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Escondida

~ Jolie Holland
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (26 April 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Epitaph
  • ASIN: B0001VON8S
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,358 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Sascha 3:08£0.69
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Listen  4. Amen 3:32£0.69
Listen  5. Mad Tom Of Bedlam 2:52£0.69
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Listen  7. Goodbye California 3:28£0.69
Listen  8. Do You? 4:49£0.69
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Amazon.co.uk Review

Jolie Holland's first album recorded in an actual studio is a sumptuous affair that extends her indie-country and folk sound further into the realms of old-school jazz and country blues. But Escondida is no quaint revivalism; ye olde sounds are made modern by smart lyrics that reference feminist writer/adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt on the whimsical "Old Fashion Morphine", or that speak of "a couple of food stamps and a caffeine buzz" on "Poor Girl". The arrangements are subtle and sophisticated, showing more breadth than those on her debut, Catalpa, with fewer instruments in the way of her superlative voice. Her singing has such soul and energy that she's as often compared to Chan Marshall and Karen Dalton as she is to Billie Holiday. Her update of the old Irish folk song "Tom of Bedlam" is brilliant, just vocals with roiling jazz drums behind it. It's difficult to think of a more compelling sophomore record by a young singer-songwriter, Norah Jones included. --Mike McGonigal, Amazon.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars The world needs Jolie Holland, 4 May 2004
By S. Connor - See all my reviews
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Following Holland's spellbinding home-taped debut album Catalpa, I was slightly apprehensive that she'd lose some of the magic recording in a proper studio. I'm delighted to find Escondida is an unqualified triumph. The music is by turns playful, heartbroken, mournful and uplifting. The sound quality this time is pristine but these recordings are packed with the soul, warmth and ingenuity which made Catalpa so captivating.
Holland's entrancing voice alone makes this CD well worth buying but there's so much more which sets this work apart from anything else around. Where else would you find something as weird and wonderful as Mad Tom of Bedlam, a surreal, witchy folk song transformed by a killer swing beat? Or her bluesy beatnik spoof of Old Time Religion which, in Holland's hands, becomes an ode to morphine? Her original songs are just as brilliant and inventive, ranging from ghostly melodies performed on a musical saw to a cheeky romance about a boy with a fetish for trains.
For me, this album confirms Jolie Holland as one of the great musical talents of our time.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars During breakfast, 3 Nov 2007
By M. Longazel "M L" - See all my reviews
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A roommate of mine would play this CD on Saturday mornings while she was cooking breakfast and after hearing it a couple times from my room I would come out and sit just to listen. Somehow the music fit the mood of late morning mixed with the aroma of eggs and such. Now I have it for myself and Jolie Holland's sad, satirical, yet energetic music is a memory into that time. Thanks Marit.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully weird and weirdly beautiful, 7 Feb 2008
By Andrew M (Edinburgh, UK) - See all my reviews
I came across Jolie Holland via the Be Good Tanyas, being intrigued by the distinctive vocal style of the singer on 'The Lakes of Pontchartrain' in particular. Therefore it was a surpise and a delight to find she had several solo albums to her name, and buying this was an impulse well rewarded.

Her material, her arrangements and her delivery show real freshness and originality, and she resolutely avoids tired formulae, as her gloriously offbeat delivery of a song like 'Mad Tom Of Bedlam' demonstrates. Elsewhere she celebrates, tongue in cheek, the delights of 'Old-fashioned Morphine' and embraces extinction with cheerful enthusiasm in 'Goodbye California', an uplifting and catchy meditation on mortality delivered in her gorgeous trademark Texas drawl. I hope there's much more to come.
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