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Michelle Shocked - Threesome Audio CD

A fair review of the Michelle Shocked "Threesome" 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 Michelle Shocked reviews here, or go back to the Michelle Shocked tabs.

Michelle Shocked Band: Michelle Shocked
Title: Threesome
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-06-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lonely Planet 2: Cantina el Gato Negro 3: Wanted Man 4: Picoesque 5: Match Burns Twice 6: Mouth of the Mississippi 7: Bitter Pill 8: 180 Proof 9: Weasel Be Poppin' 10: Blackjack Heart 11: Early Morning Saturday 12: How You Play the Game 13: Don't Ask 14: Used Car Lot 15: Hardly Gonna Miss Him 16: Evacuation Route 17: Fools Like Us 18: Elaborate Sabotage 19: Don't Tell 20: Goodbye 21: To Be a Cat 22: Give a Little Whistle 23: Got No Strings 24: Spoonful of Sugar 25: Spectrum 26: Wish Upon a Star 27: Baby Mine 28: Dream Is a Wish 29: Bare Necessities 30: On the Front Porch

Threesome is Awesome
Seriously!. I'm giving this 5 stars even though I'm not really into the Disney songs (Got No Strings disc), but the other two discs are so full of extra great music that it averages out to 5 stars.


Shocked shoots high and mostly hits her target
Otherwise, take advantage of Amazon and listen since most people aren't going to equally like all three disks. After her triumphant "Deep Natural" Shocked 2-disk release, she set herself a very high bar and she tried to reach that bar with a three disk set!

If you're a diehard Shocked fan, like me, you'll want the set.

Disc One (Mexican Standoff) is my least favorite only because I'm not too fond of Mexican music -- not because there is anything wrong with that genre nor her songs. Some of the songs are not Mexican at all but are old-school Hammond Organ style blues. I love those tracks!

Disc Two (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is my personal favorite and is more what I expect of Michelle Shocked's original pieces. It's folksy, bluesy and poignant -- although she has avoided the over-heavy seriousness of a couple of her albums.

Disc Three (Got No Strings) is my favorite to listen with my 6 year old in the car. I'm always looking for albums that both she and I enjoy, and this is certainly one. It a simple, sweet little tribute to the old "Disney style" songs that I was raised on.

If you are a first-time Michelle Shocked album buyer, I'd probably steer you to her earlier works like "Short Sharp Shocked " or "Arkansas Traveler" (best yet, Mercury Poise, if you can get it) or I'd recommend my personal favorite, "Deep Natural".

However, if you already know how great Michelle Shocked is, then I'd say go for the set! You may not like every song but you'r sure to like enough of them to make the set worth it since you get three discs fore the price of two.


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mixed bag of music/bad packaging
I was a bit disappointed with this release; it could have been a killer record with a little trimming. I am a fan of Michelle and I own every release that I can find.

The real complaint that I have is with the packaging. The rubber dots that hold the discs in place have already come off and the cover itself is very sparse. .


Be Shocked
Her voice is always great, her amusement at the wonders and horrors of this little planet always shines between the lyrics and the musical lines. Michelle Shocked is endlessly creative, moving effortlessly between genres and styles of music, from pop to Tex-Mex Rhumba beats to sweet Disney songs done to swing. Have fun. Be shocked. Be surprised. Your ears will be happy.


Not what I had in mind.
Well, I gave this a 4, based mostly on the fact that it's a worthy effort, and that Michelle Shocked is one of the best artists I know of. OK, first off, to the previous reviewer, a 1 out of 5 because of the packaging is a little harsh isn't it? LOL, just kidding. She is right there in the upper eschelon. Having said that, I really did not enjoy this collection very much. Not that it was terrible music, just that it wasn't my cup of tea. I guess this is no shock, because this has happened before with me. I was blown away by Short Sharp Shocked and Arkansas Traveler, but wasn't crazy about Kind Hearted Woman or Captain Swing. I was then blown away again by Deep Natural, but this latest set just doesn't hit the mark with me. My sugestion is that, seeing that it's right here at your fingertips, I would give the sample cuts from Amazon a listen before investing the $25 or $30. If given the option, I think I would have given this more like a 3. 5 out of 5, but a 3 is too harsh. .


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