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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Emergent/92e
Buy.com Sku: 61705159
UPC: 899537000122
UPC 14: 00899537000122
Release Date: 1/25/2005
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Julia ~ Mando Saenz
2. Watertown ~ Mando Saenz
3. When I Come Around ~ Mando Saenz
4. April's End ~ Mando Saenz
5. Egg Song ~ Mando Saenz
6. Rusty Steeple ~ Mando Saenz
7. All I Own ~ Mando Saenz
8. Noble King ~ Mando Saenz
9. Engine Roll ~ Mando Saenz
10. Yonder Voices ~ Mando Saenz
11. Reprise ~ Mando Saenz
Album Notes and Credits
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It's difficult to stand out in the music business, and this is even truer if a performer is in a popular field like alternative country. It might be easy enough for the new kid on the block to cover the standard bases -- a voice that cracks, a steel guitar, and a handful of story-songs -- but difficult to make it sound fresh. Mando Saenz's Watertown is a solid album, and alternative country fans will enjoy the straightforward production and rootsy arrangements. Saenz is also a good singer and careful songwriter. On the title cut, he subtly builds an interior monologue as the narrator recalls his own past. "There's a song that I heard on the radio today that took me back ...," he sings, but the memories are more like fleeting impressions, capturing a mood more than a time and place. Saenz also has a good feel for ballads like "Noble Kings." All of this is solid enough, but a certain sameness creeps in as Watertown moves forward. Yes, Saenz's lyrics are filled with careful observations, but the individual songs -- melody and structure wise -- don't always stand out, and the heartfelt vocals begin to sound as stylized as mainstream country after a while (teaching one's voice to crack and whine, after all, isn't something Saenz picked up on the farm). Still, Watertown is a worthwhile effort that will please the alternative country crowd and anyone who enjoys a good story. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. |
Producer: John Egan |
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Engineer: Tommy Detamore |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 01/25/2005 |
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Original Release Date : 2004 |
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Catalog ID : 3700012 |
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Label : Emergent Music Marketing |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00899537000122 |
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