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~ Hem (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (24 Sep 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Setanta
  • ASIN: B00005O16L
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 75,308 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Lord Blow The Moon Out Please0:27£0.79
Listen  2. When I Was Drinking 3:44£0.79
Listen  3. Half Acre 3:23£0.79
Listen  4. Burying Song 1:13£0.79
Listen  5. Betting On Trains 2:43£0.79
Listen  6. Leave Me Here 3:50£0.79
Listen  7. All That I'm Good For 3:24£0.79
Listen  8. Idle (The Rabbit Song) 3:44£0.79
Listen  9. Stupid Mouth Shut 3:24£0.79
Listen10. Lazy Eye 2:26£0.79
Listen11. Sailor 3:00£0.79
Listen12. Polly's Dress 1:11£0.79
Listen13. Night Like A River 3:48£0.79
Listen14. The Cuckoo 2:57£0.79
Listen15. Waltz 2:41£0.79
Listen16. Horsey 3:34£0.79

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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's written into the logic of creativity that something like urban clatter can create calm. That's Hem. On Rabbit Songs, the Brooklyn quartet makes acoustic latticework of guitars, mandolins, piano, an array of orchestral instruments and the floating voice of Sally Ellyson, which is equally suited to whisper-quiet tunes like the brief opener "Lord, Blow Out the Moon Please", as it is to "Stupid Mouth Shut" and the band's boisterous rendition of "The Cuckoo". Hem's mellowness follows a post-punk New Age bend in the neo-folk road (especially on the sentimental "Burying Song"), but mostly the lyrics recall early Cowboy Junkies, the Hank Dogs and the Be Good Tanyas. "All That I'm Good For" combines pedal steel with a full complement of strings to create an almost Lambchop level of rustic richness, while Ellyson's voice goes from absolute glassy-lake calm to heights Sarah McLachlan would recognise. --Andrew Bartlett

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SHOULD be a word of mouth classic, 2 Nov 2002
Country music is officially sad. But usually people mean that as an opposite to cool, and not in the sense of being hauntingly melancholy like this production (the best word for it) is.

I first heard this at a poetry recital, as interval music! It seemed to fit the laid-back occasion and doesn't get tiresome or sentimental on repeated listening. It's extravagant to say it, but the singer Sally Ellyson is my favourite vocalist of all time, simply because she sounds like an angel. The instrumentation is rich and powerfully emotive, but still seems to only provide a backdrop for her startling voice. The lyrics are also incredibly evocative, of a down-beat Americana that seems to be only witnessed through mainstream acts like Neil Young and the like in Britain. This deserves a wider audience, but you delusionally want to keep it as your own little masterpiece of a secret - this is raw emotion, tenderness and peacefulness personified in one voice.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Lord, blow the moon out please - this is heavenly music!, 12 April 2002
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I discovered Hem's Rabbit Songs album when I heard 'Half an acre' on Robert Elms' radio show. Sally Ellyson's voice had me captivated in an instant and the poetry of the song and the exquisitely harmonious arrangement stopped me dead in my tracks. I went straight out and bought the album, little realising it would prove to be such a work of complex yet pared-down beauty, full of lilting emotion and humanity. It's captured my heart for sure! Do buy this - it'll be a favourite, I promise.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best new album for years, 21 Mar 2002
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Not many people have heard of Hem (I found out when a friend played me "Betting on Trains" from a sampler with Uncut magazine) but this is a fantastic record. The songs have a timeless quality - beautiful tunes, thoughtful lyrics, carefully thought-out arrangements, great singing by Sally Ellyson. Every track is good and you can play it again and again and keep hearing new things. If you like stuff at the country/folk end of Americana, but like to hear a bit of originality as well, I can almost guarantee you will love this. Oh, and I was lucky enough to see them on their first short UK tour, and they're great live too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I can't keep my mouth shut any longer
This is an absolutely gorgeous album and still Hem's finest in my opinion. Sally Ellyson's vocals are shown off to their brilliant best, from the breathless whisper of 'Sailor' to... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just keeps getting better
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5.0 out of 5 stars simple, beautiful
I came across this lot through a gorgeous sample track on a magazine cd and, since buying the album, have been spreading the word like a preacher. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, sweet music!
This album is a must-have, the band come together to produce a fantastic 16 track cd. Sally's voice is enchanting and would warm even a stone-heart! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars That Bob Harris is costing me a fortune ..!!!
I can't say a great deal. I heard a track on this album a couple of weeks ago and wrote it down to buy in the future... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2002 by colin.morgan@galagroup.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent
Described in my local record shop as 'one of the lost gems of 2001'. They were't wrong. A stunning vocalist evoking memories of the late Alexandra Elaine Denny ( Sandy to most... Read more
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