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Frank Lee Sprague
Fulton Chateau
Genre: Pop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Can't Deny
2. Around the World in 80 Minutes (but no love)
3. Truth
4. She Don't Miss Me
5. You Don't Know
6. Destruction
7. Someday You'll Change Your Mind
8. Seduced, Betrayed
9. My Prayer
10. In the End
11. Out of my Reach
12. Marraige
13. Till the day I Die
14. And I Still Love You
15. It's Not Right
16. Awakening
17. End of the Lies
18. A Free Man
19. Beautiful Starry Eyes
20. I Don't Want You

Frank Lee Sprague s Fulton Chateau is a meditation on love lost or squandered, opportunities missed and lovers estranged. Like its companion album, the highly acclaimed Fulton Avenue, the songs are acoustic-based, yet dive... more »rse in song structure, with wholly original harmonic progressions and unforgettable melodies. The songs take the listener on a stark journey through heartache and regret, but never quite despair. Fulton Chateau s highlights are numerous. Can t Deny leads off, setting the tone for what s to come, with a plaintive, world-weary melody sung with passionate tenderness. You Don t Know is a haunting, harmony-filled ballad, so heartfelt and yearning it stays with the listener long after it s over. One of the most unusual and intense songs is In the End, which includes a backdrop of Duane Eddy-style tremolo guitar and effective spoken verses. Other standouts include the contemplative It s not Right, with string quartet backing, Seduced, Betrayed, and its Everly Brothers-style duet singing, reminiscent of Frank s work as one half of the fabulous Sprague Brothers, and the edgy and impassioned Out of My Reach. Fulton Chateau proper closes with the lovely, atmospheric, Awakening, one of several wordless sound-paintings which serves to heighten the album s mood. Keep listening after the final chord. As always, Frank Lee Sprague provides a rich trove of bonus tracks, this time with a full band. Among the standouts, I Don t Want You is a ferocious rocker, tough, catchy, and explosive, while A Free Man finds a country-rock groove with a melody so catchy it would climb the Top 40 charts in a better world. Backed by a full orchestra, Frank Lee Sprague leaves us for now with a softly crooned lullaby, Beautiful Starry Eyes. Fulton Chateau is beautifully textured, carefully crafted art, but above all, it is soulful, the work of a musician and songwriter who lives and feels what he writes about. Known for his unparalleled ability to synthesize authentic rock n roll styles into his own West Texas imprint, Frank Lee Sprague s work has wowed reviewers in Rolling Stone, Playboy, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other magazines and newspapers. He has appeared on CBS nationwide television and National Public Radio, and performed live around the world, including several successful tours of Japan. Over the last few years, this charismatic songwriter and musician has recorded and released the critically acclaimed albums, Merseybeat, Cavern, Merry Merseybeat Christmas and Fulton Avenue, while also revered by fans for his long-time work as leader of the fabulous rock n roll duo, the Sprague Brothers.

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All Artists: Frank Lee Sprague
Title: Fulton Chateau
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Wichita Falls Records
Release Date: 11/20/2008
Genre: Pop
Style: Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 634479948206

