Music : The Unaccompanied Voice: An A Capella Compilation
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0656605000725
Label: Secretly Canadian
Manufacturer: Secretly Canadian
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Secretly Canadian
Release Date: July 11, 2000
Sales Rank: 340057
Studio: Secretly Canadian
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This compilation takes the inclusiveness of indie rock's DIY (do-it-yourself) ideology to a logical extreme by getting 24 underground rock-based artists to contribute an unaccompanied vocal. A capella singing is as accessible as music gets--who hasn't, at some point or another, lifted their voice and sung out loud? Some of the contributors to this disc are moderately well known, some quite unknown, and their performances range from impressive executions of technically complex vocal music to artless bellowing. There is a lot to like about the efforts at each extreme, especially when they're surprise discoveries. Who'd have thought that guitarist Elliott Sharp was a passable throat singer? That someone in the Grifters was such a good human beat box? Or that visual artist Nikki McClure could sound so breathlessly sexy on "Blackberry"? I have no idea who the Japonize Elephants are or how they got their name, but they do a great rousing job on the hymn "Daniel." Just one caveat--Richard Buckner and P.W. Long's rendering of "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down" is so dreadfully misogynistic one hopes they're wrong. --Bill Meyer
Average Rating: 
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If you want a CD with poor recording, discordant voices, noisy tracks and generally a pain in the ear to listen to, then this is for you.
It's somebody's indulgence but music it ain't.
I can't think why I didn't read the reviews first.
It's dreadful and my copy is now in the trash !
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If you're a college radio listener, or and indie fan or even just a bizarre music junkie, how can you pass this up?
Innovative, if weird, bands and performers singing accepella!
Like any of these compilations, there are gems and , well, lets just say songs that aren't so gemmy. But who doesnt need a haunting version of La Vie en Rose in their collection?
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Notice the number of used copies available. This is not at all of the quality of the many other acapella albums I've ordered.
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Something happens when voices sing out naked without the structure and expectations that accompany intrumental "back up" and arrangements. These voices sound sweet and immediate and will remind many of archival field recordings of blue grass, mountain, and western songs. "La Vie en Rose" is how I wish I sounded when I sing a lullaby to child. This CD is by turns contemplative, rockin', moody...and always interesting. You're unlikely to have anything quite like this in your collection.
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This cd is a very intereseting listen, all voice no music(well there is some clapping.) Remmeniscent of old dust bowl/depression error music, Of course with a modern twist. Worthy of multiple plays.
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