Mandolin Orange / Tides of a Teardrop
Album: | Tides of a Teardrop | Collection: | Country | |
Artist: | Mandolin Orange | Added: | Oct 2020 | |
Label: | Yep Roc Records |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-10-27
Reviewed 2020-10-27
Reviewed: 10-27-2020
Reviewer: Tom McCarter
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
If You Like: acoustic Cowboy Junkies, I'm With Her, Rebekkah Roland, Emmylou Harris
Review: MO returns with another stellar set of beautiful vocals anf exquisite picking
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Golden Embers (4:44) - guitar starts> slow sad song about loss with vocal harmonies builds to midtempo> fade
2/ The Wolves (4:06) - drums/guitar start> slow song about gratitude swings to midtempo> slow fade
**3/ Into The Sun (3:53) - guitar starts> midtempo song about love with swelling vocals> fade
*4/ Like You Used To (4:38) - guitar starts> uptempo song about patching up a relationship> quick fade
5/ Mother Deer (3:21) -guitar starts> midtempo love song done to a waltz> quick stop
*6/ Lonely All The Time (3:08) - mandolin starts hard> midtempo old time country song on love lost> quick fade
*7/ When She's Feeling Blue (5:03) - vocal starts> slow as molasses song about an odd relationship> slow fade
8/ Late September (4:21) -mandolin starts> midtempo song about love lost> quick fade
9/ Suspended In Heaven (4:14) - mandolin starts> midtempo old time country song about a mother dying> quick fade
*10/ Time We Made Time (4:56) - fiddle starts> slow love song> quick fade
Reviewer: Tom McCarter
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
If You Like: acoustic Cowboy Junkies, I'm With Her, Rebekkah Roland, Emmylou Harris
Review: MO returns with another stellar set of beautiful vocals anf exquisite picking
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Golden Embers (4:44) - guitar starts> slow sad song about loss with vocal harmonies builds to midtempo> fade
2/ The Wolves (4:06) - drums/guitar start> slow song about gratitude swings to midtempo> slow fade
**3/ Into The Sun (3:53) - guitar starts> midtempo song about love with swelling vocals> fade
*4/ Like You Used To (4:38) - guitar starts> uptempo song about patching up a relationship> quick fade
5/ Mother Deer (3:21) -guitar starts> midtempo love song done to a waltz> quick stop
*6/ Lonely All The Time (3:08) - mandolin starts hard> midtempo old time country song on love lost> quick fade
*7/ When She's Feeling Blue (5:03) - vocal starts> slow as molasses song about an odd relationship> slow fade
8/ Late September (4:21) -mandolin starts> midtempo song about love lost> quick fade
9/ Suspended In Heaven (4:14) - mandolin starts> midtempo old time country song about a mother dying> quick fade
*10/ Time We Made Time (4:56) - fiddle starts> slow love song> quick fade
Track Listing
1. | Golden Embers | 6. | Lonely All the Time | |||
2. | The Wolves | 7. | When She's Feeling Blue | |||
3. | Into the Sun | 8. | Late September | |||
4. | Like You Used To | 9. | Suspended in Heaven | |||
5. | Mother Deer | 10. | Time We Made Time | |||
11. | My Brother, My Keeper |