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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: Miracle
█▓█ Artist ........: Heidi Berry
█▓█ Music Style ...: Indie
█▓█ Type ..........: Album
█▓█ Release Date ..: Oct-23-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: EAC
█▓█ Encoder .......: FHG Radium MP3 Codec v.1.263
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 09
█▓█ Size ..........: 60,1 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 43:41 min
█▓█ Label .........: 4AD
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Full Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: The Mountain ::: 06:09
█▓█ 02 ::: Time ::: 03:48
█▓█ 03 ::: Holy Grail ::: 04:12
█▓█ 04 ::: Darkness, Darkness ::: 03:59
█▓█ 05 ::: Miracle ::: 04:24
█▓█ 06 ::: The Californian ::: 03:17
█▓█ 07 ::: Queen ::: 06:50
█▓█ 08 ::: Northern Country ::: 03:56
█▓█ 09 ::: Untitled ::: 07:06
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█▓█ AMG: Again working with producer Hugh Jones ù and, as always,
█▓█ accompanied by her brother Christopher on various instruments, along
█▓█ with past veteran guests Jon Brookes and Laurence O'Keefe ù Berry
█▓█ creates another beautiful, subtle collection of songs on Miracle. The
█▓█ slow build of "The Mountain" makes for a fine start. Beginning with
█▓█ the quietest of pluckings, the song gradually adds Berry's sweetly
█▓█ cool voice and Anne Wood's scraping, swirling violin to the mix. It
█▓█ retreats just a bit at the end, imbuing Berry's tale of childhood
█▓█ remembrance with a new, fragile appeal. Her blend of folksy, rustic
█▓█ touches and more modern approaches comes very much to the fore on
█▓█ Miracle, though the former element feels the stronger here. "Holy
█▓█ Grail" has a slow, measured percussion beat that almost sounds like
█▓█ something off the Velvet Underground's third album, but it's Anne
█▓█ Wood's stringwork that proves the song's standout. Other numbers where
█▓█ Wood gets to demonstrate her considerable chops are "Queen" (which
█▓█ ends with a fine duet between Berry and her brother on mandolin) and a
█▓█ cover of the Youngbloods' "Darkness, Darkness." Of course, Miracle is
█▓█ still very much Berry's album, and the concluding track, "Northern
█▓█ Country," leaves no doubt of that. While Wood's violin work is equally
█▓█ inspired here, it's Berry's wonderful vocal delivery that truly stands
█▓█ out. If there's a prime moment on the record, it's the marvelous title
█▓█ track. Featuring terrific backup vocals and Jones' great turn on
█▓█ Hammond organ, Berry's inspiring, anthemic song is a surge of hope and
█▓█ power.s
█▓█ Heidi Berry cut a stark contrast to the prevailing musical mentality
█▓█ of the early '90s ù despite releasing records on both Creation and
█▓█ 4AD, together the leading lights of the shoegazing and dream pop
█▓█ movements, her haunting, luminous folk-inspired sound instead harked
█▓█ back to the work of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake, complete with an
█▓█ earnestness and raw honesty far removed from her irony drenched times.
█▓█ Berry was born in 1958 and raised in Boston, MA, the child of an
█▓█ American actor father and a French-Canadian jazz-singing mother. In
█▓█ 1973, her mother remarried and the family relocated to London, where
█▓█ Berry began writing songs in the mold of heroines like Marianne
█▓█ Faithfull and Chrissie Hynde; in 1985, while studying painting and
█▓█ printmaking at Middlesex Polytechnic, she recorded a private demo tape
█▓█ that then-boyfriend Pete Astor (later of the Loft, Weather Prophets,
█▓█ and Wisdom of Harry fame) suggested she shop around. Berry declined
█▓█ the offer, but a copy of the tape still made its way to Creation
█▓█ honcho Alan McGee, who tracked her down and offered a record deal. She
█▓█ accepted, and issued her six-song debut Fireflyin 1987; owing far more
█▓█ to Linda Thompson than Creation labelmates like the Jesus & Mary
█▓█ Chain, it was followed two years later by Below the Waves, a stark,
█▓█ poignant effort highlighted by the fan favorite "North Shore Train."
█▓█ Berry's relationship with Creation grew strained, however, and while
█▓█ opening for Felt and Lush, she was spotted by 4AD founder Ivo
█▓█ Watts-Russell, who asked her to record a cover of Emmylou Harris'
█▓█ "'Til I Gain Control Again" for 1991's Blood, the third LP by his
█▓█ rotating musical collective This Mortal Coil. Berry signed to 4AD to
█▓█ release her next solo effort, 1991's Love, recorded with producer Pete
█▓█ Walsh and an ace backing group including Levitation guitarist Terry
█▓█ Bickers and bassist Laurence O'Keefe, in addition to avant-garde
█▓█ saxophonist Lol Coxhill. Her self-titled masterpiece followed in 1993,
█▓█ notching a minor hit with the lovely "The Sun and the Moon" and
█▓█ yielding an American tour alongside fellow 4AD act Red House Painters.
█▓█ However, despite continued critical acclaim, 1995's Miracle failed to
█▓█ make waves behind Berry's cult audience and she was released from her
█▓█ contract. With the exception of the 1999 single "Needle's Eye" ù
█▓█ recorded with former Kitchens of Distinction frontman Patrick
█▓█ Fitzgerald under the name Lost Girls ù she remained silent in the
█▓█ years to follow. The compilation Pomegranate appeared on 4AD in 2000.
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