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NEW ALBUM FROM RICKIE LEE JONES Taking inspiration from a modern interpretation of the words of Christ, Rickie Lee Jones presents The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
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This is a classic.. she is the female tom Waits , and she gets better with each album.wrapped CD prompt service
6 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a one take, raw recording.
Does that mean it is more live than a recorded cd? On the cd journey i have followed for the last twenty five years RLJ has never dissapointed, always interesting and searching, rubbing up against the boundries of her craft.
Here she expresses (sings)the "word (or words) of "god" (jesus).... dont let the description or difficulty of marketing put you off. One of here live and lived performances, bought and paid for, it stands along the more melodic cd's a rwaw but not rough performance. If you listen carefully you will hear....
Does that mean it is more live than a recorded cd? On the cd journey i have followed for the last twenty five years RLJ has never dissapointed, always interesting and searching, rubbing up against the boundries of her craft.
Here she expresses (sings)the "word (or words) of "god" (jesus).... dont let the description or difficulty of marketing put you off. One of here live and lived performances, bought and paid for, it stands along the more melodic cd's a rwaw but not rough performance. If you listen carefully you will hear....
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
celebrate!
23 Feb 2007
Format:Audio CD
thank you rickie lee for revealing the essence of creative spirit and holy spirit and revolutionary spirit and down-to-earth human spirit all at the same time (without being preachy or heavy-handed or lightweight). buy this recording and you get the ghosts of van morrison, the rolling stones, tom waits, nick drake, john cale, wilco and daniel lanois all married to a great magic flowing through the renewed spirit of rickie jones. recordings like this are few and far between. eventually, history calls them "essential." i have a strong feeling i'll be playing this one for as long as i live.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The Reverend Rickie
11 May 2007
Format:Audio CD
Two and one-half stars. I've been a fan of RLJ from her first single, but her albums have always fallen into one of two categories for me: the ones I play all the way through ("Rickie Lee Jones", "Traffic From Paradise", "It's Like This"), and the ones I take a song or two from for the Rickie Lee playlist on my iPod ("The Magazine", "Flying Cowboys"). "The Sermon" falls into the latter category. "Chuck E" aside, hooky pop ditties have never been RLJ's strong suit -- even considering that, "The Sermon" is a tough listen, and is only intermittently worth the effort. After several listens, I am still looking for the songs. I know you're not Avril Levigne, Rickie, but give me something to hang onto here! Her talk-sung sermonette on prayer, "Where I Like It Best", brings tears every time I hear it, on sheer force of emotional authenticity: she exhorts the listener to "take back" prayer from organized religion, to look up and shout "I'm down here, too! I'm down here, too!", and it's goose bump material. "Elvis Cadillac" is a funky hipster vision of the afterlife, and you can't help but smile. But those two songs and the occasional inspired line ("Riding into town on your donkey/But you're going out on a cross") notwithstanding, much of "The Sermon" is jangly accompaniment to a poetry reading.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
My sermon here
22 Feb 2007
Format:Audio CD
Two weeks have passed and there is only one review of this cd since its release? Wow! I listened to the cd, watched the DVD and then listed to the cd again. The DVD/SACD version is not essential, but the cd is. In a few weeks I will be driving 120 miles to San Francisco to catch Rickie live. This is really good stuff. If there was any justice the track "Falling Up" would be getting lots of air play and would be one of the top singles on the charts. If you are a Rickie Lee Jones fan you absolutely must have this cd.
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