Music : The Honesty Room
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0793018281621
Label: Razor & Tie
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Razor & Tie
Release Date: February 21, 1995
Sales Rank: 30971
Studio: Razor & Tie
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Dar Williams's success as young '90s folkie isn't hard to discern. She has a consistent lyrical intelligence, an evocative, if sometimes cloying soprano, and a steady, graceful finger-style guitar skill. But, what's more, she has tapped into a yearning for immediacy and sincerity among her college-age (and mostly female) audience. Williams's first record is her sparest, simplest and best. The subject matter ranges from geopolitical fears, family turmoil, and gender angst, and her finest song remains "When I Was a Boy," a story of what it means to become a man or a woman: it should strike any listener with a shock of recognition. --Roy Francis Kasten
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This is a classic Dar album. Solid folk guitar over quirky, fun lyrics. A must have for Dar fans, folk fans, or girl rockers!
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"The Honesty Room" was Dar Williams' first commercial CD. She is a hippie folk singer for Generation X. The best song on the CD is "When I Was a Boy" about being a tom boy. "The Babysitter's Here" is about being a child and having a great babysitter who has a lousy boyfriend. "Alleluia" has a great melody. Overall, an impressive first CD.
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Dar's debut is utter perfection. Lyrically and musically, this is why Dar Williams became one of the premier folk singers in the U.S. and U.K. after this emerged in 1993 from a studio in Belchertown in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, and the college town of Northampton, where Dar was living when she recorded this little gem. Overlooked, but vastly important to this record's success are the contributions of co-producer Adam Rothberg who adds crucial instrumental accompaniment to nearly every track, including a toy xylophone on "The Baysitter's Here," perhaps the definitive Dar track of all time. One cannot begin to know Dar until one hears this. It's gorgeous, and only gathers more luster with the passing of time.
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To me, some of the highlights of this album were --
Flinty Kind of Woman that is just a hilarious, tough Southern woman song.
When Sal's Burned Down, which had me thinking -- yeah, it IS a shame that not enough of us are really "cowboys anymore" as she puts it. Nothing more boring than obedient folks.
And Traveling which contains the great lyrics, "I'm not running away from myself, it's just myself ran away from me, and I gotta get it back."
Dar Williams is a great lyricist, and has a knack for setting her smart, honest lyrics to catchy tunes.
For myself, I liked MORTAL CITY a little better as a whole. This album almost seemed like a warm-up to that.
But if you're obsessed with Dar Williams' album, MORTAL CITY, and you want a second album -- this is the one I would get next.
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This is my very favorite Dar Williams album. It is raw and simple, not over-produced, and that makes it all the more beautiful and moving to me. I truly love every single song on this album and it is in my top ten list of my favorite albums of all time. And that's quite an honor from me, as I'm a very eclectic music-lover with countless favorite songs, albums, and artists. If you like folk music at all, this is a must-have.
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