ARTIST: Chris Brown
TITLE: Now That You're Fed
LABEL: Self-released
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 42:53 min
SIZE: 65,7 MB
RIP DATE: Jan-23-2006
RELEASE DATE: Jan-23-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Right On Time 02:39
02. I Won't Ask Why 05:00
03. All My Rivals 03:15
04. Ordinary Day 03:21
05. In The Kitchen 02:15
06. Now That You're Fed 03:08
07. Waiting For Caroline 02:51
08. Things She Laughed About 02:27
09. April 06:35
10. Tummy Ache 01:28
11. Not Gonna Make It Easy 03:25
12. Another Girl 06:29
Release Notes:
Holy Cow, out of the blue, arrives Chris Brown who
fans of intensely highly stylized power pop will
fall down and worship at the Altar Of Brown.
Co-Produced and Mixed exquisitely by Chris Manning
(Jellyfish) with Chris Bellman(The Who, Neil Young)
the Mastering Engineer, "Now That You`re Fed"
blossoms with a fresh aired spirit of deeply
engaging production flourishes which frequently
exert a quiet and haunting allure. Brown laces his
songs with vivid imagery, shimmering acoustics and
haunting, rewarding melodies. Brown plies his trade
with aplomb and craft and vocally is an unusual
combination of lush, warm Elliot Smith, Josh Rouse,
Duncan Sheik, Kevin Tihista, John Cunningham and,
believe it or not, Freddie Mercury---the Queen
influence is strong with the seductive soft sighs in
the vocal arrangements, you will hear them in more
than a handful of places. Brown also brings to mind
a more upbeat, more engaging Kyle Vincent, as well
as Andy Pratt(think "Avenging Annie"). You`ll hear
vague, but familiar refrains of Jellyfish, but they
are less prominent than the aforementioned
bands/artists. What you will find out front is the
simple fact that these 12 songs mesh and merge with
a suite-like intimacy, rare to find. As his bio
says, it`s a shot of pop oxygen for smoggy musical
times.
"Perfect power pop is oft-attempted but rarely
attained. By which I mean it rises above the
standard formula of chiming chords, hook-filled
choruses, and clean guitar strumming. When it`s
perfect, the unpredictable arrangements, the lyrics
that make you wanna rewind to hear them again, the
perfectly-timed bridges, and the ridiculously pretty
chord progressions all conspire to make the
considerable effort involved seem effortless,
timeless, classic, and just plain great. Chris
Brown`s glorious, sunny debut album is all that and
more, a gorgeous record produced by Chris Manning of
fellow power pop geniuses Jellyfish."-Windy Chien.
Evidently Chris Brown is an award winning indie
filmaker but here the musicianship is such that one
would guess that making projects like "Now That
You`re Fed" is his day job. Thanks to Not Lamer
Craig Leve who so kindly in making sure we don`t
miss great ones like this! Simply a stunner, for
folks with high expectations for their pop and big
time Extremely Highly Recommended!