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~ Be Good Tanyas
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  • Audio CD (10 Feb 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • ASIN: B00007KVME
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,786 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. It's Not Happening 2:41£0.69
Listen  2. Waiting Around To Die 5:13£0.69
Listen  3. The Junkie Song 3:47£0.69
Listen  4. Ship Out On The Sea 4:13£0.69
Listen  5. Dogsong 2 5:07£0.69
Listen  6. Rowdy Blues 3:32£0.69
Listen  7. Reuben 4:23£0.69
Listen  8. House Of The Rising Sun 3:49£0.69
Listen  9. In Spite Of All The Damage 3:59£0.69
Listen10. Lonesome Blues 4:16£0.69
Listen11. In My Time Of Dying 3:44£0.69
Listen12. I Wish My Baby Was Born 3:50£0.69
Listen13. Horses 4:01£0.69
Listen14. Midnight Moonlight 3:44£0.69

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If, as many purists believe, the best country music is the bleakest, then Chinatown is a tremendous leap forward for the Be Good Tanyas. Whereas their debut album, The Blue Horse, focused on the sweeter side of traditional Appalachian music with a chirpy, naïve charm, Chinatown finds the three Canadian songbirds diving headlong into the dark. For their second release, the Be Good Tanyas follow the traditionalist route mapped out by Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton, eschewing the neo-traditionalism of Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek which was hinted at on The Blue Horse. The result is a revelation.

Chinatown drips with twisted pathos, reflected in both their choices of songs (Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die", their self-penned "Junkie Song" and the modern standards "House of the Rising Sun" and "In My Time of Dying") and their delivery, which is sincere without being overly maudlin. Chinatown's slower pace, and overall more melancholy theme, allow the trio more room to flex their three-part vocal harmonies and able fingerpicking skills, which they flesh out once again with the non-traditional (but always subtle) backing of bass and drums. This results in an inspired and breathtaking reading of Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die", as well as a relatively upbeat take on the traditional "Reuben", here reclaimed as a sort of bluegrass "I Will Survive". Though not as polished as its predecessor, Chinatown is just as much a gem. --Robert Burrow



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'Chinatown' is the second album from The Be Good Tanyas whoare made up of Samantha Parton, Frazey Ford and Trish Klein. It follows their 2001 debut, 'Blue Horse', and continues with their harmony-led folk, country and pop. The Canadian trio are joined by Olu Dara on cornet and Aaron Chapman on saxophone.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a drug, 16 May 2003
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I am convinced that somewhere out there for everyone there exists something so deeply familiar and resonant, so subtle and perfect, that it fits like a glove, and fills the soul. The perfect drug with a make-up that fits your chemical receptors as though that was what it was created for. I have found mine and I'm never coming down again.

I have to admit that this second offering snuck up on me a little. Blue Horse was an immediate 'hit' a rush, it was great. This little gem took a little longer but it insinuated itself into my subconcious first. Now its my genes I swear.

We're all different though so its something you'll have to experiment with for yourself. Be brave. Theres a whole new world out there.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Faultless, astounding, 27 Nov 2004
By D. Smith "dave_smith21" (Saffron Walden, Essex) - See all my reviews
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I seem to be in a minority here, perhaps because I heard Chinatown before Blue Horse, but in my humble opinion Blue Horse is a sweet and fetching debut album wheareas Chinatown is mesmerising, beautiful, and damn near faultless. I was completely captivated from the end of the first line of the first song (in comparison, my reaction to Littlest Birds on Blue Horse was "Hmmm, I wouldn't play this to some of my more sceptical friends.")

Sweetly aching melodies and delivery with the slurred vocals (Vancouverette John Martyn?) luring you further in, like songs from the sirens. Junkie Song is stark, emotive, and haunting, the most beautiful song I've ever heard about something so ugly. House of the Rising Sun is magnificent, and I didn't even recognise it until it was half way through!

Some reviewers have indicated that this verges on "music to slit your wrists to" but I find it uplifting and life-affirming. A beautiful, mature, and astounding record, burned into my heart.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful ballads shot through with melancholy, 4 Feb 2003
By Marcus Horatius (Bucks) - See all my reviews
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This is a marvellous disc, and a huge leap forward from their very pleasant but relatively middle-of-the-road first album. Less mainstream than Emmylou Harris, but less astringent than either Lucinda Williams or Gillian Welch, "Chinatown" focuses on heartache in the best country manner, but it's all done with a delicate subtlety that's too often lost in the heart-on-the-sleeve Country tradition. The playing is ideally low-key -- restrained -- but all the more effective for that. Hazeldine and
Freakwater come to mind as comparisons, but the Be Good Tanyas seem to have outclassed all with this new one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 'Chinatown' -
I really like this CD. It sounds abit like Tracy Chapman doing 'Country', especially 'The Junkie Song'. Some of the Tracks are beautiful like track 12. I recommend this CD.
Published 3 months ago by Polly Esther Flares

5.0 out of 5 stars Repairs your damaged soul with every listen......
Best song for me is "In Spite of All the Damage", dont want to use cliches, it's just beautiful
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by Alex Kidd

5.0 out of 5 stars what beautiful soulful, quiet, acoustic music
this is a collection of gorgeously sung songs. simple compositions, sparse, spot-on instrumentation, the mandolin, the steel drum, the guitar, and that sexy husky low voice... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2006 by M. A. S. Martins

4.0 out of 5 stars Play me a sad sad song - make that several sad sad songs
This album was a bit of a disappointment. I loved Blue Horse - every song was a gem. Chinatown is okay and all the songs are not-too-bad but there's nothing outstanding to rave... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2003 by Sally-Anne

5.0 out of 5 stars I hated country music til i heard this ....
I can't stop playing this CD, they have the most beautiful, haunting, harmonising voices and they can play those gee-tars like the devil's own. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing second album
After their stunning 1999 debut album Blue Horse, the Be Good Tanyas’ second release came as a big disappointment. Read more
Published on 19 May 2003 by Graham Timmins

5.0 out of 5 stars Mellow Nights
The second album by the Tanyas and surely as good if not better.Probably an aquired taste but if you love folk or blue grass or roots/world music then this deserves a place in... Read more
Published on 6 May 2003 by Andrew Foulds

3.0 out of 5 stars HAUNTED COUNTRY LEFT WANTING
After hearing It's not Happening' on Top of the Pops, I was looking forward to an album full of tracks of the same instant and haunting calibre. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2003

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