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intereact!Ben Harper
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2006-03-21
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 | ||||
| 1. | Morning Yearning | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 2. | Waiting For You | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 3. | Picture In A Frame | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 4. | Never Leave Lonely Alone | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 5. | Sweet Nothing Serenade | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 6. | Reason To Mourn | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 7. | More Than Sorry | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 8. | Cryin Wont Help You Now | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 9. | Happy Everafter In Your Eyes | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||||
| 1. | Better Way | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 2. | Both Sides Of The Gun | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 3. | Engraved Invitation | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 4. | Black Rain | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 5. | Gather Round The Stone | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 6. | Please Dont Talk About Murder While Im Eating | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 7. | Get It Like You Like It | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 8. | The Way You Found Me | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 9. | Serve Your Soul | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Split onto two discs, these 18 songs could have fit on one. It's a testament to Harper's aesthetic sensibilities that it is so configured, thereby both avoiding the scourge of the overly long album and dividing the raw, pummeling rockers from the ballads. With his band, the Innocent Criminals, he tears into such songs as "Get It While You Like It" and "Engraved Invitation" with Rolling Stones Exile-era verve. Their finely honed interplay allows the disc-closing "Serve Your Soul" to truly soar. The quieter disc makes its intentions clear from the outset, as a lightly fingerpicked guitar is enveloped by a string section. Within the two discs' separate identities there is variety and dramatic contrast, each one functioning as its own statement. Harper continues to embrace a variety of influences and genres. Lyrically his songs stretch from matters political to introspective emotions. --David Greenberger2) Amazon.com
With the release of his seventh studio album, the double-disc Both Sides of the Gun, Ben Harper offers his signature mix of rock, soul, and folk music, while also venturing into new territory. "I was hoping I could come back to the root of my earlier records, the sparseness and intimacy," he says, "and also branch out further in a produced sound than ever before." From the blazing Curtis Mayfield/Stevie Wonder-style funk of "Black Rain" to the gentle sway of "Morning Yearning" to the full-on power ballad "Waiting for You," the eighteen songs on Both Sides reveal a master stylist at the peak of his game. Special Edition includes Bonus CD featuring four alternate mixes and two live tracks. Ben Harper Photos More from Ben HarperFight for Your MindDiamonds on the InsideWelcome to the Cruel World
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) No one is more consistent than Harper [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If there is any other artist that continues time and time again to produce quality CDs on the level of Ben Harper, please let me know. Consistently, he brings eclectic and genre transcending albums that stand alone in music today. His lyrics never fail to reach a depth that challenges the listener to go back and listen for the 50th time in order to squezze yet another drop of his insight. Simply put, Ben Harper is the prophet of our age.2) cheaper than itunes! [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I like this album a lot, 4 stars.Just noticed it's cheaper here than on itunes. Dang, why not just buy the actual CD!3) Amazing album..very moving [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Why wouldn't you get this album? It's full of amazing songs with very powerful meaning and not to mention the genius behind all the songs, Ben Harper. Even if you're not a big fan of his, I think this album will convert you.4) Ok but not great [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I like Ben's previous work much better. But thats just my opinion.5) Very chill, yet intelligently political! [Rating: 4 out of 5]
It's music that you can certainly relax to - yet there is an important undertone of activism in there, as well! A great cd set!