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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Downtown Venus |
| 3. My Own Personal Gravity |
| 4. I'll Be Waiting For You |
| 5. Forever Damaged (The 96th) |
| 6. Apathy...Superstar? |
| 7. The Puppet Show |
| 8. Silence...Recorded At The Gravesite Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 9. Why God Loves You |
| 10. Miles From Anything |
| 11. The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream |
| 12. Soncheynne |
| 13. A Lifetime |
| 14. Sometimes I Miss You So Much |
| 15. Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once In A Lifetime/Coconut |
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
..this album had sat languishing forgotten in my CD shelves for far far too long. Desperate the other day to play something 'new' I wacked it in the CD player and was blown away at just how good it is. There is some amazing music on this CD - the covers of Prince's '1999' and Talking Heads' 'Once in A Lifetime' show that not only are these guys so talented they should be regarded as musical gods but even 'classic' tracks that are regarded as sacrosanct and should never be covered are well within their reach. This album, now its been remembered, hasn't been off the CD-player; afterall, we've got a lot of catching up to do!!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Lucious, Brilliant Aural Masterpiece.
26 July 2000
Format:Audio CD
Released near the end of 1995, this album was the masterwork I always knew these two gifted young men had in them. To call this a hip-hop album would be not only limiting, but a downright insult. Filled to overflowing with gorgeous melodies: "I'll Be Waiting For You","My Own Personal Gravity", "Why God Loves You", acoustic balladry: "Sonchynne" "A Lifetime", floating spirituals: "Sometimes I Miss You So Much (Dedicated To The Christ Conciousness)", glorius guitar squalor: "The 9:45 Wakeup Dream", "Superstar:Apathy" and creamy R&B: "Miles From Anything" this album has something for everyone. I purchased this CD right after graduation from Navy boot camp, and soon had my roomate in the barracks begging me to make him a copy of it on tape (I just sprung for another CD), but his addiction clearly indicated the power of great music, and how easily one can fall under the spell of P.M. Dawn. With "Jesus Wept" this brilliant group cast off the shackles and burden of being labled just another 'rap act' and produced what is actually one of the greatest ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, REGARDLESS OF GENRE. Any music lover will appreciate the richness and texture of the music, the earnestness, longing, and spiritual depth of Prince Be's Lyrics (yes, us African American Males are this complex and sensitive, but rarely do we get the chance to show it what with all the ridiculous, worn out thug/gangsta cliches that just won't go away) and marvel at the LP's perfect, pristine production. This release raises the bar for all artists, and further proves that race doesn't matter when it comes to quality and that African American Artists shouldn't be pigeonholed or limited in what they can accomplish. This is simply ingenious. Another Highly Reccomended Masterpiece.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Astounding
21 Dec 2004
Format:Audio CD
Despite what many other reviews indicate, I don't hear much of PM Dawn's first two albums at all in the music of JESUS WEPT. This is a gorgeous, thoughtful, often sad (no surprise there with PM Dawn), and clever album. For legal reasons, many of the music samples they hoped to use could not be, so this is not really the album PM Dawn wanted to produce. Even so, it easily tops their first two albums. The intro here takes a Charlie Brown Christmas clip and spins it into a very moody, unsettling bit conjuring thoughts of self-worth/life/death. It erupts with a gun-click into the hit "Downtown Venus." This funky romp gives way to four more mellow songs, the best of which is "I'll be Waiting For You." As with many of PM Dawn's "love" songs, Prince Be's lyricism is ultra-poetic, and very touching. This song and "A Lifetime" are two wonderful examples of what seems to be such a strong connection to love that makes life meaningless-and utterly painful- without it. It's a very personal sounding album, and I would imagine it is not entirely fiction. "Why God Loves You," one of most musically and lyrically interesting songs on the disc, seems to praise admiration, profess confusion and apparent existentialism. It rides a groove of guitar and drums. PM Dawn is very spiritual, but not necessarily religious. Other high points of the album include the acoustic (and entirely falsetto) "Soncheynne" and the dreamy "Miles from Anything." As much as I like this album, there are a couple spots that don't match the near-perfection that much of the album hits. Sonically everything fits, but some songs' lyrics are nonsense and don't belong with the deep, spiritual tunes. Since some songs are SO good, it makes the less-than perfect songs seem worse than they actually are. The best parts of this record come when the group does what they do with the title: humanize spirituality. When the lyrics AND music intertwine to form both meaning and feeling, THAT'S magic.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Essential album regardless of age, sex or musical preference
11 Feb 2001
Format:Audio CD
PM Dawn's 3rd album, 1995's "Jesus Wept", is in my opinion their best. I didn't fall for this album instantly - it took a few listens then the hooks become more prevalent and addictive. I enjoy all types of music but listened to this album daily for over 2 years. Best songs include "The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream"(one of the greatest songs ever, irrespective of music genre - it gives me goosebumps), "Sometimes I Miss You So Much" and "Downtown Venus". I cannot stress strongly enough how good this album is - i'm not someone who automatically gives any album 5 stars - here all plaudits are justified. If the only song you know by this group is "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" then you really should buy this album. Not a rap group at all, PM Dawn's ability to seamlessly combine original lyrics/arrangements with choice snippets of popular songs is brilliant. The recent "Best Of" (released 2000) is an inadequate 14 track farce, containing only 12 different songs then 2 remixes.
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