Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology
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Product Description Rickie Lee Jones' career ascent began after famed rock front man Lowell George recored her composition "Easy Money" for a Little Feat album. As an inimitable song stylist, she first made her indelible mark with the scat-flavored hist "Chuck E's In Love" from her acclaimed 1979 self-titled debut LP. Ever since, Jones has blazed an artististically idiosyncratic path on a long string of beautiful, adventurous, and personal albums. Her more-than-distinctive vocals encompass rock, jazz, blues, classic pop, folk, and R&B inflections...Textured with fluent wordplay and delivered with true heart, Rickie Lee's sound is one of the most authentic and original in contemporary music. .com Career overviews programmed by the artists themselves are generally inconsistent affairs, usually due to the musicians' own eccentricities. For Duchess of Coolsville, this long-overdue Rickie Lee Jones compilation covering the years 1979-2003, she decided to sequence most of the songs in alphabetical order. It's a unique, yet rather bizarre, concept that dispenses with all sense of continuity, either chronological or musical. While this randomness behooves an artist as willfully eclectic as Jones, it also makes for a rollercoaster listening experience. Selecting tracks from 10 albums that alternately focused on folk, jazz, pop standards, and even electronica makes putting together any compilation of Jones's work a tough assignment, especially since each of her records has a distinctive flow. The 34 selections on the first two discs hit most, but not all, of the highlights from her often patchy releases. Disc 3 unearths seven demos, some live tracks, and several collaborations, few of which are revelatory. Long in need of a sonic shining, these songs sparkle with fresh remastering, revealing production details most listeners will hear for the first time. While not the best or most coherent collection of Rickie Lee Jones's work that could have been assembled, this anthology provides a reasonably good overview of the Duchess of Coolsville's diverse, distinctive, and often dynamic career. --Hal Horowitz
P**N
A Fantastic Album!
I admit my own fault here: Based on one or two of Jones' radio singles, I never took her seriously as a singer/songwriter. My bad. Purchased on a lark, this compilation has turned me into a real RLJ fan. The scope and variety of her performances here is amazing. At times, I was moved nearly to tears from some cuts on this CD. As a bonus, Rino has done a stellar job of mastering this set, with sonics that really bring out the brilliance of RLJ's incredible voice, as well as the marvelous instrumentation backing her up. The sound is up front, clear and smooth, with all the tiny details abundantly clear.
G**M
What an Anthology should deliver
Remastering is pristine. Rhino outclassed themselves!!! Perfect balance between expected favorites, some demos which are interesting, some super live tracks and duets. I love the alphabetic sequencing vs the traditional chronological type. My question is, when will we get RLJ and Pirates in a Deluxe and/or remastered release? Highly recommended.
K**N
I'm a fan
Rickie can do no wrong (well, little wrong) as far as I'm concerned. This has a lot of her best work in one package.
T**L
good purchase
Husband loves Rickie so this was a great purchase for him. He enjoys it and listens to it frequently. happy with delivery.
J**S
Charlotte's Mom hits a Home Run !!
If you like RLJ, then you will love this compilation. Digital re-mastering is a big plus for some of her early hits included here. There are only a few songs which I hoped would be included but are not on this compilation: "Ghetto of my Mind," "The Real End," and, "Rainbow Sleeves." Also missing is RLJ's masterful renditions of "Walk Away Rene," and "Under the Boardwalk." Thus, I can only give four stars to this otherwise remarkable retrospective. The third disc is very interesting from a songwriters / arrangers' perspective, with early demo versions that, in some cases, bear little resemblance to the versions which were eventually released on vinyl/disc. RLJ is a remarkably gifted songwriter and performer -- if you are unfamiliar with her recordings, this is an excellent place to start.
M**T
And as advertised if not better..
Quick service. And as advertised if not better...
J**T
Five Stars
Chicago rocker
O**O
Rickie Lee Jones--Duchess of Coolsville-Anthology
Rickie Lee Jones has been my favorite female singer since her first album.This CD arrived in perfect condition and on time 100% satisfied as usual.I buy 90% of my music from Amazon!
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