- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Ben Kweller
Album: Go Fly A Kite
Label: The Noise Company
Playtime: 38:58 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.allmusic.com/album/go-fly-a-kite-bonus-cd-r2365341/rev
Rip date: 2012-02-04
Street date: 2012-02-07
Size: 76.48 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 260 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
It's strange to think that at 30 years old, Ben Kweller has spent over half of
his life professionally crafting pop songs, and while it's rare for someone to
be both relatively young and a grizzled pop veteran, it's precisely this
combination of youth and experience that the singer/songwriter calls upon on
his fifth solo album, Go Fly a Kite. With a sugary mix of youthful exuberance
and practiced craftsmanship, Kweller delivers a group of songs that cover the
pop spectrum, drifting from the fuzzy, driving power pop of the album-opener
"Mean to Me," to the lonely pedal steel of the alt-country-inflected "I Miss
You." This willingness to explore different sounds paints a picture of a
songwriter who, even with a wealth of experience under his belt, isn't willing
to settle into one sound quite yet. This idea is taken a step further when the
listener digs into the liner notes to find the detailed notes on how to play
each song along with the lyrics. Moves like that speak to a kind of openness,
as if the songwriter is not only giving his fans the songs to listen to, but
to also re-create on their own. This kind of candor makes Go Fly a Kite a
refreshing album on a number of levels, as it delivers the goods with its
collection of summery jams while keeping nothing, not even the chord
progressions, secret.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Mean to Me ( 3:20)
02. Out the Door ( 3:42)
03. Jealous Girl ( 3:56)
04. Gossip ( 3:48)
05. Free ( 3:40)
06. Full Circle ( 3:09)
07. The Rainbow ( 2:19)
08. Justify Me ( 3:57)
09. Time Will Save the Day ( 3:47)
10. I Miss You ( 3:58)
11. You Can Count on Me ( 3:22)
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