- Audio CD (1 Nov 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Eagle
- ASIN: B0006SSP5I
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 186,463 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To describe jill as another suzanne vega or cyndi lauper misses the point as she is unique, truly one of a kind. The lyrics on "pink pearl" veer from the achingly sad to the downright amusing and i can think of no one that sings or writes the way that jill does; the fact that after only one listen i was humming the songs and trying to get everyone i know to go and buy it shows the quality of this cd. She deserves a far wider audience and hopefully this cd should do it for her.
Format:Audio CD
Pink Pearl is arguably Jill Sobule's best album to date. It combines everything that is best about her - catchy songs, ammusing lyrics (Heroes is a stand out track for me) and touching songs. On the one hand, she deserves to have had a much higher profile - but perhaps that would take away from the outsider sense that comes over in her songs. If you get the chance to see her live - take it. Her humour is infectious. It's very difficult to know who to compare her to if you haven't heard of her - she is a unique voice - perhaps a more accoustic Kirsty MacColl isn't too far removed. Give her a try though.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
More fun from Sobule
14 Aug 2000
Format:Audio CD
What a treat -- more Jill Sobule music. Though it's an acquired taste, it's a taste nonetheless, and I'm glad she's putting out more music for her fans.
On that note, "Pink Pearl" will no doubt delight any fan of Sobule's, with her whimsical lyrics and ability to tell stories with her songs. Starting off with catchier tracks like "Rainy Day Parade" and "One of These Days" and then easing into mellower tracks like "Mexican Wrestler," "Pink Pearl" delivers a great listen.
This CD is harder to get into than "Happy Town," though, and I found that many of the songs were harder to relate to (a trend she has here is focusing the songs on individual women -- "Claire," "Mary Kay," "Lucy at the Gym"). This broke up the rythm for me at first, and made it harder to really get into the CD, though eventually that wore down and I did have a few good listens.
I'd recommend Sobule's "Happy Town" to new listeners of her music, though "Pink Pearl" does live up to expectations of this great musician.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Too clever for the mainstream and that's too bad
27 April 2000
Format:Audio CD
Jill Sobule should be a huge star - she writes great, tuneful, hook-y melodies with sardonic and irreverent, but heartfelt, lyrics. Of course, if you're too clever or ironic, you fly right over the mainstream's head. Which is just where she's flown. However, thanks to three strong releases previous to this one, and appearances on soundtracks for many major motion pictures ("Clueless," "Truth About Cats and Dogs"), she has earned a small but loyal cult. "Pink Pearl" is typical Sobule, meaning it's great. Working in a range of song styles (bossa nova, hard rock, country, pop), she addresses such topics as senility ("Dear Claire"), unrequited love ("Mexican Wrestler"), gym fanatics ("Lucy at the Gym"), procrastination ("One of These Days"), and ends it all with a sweet lullaby ("Rock Me To Sleep"). Though, personally, I don't find it as track-for-track fabulous as her second, self-titled release, it's quite a grand accomplishment all the same. As you can see, other reviews on this site say much of the same thing, but I thought I'd put in my two cents worth to prove that there ARE people all across the country who have discovered what others have yet to - that Jill Sobule is one of top singer-songwriters working today. Let's hope she gets some more commercial success. C'mon, people, let's move some units!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
great lyrics great melodies interesting voice
8 Nov 2005
Format:Audio CD
This album was a pleasant surprise. If you enjoy female vocalists and witty lyrics you'll like this. The songs have graceful melodies and are easy to listen to yet reward attention as well. Just like the review quoted on the site says, the lyrics really demonstrate that there are interesting things going on in even the most ordinary events...just as an example from "Rainy Day Parade":
I used to have the stars in my pockets
Now I just watch them on TV
My friends, they've all run away
But they'll come back again
And we'll have a celebration
Getting back on my medication
We'll have a rainy day parade
Other songs include "Lucy at the Gym" about a woman exercising to overcome self image problems, dying and going to heaven..."Mexican wrestler" about unrequited love..."Claire" about a friendship with a woman with Alzheimer's and secrets of that life that are lost to fading memories and ambiguity...
Great stuff - really enjoy the songs - too bad Amazon doesn't have samples foryou to listen to so you could see if you like it.
I would say that the closest performer that comes to mind is the duo of Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
I used to have the stars in my pockets
Now I just watch them on TV
My friends, they've all run away
But they'll come back again
And we'll have a celebration
Getting back on my medication
We'll have a rainy day parade
Other songs include "Lucy at the Gym" about a woman exercising to overcome self image problems, dying and going to heaven..."Mexican wrestler" about unrequited love..."Claire" about a friendship with a woman with Alzheimer's and secrets of that life that are lost to fading memories and ambiguity...
Great stuff - really enjoy the songs - too bad Amazon doesn't have samples foryou to listen to so you could see if you like it.
I would say that the closest performer that comes to mind is the duo of Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
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