Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: David Wilcox Title: What You Whispered Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Vanguard Records Original Release Date: 8/29/2000 Release Date: 8/29/2000 Genres: Folk, Pop Styles: Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 015707956420, 090204970421, 015707956451 |
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 | David Wilcox What You Whispered Genres: Folk, Pop
Paradoxically, this Cleveland-born, now New England-based songwriter has been at his best when drawing on the lyrical space and spare country blues of the South. His best album, 1996's East Asheville Hardware, is an intima... more » |
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Amazon.com Paradoxically, this Cleveland-born, now New England-based songwriter has been at his best when drawing on the lyrical space and spare country blues of the South. His best album, 1996's East Asheville Hardware, is an intimate acoustic homage to his years in North Carolina. On What You Whispered, Wilcox often recaptures that homespun, unpretentious sincerity. A twangy National steel guitar figure opens his eighth album, complementing a memorably amorous lyric, and later returns for the sweaty, sexy funk of "Whisper of the Wheels," in which the road mirrors a woman's necessary but frightening self-discovery. Choosing to record at his Maryland home, Wilcox sounds mellow and assured, mostly abandoning the crutch of platitudinous folk-pop. It may still require effort to get past New Age sermons like "Rule Number One" or "Start with the Ending," but Wilcox seems to be finding his voice again. --Roy Kasten Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsWILCOX DOES WILCOX 09/24/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "LOT'S OF FELLA'S FOOL AROUND WITH A 6-STRING & SING A BIT. SOME EVEN WRITE A SONG OR TWO. THIS AINT' NO FOOLING-AROUND. DAVE IS THE REAL DEAL & HE CAN SHOW YOU WHY WITH 1 LISTEN OF THIS CD. LESS IS ALWAYS MORE!!! THIS IS BARENAKED, AND IT WILL GRAB YOU RIGHT FROM THE FIRST SOUND OF HIS GUITAR, & WHEN THAT VOICE KICKS IN....HOLD ON!!! IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO HAVE SEEN DAVID LIVE SEVERAL TIMES ( HE IS A HUMAN JUKEBOX ) & YOU ALWAYS TAKE SOMETHING AWAY WI TH YOU AFTER ONE OF HIS SHOWS. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH "WHAT YOU WHISPERED", THE SONGS ARE CRAFTED & DELIVERED IN WAY THAT MAKES YOU FEEL HE IS PERFORMING FOR YOU, AND ONLY YOU. ALTHOUGH I ENJOYED HIS LAST CD (UNDERNEATH), IT WAS VERY COMPLEX AND YOU LOSE A LITTLE BIT WITH SO MUCH GOING ON. AS AN ARTIST GROWS THEY ALL SEEM TO EXPAND THE MUSIC (THIS IS NOT A BAD THING, WE DON'T WANT THE SAME CD EACH TIME), BUT ON "WHAT YOU WHISPERED" AS AN OLDER FAN I SEE HOW THE SONGS HAVE GROWN, ALONG WITH THE WAY THEY ARE PERFORMED. BUY THIS.....TODAY...YOU NEED IT....TRUST ME!!!!! BLINDBOYGRUNT61@AOL.COM" Whispers in the Jungle Cayla Friedli (age 14) | Lyons, Nebraska USA | 09/21/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "This album lands somewhere between "How Did You Find Me Here" (the best lyrical album Wilcox has produced) and "East Asheville Hardware", which captures David in what he admits is his favorite forum...the live performance.Having followed his career for a few years now, I had heard a number of these songs...and the fun ones (Start With The Ending) don't sound quite as improptu as they did in concert, but the deep ones (When You're Ready) ring true.Once again, we get to hear the musicianship which comes out of the miracle which is produced when David's fingers touch strings in a variety of tunings....and the marriage between voice and instrument are perfect.You can learn to enjoy this album...but the best message in all of it is David's description of how and why he chose to record this at his home, Jim Infantino's barn and some obscure recording studio.When you listen to this album, you simply need to picture yourself in the jungle....waiting and watching....and soon the animal which is David Wilcox and his music happens by....CLICK....it's been captured.Buy it and enjoy it." A gem N. Colas | Southampton, NY United States | 03/24/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "This album, and all of David Wilcox's work, is a little gem of songwriting and musicianship that is unique and personal while still accessible. Its like sitting in a friend's kitchen and talking on a winter Sunday morning. Some of the songs provide advice on relationships. Others tell a story. They all speak directly to you and engage you directly. As a plus, the recording on this album is absolutely phenomenal. A must own."
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