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Furnace Room Lullaby

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby Audio CD

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Band: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
Title: Furnace Room Lullaby
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Release Date: 2000-02-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Set Out Running 2: Guided by Wire 3: Porchlight 4: Mood to Burn Bridges 5: No Need to Cry - Scott Betts, Neko Case, , Joel Trueblood 6: Twist the Knife 7: Thrice All American 8: We've Never Met 9: Whip the Blankets 10: South Tacoma Way 11: Bought and Sold 12: Furnace Room Lullaby

BUY THIS IMMEDIATELY!!

While I am NOT a Country music fan at all. I LOVE THIS CD. . . . . . I would be if Country music sounded like this.

Regarded by most as "THE" Alt/Country Diva. . . . . . this is a title well deserved. This is the Country music you will NEVER hear on a Country radio station. . . . . . . or a Pop station either for that matter.

Fabulous, twangy vocals and awesome lyrics backed by solid musicians. . . it just doesn't get any better than this.

If it were possible to give 10 stars. . . . . I would give all 10 to this one.

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Guided by your electric wire's hum
There's a wealth of extraordinary songs on Furnace Room Lullaby - the cold echoes of the title track, the invigorating vocal heights of "Set Out Running," the haunted eloquence of "South Tacoma Way. Think of this as a relative endorsement - I've become such a fan of Neko Case in the past year that Furnace Room Lullaby, my first purchase of hers, now seems a fairly subpar Case record, something which is less a criticism than simply a high bar to live up to. " What makes Case's songs so distinct is the way her melodies - as conventional as they'd ever be on this record - seem to invade with spare syllables, making each second of their short running time rattle around your head for days. What make's Furnace Room disappointing in light of the entire Case catalog is its lack of conceptual daring, its sidestepping of the passionate cohesion that elecrifies Blacklisted and Fox Confessor Brings The Flood. Certainly, she was just starting out with this record, but it falls short of her biggest accomplishments. Still, few artists can do what Case does - her powerful vocals and invasive lyrics are already in full swing, and on "Porchlight," she makes what may still be her finest and most singable song - a song whose longing is more memorable than its perfect melody.

Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby
I can't believe I have never heard her on the radio. This is the first CD of Neko Case I have bought. I heard the title song on a DVD movie and had to check her out. She is a very good singer, and her style is unique. If you like country, but want some variety from the mainstream stuff, this is the singer you should look for.

Forget Shania or Faith......
I haven't been disappointed yet and I doubt if I will be. After I saw Neko on Breakfast with the Arts on A&E,I bought her newest cd,then bought this one. Neko has the most beautiful and passionate voice out there and puts the Shanias and Faiths to shame. . These songs should be radio and not the wannabes that make up most of country today. . . I mean,shouldn't Neko be more popular than the so- called country starlets that are out now?? In a perfect world,she would be. . . BUY THIS!!!.

Country-Pop Perfection
The back features Neko looking guilty, crouching over the body of a knocked-out guy as she rifles through his wallet. The cover features a pic of a comatose Neko sprawled out on the gritty floor, red hair pooled around her, as if the victim of a dirty deed. Is it any wonder Nick Cave had her open for him on his 2002 North American tour?

Neko's music shares some similarities with Cave in its heartfelt intensity, haunting dark melodies, and occasional rip-roaring debauchery. They diverge at the line between soulful folk balladeer and soulful country pop, the difference between a Leonard Cohen-esque piano ballad and a twanging electric guitar. Neko's "Whip the Blankets" and "Mood to Burn Bridges" are countrified rockabilly rip-stompers. When she snaps "my mood to burn bridges is like my mood to dig ditches," you know you'd better not cross her for fear of ending up in one of those ditches. "South Tacoma Way" is a deeply heartfelt lament for a dead friend or partner that sounds too authentic not to be autobiographical. "Bought and Sold" is a loving but wry look at Neko's hometown of Tacoma, Washington, which has steadfastly resisted development and big-box stores for years. "God bless California, make way for the Wal-Mart," Neko sings, "I hope they don't find you, Tacoma. "

Then there's her voice. With Loretta Lynn twang, Patsy Cline throb, and Dusty Springfield soul, Neko has a voice big enough to fill a canyon. The album opener, "Set Out Running," is the most soulful country song about trying to outrun heartbreak that I've ever heard. When Neko belts out, "The springs inside the mattress will cry my dirty secrets; I just can't shake this feeling that I'm nothing in your eyes," it stops my heart every time. The gorgeous, haunting title track, "Furnace Room Lullaby," was featured on the soundtrack to the movie The Gift, with Cate Blanchett playing a spirit medium in the deep south, outwitting abusive boyfriends and vengeful ghosts. Neko's atmospheric song was a perfect choice. The lovely, weepy "Porchlight" is another cry-in-your-wineglass classic ("sorry to tread on your patience, my dear; my heart might be willing by this time next year; I can't make you wait `cause I long to be forgiven"). "No Need to Cry" harks back to Patsy Cline's romantic countrypolitan leanings of the late `50s/early `60s, and it's great to sing along with in the car.

With her classic song structures and big voice, it's no surprise that Neko wrote a song about her influences. "Guided By Wire" tells of salvation through the radio, of the voices of songwriters and performers, new and old, who have influenced and guided Neko through her life and career. "Even in my darkest recollection," she sings, "there was someone singing my life back to me. " Neko has been there for me in the very same way on many a road trip, hectic work commute, trip to the corner grocery. . . . Pop this CD in your car stereo and take Neko along for the ride. She'll provide some much-needed comfort on those hairpin turns, lonely roads to nowhere, and any time you need some soulful countrified pop to give more meaning to your day.

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