more money, waiting a long time, and DRM, you're better off getting the normal CD version."