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Sales Rank: 1280
Category: Music
Artist: A Fine Frenzy
Publisher: Virgin Records
Studio: Virgin Records
Manufacturer: Virgin Records
Label: Virgin Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 73825
UPC: 094637382523
EAN: 0094637382523
ASIN: B000QCK99E
Release Date: July 17, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Come On, Come Out | | • | The Minnow & The Trout | | • | Whisper | | • | You Picked Me | | • | Rangers | | • | Almost Lover | | • | Think of You | | • | Ashes and Wine | | • | Liar, Liar | | • | Last of Days | | • | Lifesize | | • | Near To You | | • | Hope for the Hopeless | | • | Borrowed Time |
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A Fine Frenzy is actually just a fine young singer-songwriter from Seattle, born Alison Sudol. A self-taught piano player, on her debut album she pairs sweeping orchestral arrangements with dreamlike lyrics inspired by the classic works of fantasy writers like CS Lewis, EB White, and Lewis Carroll. Add to that a propensity for frilly shirts and cryptic song titles such as "The Minnow & the Trout" and you half-expect to find a back alley Joanna Newsom. Instead Sudol specializes in accessible pop epics, the kind of songs that fit perfectly over the end credits of a great Hollywood tearjerker. Despite the gentle melancholia that runs through "Ashes and Wine" and "You Picked Me," each tune arrives wrapped in an exuberant melody and topped by the singer's commanding voice. On the disc's standout moment, "Almost Lover," she shows she can do simplicity as well, musing over a sublime piano medley, "Shoulda known you'd bring me heartache/ Oh, most lovers always do." --Aidin Vaziri
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 No skipping tracks June 1, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best albums that I have bought in years! I would recommend it to anyone. I can't listen to anything else.
catchy and lovely March 23, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
she has a lovely and pure voice tone. i've seen her perform live, and she is simply captivating. this album is of very high quality. there isn't a track that i skip when listening--they're all fabulous.
An incredible gem... February 9, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'd like to start by saying I more or less stumbled across this artist while looking and listenting for others, mostly as a simple stroke of luck. After listening to many of the songs multiple times on YouTube, I was mildly positive but mostly addicted to the song "Almost Lover" simply because it is enchantingly beautiful as well as catchy. I bought the more headline-strong Lenka album as well, which was my initial main interest. However... the more I have listened to this album, the more I have become enchanted and addicted to its compositions.
On the first passive listen, most of the songs are slower, seem to be passingly good, but have nothing overly special. Given more of a chance, this has become one of my favorite albums, and every single song on it is solid, well written, and well addicting.
I would best describe the overall feel as a (somewhat) subtle, quiet, and breath-takingly honest outpouring of one's heart. Mildly sad but hopeful.
The words and melodies slowly etch themselves into your subconscious and you find yourself singing or humming or just thinking of the songs running through your head-- And the best part is, it's not just one or two songs that do this... it is every single song on the album.
Piano, guitar, and orchestral accompaniament are all a sublime and entrancingly subtle medium to accompany her lovely voice... I should add that it is not any one of these skills that stand out more than the others-- sure there are better and more practiced (and showy) singers and pianists and guitarists... but I find it rare to find any better overall composition than this, as it is stunningly and perfectly balanced and arranged.
If you want one-hit wonders, search elsewhere. This is one that lasts.
Best debut album for a female singer since Jewel February 4, 2009
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I dont normally listen to this style of music, instead I pefer a more faster style. However, I saw A Fine Frenzy on Nocturnal State and the song Almost Lover was the most amazing song I had heard in some time and went out and bought the album. If you like Almost Lover you will enjoy the entire album as all the songs are equally as strong. I enjoyed the album so much I signed up the artist on my space just to be alerted of any new songs.
I have liked a female artist this much since early Jewel. I strongly recommend you buy the album as you will have no regrets.
Stands out from the crowd January 15, 2009
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are so many female singer/song-writers out there, of 'this variety', so why should you listen to Alison Sudol's A Fine Frenzy? Well, I don't have one reason in particular...as everyone has different tastes, but me personally... I am just really in awe of her at the moment. I don't know what it is, because typically I like stuff that is a bit more edgy- i.e. some favorites include P.J. Harvey, Fiona Apple, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ani Difranco, etc. But when I heard AFF's Almost Lover, I was captivated. Actually it was seeing the video, then seeing her do a live performance that sold me. I heard it at just the right time (or perhaps wrong time) in my life- I was dealing with a tumultuous situation; trying to say goodbye to someone I thought I was in love with...and anyway, all those pangs I was feeling were so appropriately emphasized in this song. The way she sings, you know they are HER songs and not some 'hitmaker's'. It was something that I haven't seen in any of these other artists in a long time. Not even among my favorites. Genuine passion and emotion-- conviction? When this girl is singing, she's not just reciting pretty lyrics she's memorized, and playing notes. There is just such a great amount of feeling behind her voice, and it makes you hang on to every word while you're listening. There are plenty of great voices out there- I love Cat Power, and Feist off the top of my head. Alison Sudol's isn't anything out of this world, but it's just got that certain something that sets her apart. I love her fluttery, whispering quality she adopts a lot of the time, and the way she knows just where to boom her voice up at the right moments. At first listen, this album might seem just average, or perhaps too similar to others in her genre...but if you give it the chance it deserves, hopefully you'll discover that its much more than that. Certain artists have been described as having an 'ethereal' sound, or of being 'haunting' - and the latter is the perfect word to describe A Fine Frenzy. Her songs are simple, but they find a way under your skin and end up staying with you. If you're still unsure, I'd go to YouTube and look up some live performances. A Fine Frenzy is the real deal in a sea of phonies and studio-manufactured "talents".
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