Sponsored Resources
Amelia, After All
Audio CD
Disk ID: 594998
Disk length: 36m 17s (11 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2004
Label: Unknown
View all albums by Amelia...
Tracks & Durations
| 1. Jigsaw | 4:06 |
| 2. Better Than Sleeping Alone | 3:52 |
| 3. Et Vous | 2:27 |
| 4. St. James | 3:36 |
| 5. The Last Pariah | 3:15 |
| 6. Blackbird Pie | 3:19 |
| 7. I Read the News Today | 3:00 |
| 8. All but the Sea | 3:07 |
| 9. France | 3:42 |
| 10. Cannonball | 2:52 |
| 11. Happy After All | 2:54 |
Note: The information about this album is acquired from the publicly available resources and we are not responsible for their accuracy.
Review
Maybe it's those rainy days, but the Pacific Northwest has been cultivating a unique brand of intimate, back-porch music. But while bands like Vancouver's Be Good Tanyas lean heavily on elements of blues and twang, Portland's Amelia adds a bit of a torch-song feel. Singer Teisha Helgerson's voice is an affecting instrument that is placed right up front in the mix, revealing all of the dewy, slightly rough edges that surround its essential silkiness and power. She is aided by literate songs with heartbreaking melodies composed by her and other members of the band. Composed is the right word: the songs seem well crafted without ever descending into preciousness. Multi-instrumentalist Jesse Emerson's "All But the Sea" sounds like poetry set to music, a dangerous circumstance in all but the deftest hands. Here it works beautifully, dealing with big themes like life, love, and God, saved from pretentiousness by its sparseness of word, its melodic embellishment, and a vocal approach that pervades this album and gives it a timeless quality. At three minutes and seven seconds, the song lasts not a moment longer than it should and you are sorry when it is over. The same could be said for this CD. --Michael Ross
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 23s (+11m 6s)
Please note: we do not provide any Amelia music downloads, have no any mp3 music including music samples and music ringtones, and can not assist you where to buy music CDs and used CDs. You can search for it on music sites all over the Internet or visit one of our advertisers. We appreciate any ideas and comments about this experimental music database.