ARTiST: Adrian Bourgeois
ALBUM: Adrian Bourgeois
BiTRATE: 188kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 66.00 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 47min 11sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-04-24
STORE DATE: 2008-03-11
Track List:
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01. Mr. Imaginary Friend 3:36
02. Clown Review 2:46
03. Juniper 4:04
04. Dream On 4:12
05. To Be (The First Man on Earth) 4:12
06. Silk From Ashes 3:39
07. Summertime 5:22
08. My House 3:19
09. Jesus 5:23
10. Melt In My Mind 6:24
11. One More Song for the Road 4:14
Release Notes:
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Stylistically compared to such pop music pillars as the Beatles and the Beach
Boys as well as more modern songwriters such as Elliott Smith and Rufus
Wainwright, Adrian Bourgeois may be the best musical argument out there against
post-modernism, making such a case by creating music that is does not alienate
but instead welcomes everyone to wrap their minds around his insatiable pop
melodies, intricately arranged harmonies, mulitiple layered productions, and
thoughtfully hopeful lyrics. Bourgeois has spent a life-time honing his craft,
learning drums, piano and guitar by the age of four and working his way through
the world of music, one garage band, high school talent show, and noisy coffee
shop gig at a time, all of which has so far paid off in big ways. At the age of
twenty he is a recipient of the 2007 Sacramento Area Music Critics' Choice Award
for best songwriter and was a popular choice nominee for best pop artist in
Sacramento in 2006. In May of 2007, Bourgeois picked up the grand prize for
music in the national OurStage contest which led to features in CMJ Magazine and
Relix Magazine. BourgeoisÆ self-titled debut album, released on the east-coast
label C-Side Records and three years in the making, has been called ôabsolutely
brilliantö by Sacramento News and Review music columnist Jackson Griffith. John
Meyer of Boston, MAÆs WERS, writes, ôThere's as much C.S. Lewis as there is
Simon and Garfunkel in this Californian's airy, dreamy folk-laced sound....He's
a wide-eyed six-year-old boy trapped inside an twenty-something pop-genius's
body.ö Following in the footsteps of musical predecessors such as Paul
McCartney, Todd Rundgren, and Ben Folds, Bourgeois played and sang most of the
parts on the album himself, with a little help from some notable friends such as
77's and Lost Dogs front man and lead guitarist Mike Roe, Agent Ribbons
chanteuse Natalie Gordon, and Sammie award winning folk artist Justin Farren.
Bourgeois also co-produced and arranged the album along with David Houston
(Jackie Greene, Public Nuisance), Ralph Stover (Chris Webster), and Brent
Bourgeois (Bourgeois Tagg, and Adrian's dad). ôSimply put [BourgeoisÆ songs]àare
among the finest post-Beatles pop tunes IÆve ever heard,ö raved Griffith. ôOne
day, in the not-too-distant future, Adrian Bourgeois will be an influential
force in pop musicà"