Music CD - Kaki King: Until We Felt Red

	Music CD: Until We Felt Red Artist: Kaki King List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $11.15 Your Save: $ 3.83 ( 26% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Velour Recordings
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Tracks: 1. Yellowcake 2. ...Until We Felt Red 3. You Don't Have To Be Afraid 4. Goby 5. Jessica 6. First Brain 7. I Never Said I Love You 8. Ahuvati 9. These Are The Armies Of The Tyrannized 10. Second Brain 11. Soft Shoulder 12. The Footsteps Die Out Forever 13. Gay Sons Of Lesbian Mothers
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0687480060429 Label: Velour Recordings Manufacturer: Velour Recordings Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Velour Recordings Release Date: 2006-08-08 Studio: Velour Recordings
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Not sure if you'll feel red, but chances are you'll like the music Comment: I was listening to a 'new age' internet radio station about a month or so ago, and it had this song called 'Right After Sidewalk' playing. While it didn't exactly sound like new-age, I was extremely pleased with the music. It was an instrumental with guitar. That's when I discovered Kaki King. This album doesn't feature the song I mentioned earlier (that was part of her first album titled 'Everybody Loves You'), but it's still mostly guitar solos with Kaki using her voice in some of the songs. The songs are very relaxing and soothing, and Kaki's voice adds an ethereal feeling to the songs. She is an extremely talented guitarist and quite a good vocalist too. I'm sure she is destined for even bigger successes. Oh, and did I say that the cover art is brilliant? Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful alternative acoustic guitar sound... Comment: The woman behind the guitar sound from the movie, August Rush, Kaki King is gifted and terrifically entertaining. Makes this keyboardist want to learn to play guitar... Customer Rating: Summary: As per my expectations, this is really good. Comment: I first saw Kaki King on the David Letterman show and was immediately mesmerized. Her unusual guitar style and command of the instrument combined to make a captivating performance. I picked up her first CD, Legs To Make Us Longer, and was glad I did. The first one was all instrumental. Kaki branches out on this one and sings on a couple of cuts. She doesn't have an overly strong voice, but it's pleasant and suits the songs she's singing. And her guitar work is still stellar. She also uses more backup musicians on this CD than on the previous one. They are used to good effect, enhancing but never overpowering the songs. The artists who last are the ones who explore and don't produce the same product over and over. I think Kaki King plans on being around for the long haul. Customer Rating: Summary: garbage Comment: Awful guitar playing. Awful singing. Ridiculous lyrics. A melody would be nice. I remember one time I saw Kenny G, and Michael Bolton was the opening act. It was the single worst musical experience of my life - until I heard this record. If Kaki King is the most important new musical visionary to emerge in 30 years, then surely it's a sign of impending Apocalypse. The truth of the matter is that Kaki King's relative importance in guitar music is equivalent to being the best jazz piano player in the National Hockey League. If you're seriously interested in hearing the cutting edge of solo guitar music, listen instead to the brilliant Erik Mongrain. Kaki King is to guitar music what Richard Marx was to rock and roll. Avoid this CD at all cost. Customer Rating: Summary: Delicate, Beautiful Comment: Unfortunately, it's painfully obvious that most of the (negative) reviewers on this page are falling into the time tested art of ridiculing an artist for expanding their art form and trying something new. Like Elliott Smith and Bob Dylan, Kaki King is being subjected to judgment for moving from a stripped down, solo acoustic singer songwriter format, into a more fully fleshed out (and ultimately better) art form. It never ceases to amaze me how certain fans will turn against the artist they admire for trying doing something different instead of repeatedly releasing the same style of material. This is the first record where Kaki King has had vocals over more than one track. For me, this is a very welcome change. Her previous records are wonderful in their own right, but tend to become background music after a few tracks of instrumental acoustic guitars. Until We Felt Red is much more attention grabbing. Songs are punctuated with interesting, experimental instrumentals. Kaki's vocals are beautiful, delicately sung, almost whispered. From "Jessica" - a touching track about Kaki's sister's relationships to "First Brain", Until We Felt Red maintains a wonderful quirky narrative, one that is unafraid to be unique. Her technical live track looping is absolutely incredible. I highly recommend any aspiring guitar player go see her play! I have to address some of the complaints made about this record: To say that it is not catchy is to state the obvious. THIS IS NOT A POP RECORD. Its melodies are structured with a bluesy, jazzy progression. However, If you are looking for a delicate opera- rife with emotive, intricate guitar playing- please tune in. You will not regret it. I was happy with everything about this record. I saw Kaki on tour in 2006, shortly before Until We Felt Red was released- and I must say that her reputation for "doing for the acoustic guitar what Hendrix did for the electric" is well deserved. She is an extremely talented musician, and I believe this is her peak record to date. I cannot wait to see where she goes next. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: It would be reaching to equate Kaki King's new direction with Dylan's electric debut at Newport. Yet there's no doubt the New York-by-way-of-Georgia musician has taken a sharp left turn with her third full-length. After two discs composed primarily of acoustic guitar, Everybody Loves You and Legs To Make Us Longer, King has added vocals to her arsenal (something she first experimented with on her last album). It could have been a disastrous move. Fortunately, King, who actually started out as a drummer, hasn't morphed into a standard issue singer/songwriter--just as Dylan didn't abandon his folk roots when he plugged in. Rather, her minimalist musings add texture to the atmospheric, post-rock proceedings. And just as her fret work has been described as "singing," her fragile voice is but one ingredient in the mix, which includes bass, bells, and brushes. On the eight-minute "You Don't Have to be Afraid," for instance, she only sings near the beginning and the end of the track. Most vocalists would surely do the opposite. While previous recordings garnered comparisons to axe-slingers Michael Hedges and Preston Reed, the John McEntire-produced Until We Felt Red more closely resembles the sweetly melodic sounds of Lush or Asobi Seksu. McEntire (The Sea and Cake, Tortoise) also provides drums and "things" (synth, vibes, programming, etc.). Once described by National Public Radio as "The Queen of Acoustic Guitar," Kaki King could use a new slogan. How about "The Queen of Lap-Steel Shoegaze Pop"? --Kathleen C. Fennessy