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KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Mammoth / Pgd
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 37194
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 035498020926
EAN: 0035498020926
ASIN: B00000K52P
Release Date: September 7, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: PLEASE READ: The spine has been removed from both sides of rear inlay/insert. Otherwise complete and in GOOD++ condition! The spine is the title strip visible when the CD is on a shelf.
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| Tracks:
| • | Blewu - Bellow, Bella | | • | Glory Box - Barrow, Geoff | | • | Is This Love? - McCrea, John | | • | Monkey - Henry, Joe [3] | | • | Socks, Drugs and Rock N' Rol - Buffalo Daughter | | • | Sugar Boy - Orton, Beth | | • | All I Need - Hirsch, Beth | | • | Kiss Me - Slocum, Matt | | • | Dance Hall Vibes - Harvey, PJ | | • | Secret Smile - Wilson, Dan | | • | Torn - Preven, Anne | | • | Bears - Fromholz, Steven | | • | Opus 40 - Mercury Rev | | • | Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead | | • | Is This Desire? - Harvey, PJ | | • | The Sea - Godfrey, Paul | | • | Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Evans, Ray |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Every city should have a radio show as fresh and intelligent as Morning Becomes Eclectic from KCRW in Santa Monica. Unencumbered by narrow genre classifications, the show has built up an audience for left-of-center singer-songwriters, art-pop bands, world beatniks, jazz fusionists, and hip-hoppers. All are featured on this compilation of live, on-air performances. While the previous four-volume KCRW series, Rare on the Air, may have featured more legends (including Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Joni Mitchell), and hence more consistent material, the sense of discovery and adventure of this latest sampling is seductive. The strongest cuts tend to be the most stripped down: Afro-pop chanteuse Angelique Kidjo's a cappella "Blewu," Beth Orton's tingling voice and guitar performance on "Sugar Boy," Mercury Rev's Velvet Underground-meets-the-Band "Opus 40," and P.J. Harvey's eerie dirge "Is This Desire?" --Roy Kasten
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lyle Lovett's "Bears" April 2, 2003
Francis L. Martin (Los Angeles, CA USA)
The simple performance of Lyle Lovett and his guitar doing
Steven Fromholz' "Bears" written in 1974 is why I bought this CD
after hearing it on the air at KCRW. Great energy, in a
special knowing way ! The other music is great too, by far
KCRW's best compilation. Stunningly good studio quality recordings
for live radio show performances, which they all are. You'll love it !
 Hypnotic (perhaps to a fault) May 24, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Of the 5 CDs released by KCRW, this is my favorite. They are all very good, but "Morning Becomes Eclectic" has more of my favorite music. The covers by Mehldau and Martyn are amazing, as is PJ Harvey's performance. I was also pleasantly surprised by "All I Need." And for those of you who prefer something a little more firmiliar, Semisonic and Sixpence None The Richer add their two cents. All together this is a great record. If there is one flaw, it is that the songs are all on the soft side, which means there is always the risk of being lulled to sleep or into some kind of trance. Not that that's a bad thing -- and considering all of this music was recorded on a morning show, it's understandable. I highly reccomend the whole series.
A good group of songs. December 28, 1999
Jason Davis (West Palm Beach, Fl United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased the disc mainly for the Air song (which is great) - standout tracks are by Beth Orton, Cake, PJ Harvey (real good version of Is This Desire?), Brad Mehldau and Morcheeba. A nice treat is the song 'Glory Box' sung by John Martyn - the song is a cover of the Portishead tune by the same name. Get it when you are craving a new disc - it will suffice.
Extremely Creative! September 12, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
It has so many different songs that truely make it an eclectic blend! It's definitly is one of the best CD's that collect varios artists. It's probably the only CD of my collection that I can play any time of the day; any day of the week.
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