Release Date:September 14, 2004 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping:Expedited shipping available Shipping:International shipping available Condition:Brand new Item. CD, DVD, Book, VHS more than 400 000 titles to choose from. ALL days Low Price !
Amazon.com Some singer/songwriters (think Paul Westerberg and Elliott Smith) develop their world-weariness through the unforgiving trials of passing years and the heart-breaking grind of the music business. Others (Van Morrison, Neil Young) seem to have sprung from out of nowhere with the fully formed soul of a life well-lived. Ray LaMontagne belongs with the latter. On this, his debut, LaMontagne has crafted a handful of quietly devastating meditations on life and love--and delivered them with a raspy vocal all his own. The simple, mournful lyrics of "Burn," "Shelter" and the title track recall a Hank Williams ballad, and the reserved production by alt-country/americana genius Ethan Johns (the Jayhawks, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon) make this a great disc for smoky Saturday nights, and rainy Sunday mornings. --Ben Heege
Customer Reviews:
Otis meets VanDecember 12, 2008 R. C. Schmults(Brookline, MA USA) This albumn has a very cool sound -- Ray Lamontagne brings a bit of Otis Redding to the kind of Marin County folk tunes Van Morrison produced during his best years. The Otis comparison is not to say that Ray has the same power in his vocals -- he's much more restrained as fits the genre -- more that he has the same feeling of emotion that's almost struggling to get out that Redding brought to many of his songs. While most of this album is comprised of mellow acoustic guitar, mournful harmonica and quieted down drums, its does have a couple of deviations from format in songs like "Forever My Friend" and "How Come" which strongly resemble Dave Mason songs (the later bearing a strong resemblance to "Feelin' Alright" in both its sound and its merging of downer lyrics with upbeat tempos). Definitely not an albumn of party tunes, but good chill out music if you want something with a little more depth than Jack Johnson.
The sound your heart makes when it achesNovember 20, 2008 David A. Roman(Los Angeles, CA) I love this album. I love it in a way that makes it a soundtrack for those rainy nights when I want to do nothing else but stay in with the woman I love. This is a passionate album.
Awesome ListeningNovember 14, 2008 Diedre Hamilton This album so very soulful in a truly heartful kinda way. It makes your soul sing outloud.
Great CDNovember 11, 2008 C. Winson(tampa, FL USA) Some reviewers have compared Ray Lamontagne to Van Morrison and I would have to agree. This CD is soothing feel good music.
Yeah, Right.October 18, 2008 RootKick(Tacoma, WA. USA) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mellow, artificial singer - average songwriter. Listen to "All The Wild Horses" A work of simple genius. The rest are all immediately forgettable.
Dylan..?! Morrison..?! Yeah, right, we should be so lucky. This generation is so desperate for a new Dylan, they try to create one every few years.
