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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. When I Grow Up | |||
| 2. Hello Hopeville | |||
| 3. Memories Of East Texas | |||
| 4. Gladewater | |||
| 5. Graffiti Limbo | |||
| 6. If Love Was A Train | |||
| 7. Anchorage | |||
| 8. The L& | |||
| 9. V.F.D. | |||
| 10. Black Widow | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. When I Grow Up | |||
| 2. Memories Of East Texas | |||
| 3. Yamboree Queen | |||
| 4. Strawberry Jam | |||
| 5. Graffiti Limbo | |||
| 6. If Love Was A Train | |||
| 7. Anchorage | |||
| 8. The L+N | |||
| 9. V.F.D. | |||
| 10. Black Widow | |||
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Product Description
Product Description
Michelle Shocked, one of the most absorbing singer/songwriter/musicians in contemporary music and an artist rights advocate, is the only known major label artist to now own and publish their complete catalogue. Instead of accepting a large advance when she was signed with PolyGram in November 1987, Michelle negotiated instead for ownership of her work. After long years of legal battles, the control is back with its rightful owner. While Shocked continues to work on new material for release in mid-2004, as well as touring she also wears the hat of founder and CEO - or, as she prefers, “Big Boss With The Hot Sauce” - of Mighty Sound. Michelle launched Mighty Sound with her acclaimed 2002 album DEEP NATURAL and followed it earlier this year with the re-issue of her pivotal 1986 release, TEXAS CAMPFIRE TAPES/TAKES. This is the second double deluxe reissue in what will be a series until her entire catalogue is again available. SHORT SHARP SHOCKED has been out of print since 1998 and is here reissued with a bonus disc of rare radio sessions, live recordings and studio out-takes. These are: When I Grow Up (demo), Memories Of East Texas (live), Yamboree Queen (live), Strawberry Jam (live), Graffiti Limbo (demo), If Love Was A Train (alt), Anchorage (radio), The L&N Don't Stop Here (alt), VFD (live), Black Widow (alt), Leaving Louisiana (radio), Disoriented (UK single), Lovely Rita (UK compilation), Ballad Of Penny Evans (live), Remodeling The Pentagon (live), Fred's Winter Song (radio), Prince Of Darkness (with Mekons), One Piece At A Time (UK compilation), 5 AM In Amsterdam (live), Campus Crusade (live), Irene Goodnight (live).
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I am stunned that I have to wait for a re-issue, and that this title has not become a classic. Perhaps I should be pleased that there's at least one album in my mental collection which no one else appears to remember - and I would be if my ("borrowed") cassette copy hadn't been recently eaten. Bluesy, raw - some tracks warm and welcoming, others disturbing, but worth every penny for the voice and the harmonica solo alone....
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Michelle Shocked has a tremendous talent. Thankfully, it is hard to categorize in a word or two. Her ability to stretch the boundaries between musical genres (folk, swing, rock, bluegrass) did not sit well with her one-time record company. After a handful of recordings, Shocked's label dropped her due to 'artistic incongruity' or some such nonsense. She hit them back with a lawsuit citing conditions of involuntary servitude. This disrupted her recordings being released for awhile. In the end we all lost, in a way, because such an episode disturbs the natural flow of a career, and interrupts the artistic process. Recordings become harder to find, the relationship between artist and audience is thwarted. Such is life, sometimes.
Short, Sharp, Shocked (1986) was the first of a trilogy of albums recorded for Mercury/Polygram. If Shocked were ever to fit into the quasi-structural mold of singer-songwriter, it would have been with this release. Her folk-pop roots shine in autobiographical songs like "Memories of East Texas" and "Anchorge," and in her effective interpretation of Jean Ritchie's classic "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore."
Shocked is a gifted songwriter. She can write overtly political material that will not hit you over the head with overbearing self-righteousness. She never loses sight of her senses of humor and irony. Note the gracefulness of her lyrics in "When I Grow Up," "Grafitti Limbo," or "Gladewater."
That Shocked never broke out into the into more mainstream success like Suzanne Vega or even Fiona Apple is perplexing. Such a dilemma poses the question: "Where do you go...when there ain't no justice?"
Short, Sharp, Shocked (1986) was the first of a trilogy of albums recorded for Mercury/Polygram. If Shocked were ever to fit into the quasi-structural mold of singer-songwriter, it would have been with this release. Her folk-pop roots shine in autobiographical songs like "Memories of East Texas" and "Anchorge," and in her effective interpretation of Jean Ritchie's classic "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore."
Shocked is a gifted songwriter. She can write overtly political material that will not hit you over the head with overbearing self-righteousness. She never loses sight of her senses of humor and irony. Note the gracefulness of her lyrics in "When I Grow Up," "Grafitti Limbo," or "Gladewater."
That Shocked never broke out into the into more mainstream success like Suzanne Vega or even Fiona Apple is perplexing. Such a dilemma poses the question: "Where do you go...when there ain't no justice?"
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Great tracks on this album. Anchorage used to get a lot of play on GLR and is the one that sticks in my memory. Criminal that it has not been reissued.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it.
As I get older I am searching out more country and folk. The good stuff is awesome. This is the good stuff. I wish Amazon would pay their fair share of UK taxes.
Published 2 months ago by johnandjennyjohn
5.0 out of 5 stars
great cd
the cd arrived promptly and was exactly as advertised and took me back to listening to it on cassette tape many years ago.
so i was pleased with my easy purchase thank you
so i was pleased with my easy purchase thank you
Published 4 months ago by Dee
5.0 out of 5 stars
As Good As It Gets
Lovely to have "Anchored Down In Anchorage" and other great songs by Michelle. She's a great lyricist, a great human being.
Published 5 months ago by John Garth Raubenheimer
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's all perfect.
It was delivered in perfect shape and rather fast.
Michelle Shocked / Short Sharp Shocked is Allright with me !
Great soul and graet music too . Read more
Michelle Shocked / Short Sharp Shocked is Allright with me !
Great soul and graet music too . Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tom Robbino
5.0 out of 5 stars
great music
I used to listen to this album in the 90ies and loved it then. Coming back to it was great. Michelle Shocked combines excellent rhythms with striking lyrics. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Book lover
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great album of original folky songs
I have this on vinyl and love it. There are some well drawn self penned songs as well as a good version of the L&N don't stop here anymore. Its well worth a listen. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2010 by Dr. G. Austin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not just for folkies
I was a fan of this album when it first came out in the late Eighties. Over the years it faded from memory until twenty years or so after it's release Terry Wogan of all people... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by A B
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great album spoiled by additional tracks!
I really enjoyed the original version of this album and wanted it on CD, hence my purchase of this. I really dislike the additional track added to the first CD - wish I could... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by JocelynB
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfection
This Texas troubadours career has been patchy but here on her second album everything is perfect. Mixing country, folk and rock influences it is Michelle's wonderful singing and... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2007 by Lendrick
4.0 out of 5 stars
well worth the £6
I'm quite new to michelle's music coming from a gift i had of the texas campfire songs.. bilmy what a CD. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2005 by S. P. Harry
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