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Mutual Admiration Society, Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile - Mutual Admiration Society

Mutual Admiration Society, Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile - Mutual Admiration Society

Band: Mutual Admiration Society, Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile Title: Mutual Admiration Society Rating: Release Date: 13 July, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Comes A Time 2: Sake Of The World 3: Windmills 4: Be Careful 5: Running Out 6: Somewhere Out There 7: Francesca 8: Trouble 9: La Lune 10: Reprise 11: Think About Your Troubles

Editoral Review Some of the eight originals bear a connection with Phillips's erstwhile band, especially a song like "Somewhere Out There" with its lilting rhythms and dreamily atmospheric chordal structure. This collaboration between former Toad the Wet Sprocket front man Glen Phillips and Nickel Creek's Sean and Sara Watkins and Chris Thile was rehearsed and recorded in six days in 2000 and is the result of a true mutual admiration between the parties. What's most telling is the breadth that this new context allows him as a songwriter. The rootsy Americana, subtle voicings, and front-porch settings seem hundreds of miles from the more urban character of Toad. It's nice to see Nilsson's "Think About Your Troubles," one of a handful of covers, emerging as a contemporary standard in new acoustic circles (having also been released this year in a version by the Asylum Street Spankers). MAS's version of Jon Brion's "Trouble" shows the ease with which these players blend pop sensibilities with the resilience of tradition. --David Greenberger .. You can see a complete list of all Mutual Admiration Society, Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile discography, or go back to the Mutual Admiration Society, Glen Phillips, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile tabs