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Chantal Kreviazuk - Under These Rocks and Stones Audio CD

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Chantal Kreviazuk Band: Chantal Kreviazuk
Title: Under These Rocks and Stones
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Release Date: 1997-06-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: God Made Me 2: Surrounded 3: Don't Be Good 4: Believer 5: Grace 6: Wayne 7: Hands 8: Disagree 9: Co-Dependent 10: Green Apples 11: Boot 12: Imaginary Friend

Soothing............
Chantal Kreviazuk's music is soothing for the soul!

Great stuff to relax with!

Check her out, I think you'll enjoy it!.


~Hauntingly eloquent and strong~
She's fabulous. Add this to your collection. I recommend this to anyone that listens to music. The vocals are touching and the music is deliciously put together!! Great work.


Lacks staying power
However, I quickly grew tired of her frail, scratchy voice, and the oft-depressed lyrics that pervade the entire album. When I first got this album as a new release, I really liked it, and listened to it a lot. After a relatively short time, I simply stopped feeling like listening to it, and haven't ever really felt compelled to go back. I came across some of her songs once in a while on compilation tapes I made when I was listening to her, and I tend to turn the stereo down, or tune out. I've so far resisted putting this into my iTunes library. It's just over.


Good Talent
It's good talent but I'm not falling off my chair like the raves I've heard amongst everyone. I first heard the song "Surrounded" on Dawsons Creek a few years ago and finally decided to try the album. There are a lot of talented singer/pianist/writers out there (Try Vanessa Carlton). It's good, though.


Kreviazuk shines brightest on her own
Her voice can be both confident and fragile, her lyrics contain some poetic gems and she masters her piano like no other. No one can deny that Chantal Kreviazuk is incredibly talented. So naturally, her debut album could be no other than perfect, right?

Wrong. As long as Kreviazuk is left to her own devices in songwriting, she produces truly beautiful songs. "Surrounded" is a heartbreaking ballad that showcases Kreviazuk's impressive range, while "Believer" is an angry rock song that really packs a punch. "Wayne" shows Kreviazuk's views on innocence and it's fragility and "Green Apples" really is a very sweet love song. If only she could have stuck with these gems.

As soon as she gets some help in songwriting, things go awry. The lyrics become boring, and sometimes even downright silly, like in "Co-Dependent", where one line actually goes like 'but I eat it up like bologna/I can't get enough'. Kreviazuk seems to realize this, because her vocals suddenly become flat and bored, like she isn't even trying. On "Disagree", "Hands" and "Boot, things are not much better.

This album is definitely still worth it's price for the good songs it contains, but it misses out on the five stars because I can't listen to it without skipping a few songs.


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