Audio CD review:
Melissa Ferrick - The Other Side

Melissa Ferrick - The Other Side

Band: Melissa Ferrick Title: The Other Side Rating: Release Date: 01 June, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Beijing 2: The Other Side 3: Nebraska 4: Streetlight 5: I Give Up 6: Bad Bad Girl 7: Fearless 8: Every Three Words 9: Anything Anywhere 10: Westbound

Editoral Review That sound you hear isn't a train wreck; it's her manic, percussive guitar and jittery drumming pushing her strongest set of songs over the edge of polite folk confines. On her seventh studio album, Ferrick gets in touch with her inner control freak, producing, arranging, recording, mixing, and playing every note. The aggressive, albeit mostly acoustic, sound suits the sexual and personal confidence of her lyrics. She burns bridges and laughs, "I'm a wicked good swimmer/watch me dive. " She dares an ex-lover to call her "fearless" and when she finds a new partner she threatens to dance into a romantic "slaughterhouse. " But the set's finest moment is the deceptively simple highway song "Westbound," a trance-like groove surrounded by spacey synth loops and murmured vocals urging Ferrick further down the road--an apt closing sentiment for her most ambitious album. --Roy Kasten .. You can see a complete list of all Melissa Ferrick discography, or go back to the Melissa Ferrick tabs