All Artists: Garth Hudson Title: Sea to the North Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Dreamsville Release Date: 12/17/2001 Album Type: Import Genres: New Age, Pop Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Garth Hudson Sea to the North Genres: New Age, Pop
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CD ReviewsDoesn't Show Off Garth's Compositional Ability Jonathan Lyness | 07/17/2002 (3 out of 5 stars) "I'm a big fan of The Band and Garth Hudson, and after seeing Garth improvise so brilliantly on the "making of the Brown Album" DVD, I expected his CD to be full of the same sort of stuff. Complex chord changes, sophisticated melody lines, tons of snakey keyboard runs...that's what I expected. And to be fair, the last song does fall into that category...it's terrific.But the rest of the album relies too heavily on jamming, studio trickery, and input from other people aside from Hudson. With a mind as brilliant as Garth's at your disposal, why record a lengthy jam session based on a boring 2-chord progression? Why insert trippy overdubs and noises, when hearing Garth simply PLAY is much more exciting.Wanted to love this, but didn't. Maybe you will." Nicely, nicely....ummm... loce_the_wizard | 06/29/2003 (3 out of 5 stars) "This is one of those "I really wanted to like this album" reviews. And I did want to like it, insofar as Garth Hudson is a master musician who was the unassuming "glue" to The Band and their albums. He's also done guest turns for other performers that both compliment them quite well and shine as Hudson's own moments. Unfortunately, his first solo album, is...immaculate and that's about it. Nothing offends, but nothing really engages you either, certainly not on the level of Hudson's previously-mentioned musical contributions. Maybe you have to hear it late at night just before you retire for the album to kick in. But that leaves you in danger of snozzing through most of it. Sorry to say, but "immaculate," "pleasant" and "nice" just don't translate into "interesting" in this case." My Favorite CD David L. Zuck | Chaska, MN USA | 10/11/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Awesome piano, accordian and sax... Beautiful vocals... Go ahead, treat yourself to this one..."
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