Jim Boggia - Misadventures In Stereo
Rip Info
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Artist: Jim Boggia
Album Title: Misadventures In Stereo
Record Label: Bluhammock
Rip Date: Aug-10-2008
Ripper: X-Factor
Genre: Rock
Year: 2008
Source: CDDA
Encoder: lame 3.97mod
Quality: 167.6kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
Track List
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01 Johnnie's Going Down 03:53
02 To And Fro 03:56
03 No Way Out 04:05
04 So 03:40
05 Nothing's Changed 04:07
06 8track 02:46
07 Listening To Nrbq 04:36
08 Chalk One Up For Albert's Side 04:07
09 On Your Birthday 02:44
10 Three Weeks Shy 06:44
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40:38 min
48.8 MB
Rip Notes
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Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely
lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim
Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and
pop craftsman who's closely acquainted with music's
capacity for transcendent uplift. His songs get the
balance right between devastating beauty and sadness,
and the big fat joke that is life. Born blind in one
eye and with limited vision in the other, Boggia grew
up an only child with an acutely developed ear for
music. His early fascination for such iconoclastic pop
classics as the Kinks' Village Green Preservation
Society, Nilsson Sings Newman and Stevie Wonder's
Innervisons helped to inform an aesthetic sensibility
that would push him to create album-length listening
experiences on his own releases.
Boggia has gained impressive career momentum in a short
amount of time. Blackberry selected one of his tracks
for a new ad campaign and his songs have also been
featured on MTV's Real World and ABC-TV's Men In Trees.
He's developed a loyal grass-roots fan base for his
dynamic, improvisational live shows. His work has been
embraced by numerous fellow artists and kindred
spirits, many of who have lent their talents to
Boggia's albums. His sophomore release, Safe In Sound
(2005, bluhammock music), featured key contributions
from such notable admirers as Aimee Mann, Jill Sobule,
MC5 guitar hero Wayne Kramer, Attractions drummer Pete
Thomas and legendary '70s cult-pop icon Emitt Rhodes.
Boggia's first two releases, 2002's Fidelity Is the
Enemy and 2005's Safe In Sound, established him as a
critical favorite. Harp magazine described his songs as
"captivating," adding that he "delivers the sort of
intelligent, melodic pop music that ought to be a
staple of radio playlists." Paste called Boggia a
"first-rate audio architect" and praised his use of
"lush instrumental flourishes, intriguing sound bites
and naturalistic found sounds." The Washington Post
made note of his "soulful voice, experimental
instrumentation and an encyclopedic knowledge of pop
music."
The qualities that have endeared Boggia to fans,
critics and his fellow musicians are abundant
throughout Misadventures In Stereo (which,
appropriately, was mastered at London's fabled Abbey
Road studios where the Beatles recorded virtually all
of their '60s classics). His knack for merging melodic
bliss and bittersweet, richly detailed lyrical
substance is prominent on such tracks as the
ironically jaunty-sounding "Johnnie's Going Down," the
pensive "No Way Out" and the dreamily melancholy "So."
Another standout is the baroque-pop underdog anthem
"Chalk One Up for Albert's Side," which Boggia
co-wrote with Tony Asher, legendary lyricist of the
Beach Boys' landmark Pet Sounds. Particularly
affecting is the haunting album-closer "Three Weeks
Shy," about a soldier killed three weeks before
completing his tour of duty.
Boggia s deep and abiding affection for classic pop is
apparent on "Listening to NRBQ," a poignant
reminiscence of a love affair strengthened by a mutual
love for music. The song also doubles as a tribute to
the title band, whose beloved guitarist Big Al Anderson
plays guitar on the track. "8Track" and "It's Your
Birthday" (the latter co-written with David Poe) further
examine the role that music plays in our lives and loves.
With Misadventures, Boggia shows a career artist at the
peak of his creative power, a self-proclaimed music geek
for whom making music is as effortless as breathing. In
a perfect world, everyone will be hearing more about Jim
Boggia.