Lisa Loeb - Tails

Artist:

Loeb, Lisa

UPC:

720642473429

See Also:

Vega, Suzanne Taylor, James (Soft Rock) Merchant, Natalie Dylan, Bob Mitchell, Joni

Description:

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories: Lisa Loeb (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Jonathan Feinberg (acoustic guitar, drums, percussion); Tim Bright (electric guitar); Joe Quigley (bass).
Additional personnel: Jesse Harris (acoustic guitar); Dan Seiden, Daniel Littleton (electric guitar); Jennifer Frautschi, Joseph Lin (violin); Eric Gaenslen (cello); Juan Patino (piano, background vocals); Steve Forman (percussion); Elizabeth Mitchell (background vocals).
Recorded at Juan Patino`s apartment and 52nd Street Digital, New York, New York.
Personnel: Lisa Loeb (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Jesse Harris (acoustic guitar); Dan Littleton, Tim Bright (electric guitar); Joseph Lin, Jennifer Frautschi (violin); Eric Gaenslen (cello); Juan Patino (piano); Steve Forman (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Juan Patino; Brian Malouf.
Recording information: 52nd St. Digital, NY, NY; Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY; RPM Studios, NY, NY.
Illustrator: Ed Fotheringham.
Photographers: Mark Seliger; Eduardo Pati?o.
With strong melodies and a compelling vocal style, Lisa Loeb is emerging as one of the decade`s most talented budding singer/songwriters. TAILS shifts gears between soft, lilting folk-rock and big, guitar-based pop, and proves that this talented New Yorker is clearly defining her sound with every well-placed note. Of course the tempting cliche, used too often by rock critic-types, is to proclaim any woman whose voice doesn`t spit and snarl as "vulnerable." And yes, Loeb does have a certain wistfulness about her.
Yet the writer behind songs like "It`s Over" and "Do You Sleep" is less vulnerable than confused, lovestruck and, at times, bitter. "Over" starts with a simple guitar strum, a la Joni Mitchell and early Suzanne Vega. But the song builds, through electric guitars, harmonizing voices, and a soaring chorus about a rough topic: "The drone in your voice and the fly on the wall said/It`s over, it`s over it`s over it is." "Sleep" also starts quietly, but develops into near-anthem status, with Tim Bright`s sweeping, ringing guitar work carrying Loeb to a new level of emotive strength. "Waiting For Wednesday" is another highlight, a clean-edged pop/rock jewel, faceted with luxurious guitars and fine, upper-register harmonies.
TAILS is a collection at once beautiful and spare, self-conscious and totally accessible. Loeb embodies that rarest of combinations--a fine singer and an even better writer. And in the end, listening to it is like sinking, slowly, into a pool of warm water on a cool night. The steam rises, but the body and spirit are calmed.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. It`s Over
2. Snow Day
3. Taffy
4. When All the Stars Were Falling
5. Do You Sleep?
6. Hurricane
7. Rose-Colored Times
8. Sandalwood
9. Alone
10. Waiting for Wednesday
11. Lisa Listen
12. Garden of Delights
13. Stay

Album Information

Release Date:

09/26/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Label:

Geffen

Producer:

Juan Patino; Lisa Loeb

Catalog Number:

AAGEFD24734

Original Release Year:

1995

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

43 : 49

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