| Gibbs, C. / Parade of Small Horses |
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| Album: | Parade of Small Horses | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Gibbs, C. | Added: | Apr 2005 | |
| Label: | Dren Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-06-05 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-07 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 7 | Jul 31 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 04, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder Devil's Water | 4. | Jul 10, 2005: | Sunny Side Up Lonely on a Saturday Night | |
| 2. | Jul 28, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder All State Union Song | 5. | Jul 07, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder All State Union Song | |
| 3. | Jul 14, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder Tenhorse | 6. | Jun 30, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder Duplicate Machines |
| Album Review |
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| Peter Reviewed 2005-05-31 | ||
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C. Gibbs - Parade of Small Horses – Dren Records Reviewed by Peter on 5-31-2005 Country mixed with a hearty dose of rock. The sheet that came with the CD keeps bringing up Nick Cave and mentions Tom Waits. I can see some Cave in the lyrics and some of the darker twinges, but it’s certainly not as dark as Cave’s music. I didn’t get any real Waits-vibes. Songs consist of mid-range male-vox (usually solo) singing about a variety of pretty standard country/western subjects. Guitars are usually twangy/slidey in true country fashion. Smatterings of harmonica and other instruments throughout. My favorite tracks were the more driving ones (5/9/11) which had the most energy and interesting guitar lines. My favorite track overall is 3 - nice example of the dark twinge; doesn’t drag; good energy attitude in lyrics. 1. 2:50 – Mid-tempo, steady beat. Soft, low male vox under both high and low guitar picking and clear harmonica – very western feel. 2. 3:56 – Up-tempo, trotting beat. Starts w/ harmonica and western guitar. Higher, more prominent male vox. Background saloonish piano and wailing guitar. 3. ** 4:41 – Mid-tempo, up-beat, dark twinge. Shuffling, rock drums. Male vox are both twangy (verse) and sweet (chorus). Nice, repetitive, dark guitar riff drives song. 4. 3:50 – Up-tempo, mellow track with male vocal harmonies prominent over melancholy country that turns more electronic and rockin’ in the bridge. 5. * 2:48 – Up-tempo, driving – quick percussion and fast guitar work. Even more high-energy (and electric) at the end. 6. 3:10 – Down-tempo title track with melancholy, airy guitar and vox. Song borders on pop, especially through piano and vox. 7. 3:20 – Mid-tempo, high, prominent country male vox, simple acoustic guitar line provides foundation. 8. 1:24 – Dark, haunting instrumental with glassy electric guitar line. 9. * 2:55 – Up-tempo, driving electric country-rock. Percussion and vox more rock while one guitar line slides around and the other picks quickly. Several voices singing near the end. 10. 3:34 – Mid-tempo, down-beat. Both twangy country guitar that drags a bit and lighter acoustic bluegrass guitar line. 11. *2:22 – Up-tempo, driving guitar line, shuffling percussion. Mid-range, male vox, even rise to a shout for a bit. Lil’ bit of harmonica as well. Nice energy. 12. 4:02 – Down-tempo, down-beat, slow, moonlit country serenade with strings. Pretty at times. | ||
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