| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/atlantic/nonesuch | | UPC: 00075597962529 | | Release Date: 7/31/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60490227 | | Item#: MKGD3M | Format:  CD |
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| As with all of the critically acclaimed music singer-songwriter Sam Phillips has composed and performed over the course of fifteen years, her Nonesuch debut, Fan Dance, takes us to an intriguing place somewhere other than here and now. Her songs continue to echo the smart psychedelia of mid-sixties Beatles and the Sunset Strip folk-rock jangle of the Byrds, but there are now hints of other, earlier times: Tin Pan Alley musical touches, lyrics that mirror hardboiled detective novels and black-and-white B movie film noir. As Sam puts it, "It's like sleepwalking through a Los Angeles that doesn't exist." If Raymond Chandler had collaborated with Bob Dylan on "Bringing It All Back Home", perhaps it might sound like this. Fan Dancer is produced by T-Bone Burnett and features a small group of noteworthy musicians including guitarist Marc Ribot and drummer Carla Azar, with Gillian Welch contributing vocals on two tracks, and Van Dyke Parks as both arranger ("Wasting My Time") and harpsichord player ("Taking Pictures").
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Sam Phillips-Burnett (vocals, guitar); Gillian Welch (vocals); Van Dyke Parks (arranger, harpsichord); T Bone Burnett (guitar, piano, bass); Marc Ribot (guitar, Quatro banjo guitar, banjo); Martin Tillman (cello); Rick Will (bass); Carla Azar (drums). | | Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California; Village Recorders and Electro Magnetic Sound, West Lost Angeles, California. | | Personnel: Sam Phillips (vocals, guitar, piano); Gillian Welch (vocals); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Jim Keltner (banjo, cymbals); Martin Tillman (cello); T Bone Burnett (piano, tambourine); Van Dyke Parks (harpsichord); Carla Azar (drums, snare drum, maracas). | | Audio Mixers: Mike Piersante; T Bone Burnett. | | Recording information: Electro Magnetic Sound, West Los Angeles, CA; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA; Village Recorders, West Los Angeles, CA; West Los Angeles, CA. | | Arranger: Van Dyke Parks. | | Accompanied as usual by trusty husband/producer T-Bone Burnett, Sam Phillips continues her streak of intelligent, complex pop albums that are simultaneously intriguing and accessible. In contrast to the rococo tapestries of MARTINIS AND BIKINIS and OMNIPOP, FAN DANCE keeps things decidedly spare. While Phillips employs her trademark melodic gift in the service of songs that betray a strong hint of John Lennon influence, there's a moody, creepy quality to many of the tunes here that lends a strong film noir flavor: David Lynch would likely find many choice items suitable for his next surreal cinematic effort. Helping to keep it creepy is guitarist extraordinaire Marc Ribot, who provides a great deal of the atmosphere. Still, with the scaled-down arrangements, the songs are front and center, and darkly catchy little gems they are, as strong as anything Phillips has come up with to date. |
Producer: T-Bone Burnett |
Engineer: Rick "Soldier" Will; Mike Piersante |
Musical Guests | | T-Bone Burnett | | Gillian Welch | | Van Dyke Parks | | Marc Ribot |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/31/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 79625 | | Label : Nonesuch Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075597962529 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (6/02, p.121)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...A pleasingly dreamlike sensation throughout...It's an album that's as entrancing as it is modestly proportioned."Uncut (9/02, p.112)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...an album of soft-spoken beauty...intriguingly inventive...flitting, cinematic imagery..." CMJ (8/13/01, p.29)
- "...Transports listeners to a table in a silent and smoky lounge...while Phillips performs mere feet away, no microphone, her voice deep and throaty, yet crystal clear in your ear..." No Depression (11-12/01, p.125)
- "...Her warmest, most inviting record to date..." |
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