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Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream Audio CD

A fair review of the Patty Griffin "Impossible Dream" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Patty Griffin reviews here, or go back to the Patty Griffin tabs.

Patty Griffin Band: Patty Griffin
Title: Impossible Dream
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Release Date: 2004-04-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Love Throw a Line 2: Cold as It Gets 3: Kite Song 4: Standing 5: Useless Desires 6: Top of the World 7: Rowing Song 8: When It Doesn't Come Easy 9: Florida 10: Mother of God 11: Icicles

Superb
Patty Griffin sings like an angel and her song writing skills are exquisite. This album is absolutely divine. If you like the music of Emmylou Harris - especially albums like 'The wrecking Ball' and 'Red Dirt Girl' then you'll adore this album of Patty Griffin's.


Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
. Anything by Patty Griffin is great! She is one of the best singer songwriters in my opinion.


One of the best singer song writers
Of her CDs with which I am acquainted, I would place this one third after Living with Ghosts and 1000 Kisses. I think Patty Griffin has incredible talent writing words and music. .


Impossible Dream is impossibly good


For anyone who does not realize how many people have covered Griffin's songs, her ability to string poetry together with melody is stunning, but nothing can parallel her power and range as a singer. There are debates all the time about whether or not Patty Griffin's forays in to the rock world (a la Flaming Red) was wise, but for Patty Griffin purists, "Impossible Dream" is a sophisticated, moving throwback to her roots. I have all of Griffin's studio CDs as well as live recordings, and I've seen her in concert, and she's truly mind-blowing in every situation.

For me, I almost wish I was hearing her music on vinyl instead of through the more crystalline, flawless medium of digital audio. Something about her folk roots does bump up against the almost-too-clean production values, and there's a part of me that longs for her to crank out another stripped-down solo record like "Living With Ghosts. " However, the purity and strength of her signing certainly does shine on CD in a way that might not fully be represented on an LP. She's just almost too good to be captured well in any recorded medium.

Though there are few viable hit-worthy singles on the album, that's not what Patty Griffin lovers require anyway. Instead she plumbs the depths of human longing and suffering, along with interjected morsels about her take on the state of the world. All of it, regardless of the subject, is tinged with some degree of sorrow or pain, which is at the heart of any great folk music and the hard living that accompanied it historically. With "Impossible Dream," Griffin continues her legacy as an indelible folk icon, setting new standards for musicality within a medium often focused more on story. Patty Griffin is the rare embodiment of both virtuosic musical talent and subtle lyrical storytelling.


Impossible to say enough!
To me, she is the finest female singer/songwriter on the planet today. I've been listening to Patty Griffin since her first album. She paints some of the most compelling lyrical images you have ever read, and then couples them with the most heart-rending voice I think I have ever heard. Quite simply, this album represents her at her apex. I basically have not stopped listening to it since I purchased it. If I could only take two albums with me to a desert island, I would take Impossible Dream and James McMurtry's "Where'd You Hide the Body. " Then I could die there in peace. If you've never heard Patty Griffin, you can't go wrong buying this album. Every person I have exposed to her has become a fan -- without exception. She's simply that good.


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