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	Erica Smith Friend or Foe Genres: Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock Track Listings (9) - Disc #1 31st Avenue Thanks Just the Same A War Is On Johnny Come Down to Hilo Wayfaring Stranger Love YOu All the Way Oh, Death Rose In Winter Pretty Saro Lush pop, soul, and twang, with a touch of traditional roots-and-blues mayhem.
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CD Details

All Artists: Erica Smith
Title: Friend or Foe
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Listen Here! Records
Original Release Date: 10/29/2002
Release Date: 10/29/2002
Genres: Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Traditional Blues, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 628740662625

Synopsis

Album Description

Lush pop, soul, and twang, with a touch of traditional roots-and-blues mayhem.

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CD Reviews

Reprise, and promise fulfilled

Wayne Lobb | Sudbury, MA United States | 03/09/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Following her monochrome and moving debut album, Erica Smith's "friend or foe" is color with a full range of backup instruments. Her voice remains pure and intimate across a collage of traditional and modern melodies that contain many happy surprises. Most striking about this album are her three superb compositions "31st Avenue," "A War Is On" and "Love You All The Way" (the last reprised from her first album). These are rich songs, in the vein of Gillian Welch and Leonard Cohen. "A War" is powerful. The mp3 downloads represent the album perfectly. They led me to buy both of Erica's albums and soon become a champion of her music with anyone who'll listen."

Brilliant stuff

E. C Goodstein | Northern CA United States | 07/26/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great album IMO-- this one expands the basic folk of her first-- but in a good way-- very nice arrangements, esp. on the more
trad. ones like "O Death" (amazing performance IMO) & "Johnny
Come Down to Hilo." & her take on Carolyn Hall's "Thanks Just the Same"--- brilliant song-- as strong or more so than CH's. In a way, Smith (& Hall too) are a return to the pristine sound of early '60's Joan Baez & Judy Collins, with some elements recalling Pentangle. But especially Smith is very contemporary too. One of the best albums of the year I think."