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Frank Lee Sprague s Fulton Chateau is a meditation on love lost or squandered, opportunities missed and lovers estranged. Like its companion album, the highly acclaimed Fulton Avenue, the songs are acoustic-based, yet diverse in song structure, with wholly original harmonic progressions and unforgettable melodies. The songs take the listener on a stark journey through heartache and regret, but never quite despair. Fulton Chateau s highlights are numerous. Can t Deny leads off, setting the tone for what s to come, with a plaintive, world-weary melody sung with passionate tenderness. You Don t Know is a haunting, harmony-filled ballad, so heartfelt and yearning it stays with the listener long after it s over. One of the most unusual and intense songs is In the End, which includes a backdrop of Duane Eddy-style tremolo guitar and effective spoken verses. Other standouts include the contemplative It s not Right, with string quartet backing, Seduced, Betrayed, and its Everly Brothers-style duet singing, reminiscent of Frank s work as one half of the fabulous Sprague Brothers, and the edgy and impassioned Out of My Reach. Fulton Chateau proper closes with the lovely, atmospheric, Awakening, one of several wordless sound-paintings which serves to heighten the album s mood. Keep listening after the final chord. As always, Frank Lee Sprague provides a rich trove of bonus tracks, this time with a full band. Among the standouts, I Don t Want You is a ferocious rocker, tough, catchy, and explosive, while A Free Man finds a country-rock groove with a melody so catchy it would climb the Top 40 charts in a better world. Backed by a full orchestra, Frank Lee Sprague leaves us for now with a softly crooned lullaby, Beautiful Starry Eyes. Fulton Chateau is beautifully textured, carefully crafted art, but above all, it is soulful, the work of a musician and songwriter who lives and feels what he writes about. Known for his unparalleled ability to synthesize authentic rock n roll styles into his own West Texas imprint, Frank Lee Sprague s work has wowed reviewers in Rolling Stone, Playboy, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other magazines and newspapers. He has appeared on CBS nationwide television and National Public Radio, and performed live around the world, including several successful tours of Japan. Over the last few years, this charismatic songwriter and musician has recorded and released the critically acclaimed albums, Merseybeat, Cavern, Merry Merseybeat Christmas and Fulton Avenue, while also revered by fans for his long-time work as leader of the fabulous rock n roll duo, the Sprague Brothers.

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CD Reviews

LOVE, THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE

Scott S. Springer | 12/19/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"LOVE---Its loss, its gain, its cruelty, its regret, its despair, its triumph, and its defeat. It's all right here in Frank Lee Sprague's newest cd called "Fulton Chateau." These 20 songs are so striking in their feeling and honesty that upon listening to them it's hard not to get caught up in the intense emotion. As with his "Fulton Avenue" release a couple of years ago, "Fulton Chateau" is mostly acoustic based with the majority being just Frank and his acoustic guitar. Seldom does a musical artist play an acoustic guitar so enticingly that it makes you freeze in the moment and envelops you so completely during the performance of the song. This happens over and over on "Fulton Chateau." Frank's vocals are just downright perfect for these songs and can leave an everlasting cavern in the middle of your heart. It's not an understatement to say that the haunting melodies of these tunes with their sad lament to lost love will endure beyond the first hearing by the listener because they are all so uniquely memorable. Here you will find some of the most starkly beautiful songs that have ever been written down on paper. "Can't Deny" opens the cd with the acceptance of love and the loss of it in the most tender way with the lyrics "When I think about you, I can't help but miss you and I can't deny love." With these words you know that you're about to take a musical journey with "Fulton Chateau" that can have a profound effect. Followed up by "Around The World In 80 Minutes (but no love)"--a great title by the way and with more telling lyrics such as "She took me around the world and back again, I went so far with her but never again." Five songs in we arrive at one of the most gorgeous tunes Frank has ever written called "You Don't Know." This song can literally break your heart in two. When Frank sings "You don't know the horror I feel when I dream you're here and I wake to an empty room" you realize that this was a love affair that will never be completely over and all you can do is go on with some measure of hope to get through such a devastating loss and all of this with such articulate phrasing and punctuation of Frank's acoustic guitar leading the way. This is followed by "Destruction" which is a short acoustic instrumental interlude of sorts that almost acts as a sad refrain to "You Don't Know." The sheer depth of soul that exudes from these songs is truly astounding and this applies to every track on the album. As you listen to other songs such as "Someday You'll Change Your Mind", "Out Of My Reach", "Till The Day I Die", "And I Still Love You", "It's Not Right", and "I Don't Want You", one can imagine the struggle to accept what has happened in these relationships and the hurt that remains. But, there is also the possibility of looking forward to a new day even though that new day might start with an ending. And the punch line regarding this new day comes in the song "End Of The Lies." This is a lovely song with Frank singing "Now you're gone and we're through, I won't ever have to look in your eyes, that's the end of you and that's the end of the lies." So, the resignation, the pain, the relief, the sadness, the hurt, the loneliness, and the longing that is love are all laid bare by this exceptional musician. Frank Lee Sprague's acoustic masterpiece "Fulton Chateau" is not for the faint of heart and is a place where only the strongest survive."