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Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS - MASEN, SARAH (CD 2001) - NEW
If this is what you love, you will love this
This
is a good work. I wouldn't call it "raw" as I see some have or "simple
and beautiful." I think it's just a scaled down version of a soul that
wants to just be and be close to God, too. I don't pretend to talk for
Sarah. My mom got me this CD several years ago when it came out. I took
the wrap off it a year later and I wouldn't say I was mezmerized but
quietly taken. I just gave it to my best friend for her birthday, this
year, 2008. It really grew on me over the years and now it's become a
staple for me. Some projects are just a subtle and heartfelt work. I
think that's okay. "Dreamlife of Angels" is what it is. |
Beautiful, Relaxing, Inspirational
I
liked Sarah Masen ever since she released the single "All Fall Down."
(I liked the video as well.) She has a beautiful voice, and it is very
well showcased in this project.
If one needs to pigeon hole this project, it would be as folk. The
acoustic guitar is the prominent instrument. "Midnight" is the sole
excursion into alternative music on this project.
Masen wrote eight of the songs on the project, and co-wrote a
ninth, "Home" (the final song) with Julie Lee. Masen also has a cover
of the Supertramp classic "Give A Little Bit." On one hand, I was
disappointed with it, because I loved all the great acoustic
guitar-work on the original, which is lacking on this remake. However,
Masen's strengths are her singing and the words she's singing, which
are clear.
My favorite tracks on the project are "We Are A Beginning", "Girl On Fire", "The Valley", "Hit And Run", and "Hope".
I would recommend this to both Sarah fans and to newcomers to Masen's music.
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Sarah Just Gets Better.
I
love this CD and I'm so glad Sarah Masen's gone back to her original
scaled-down sound. While I loved her songs on the Carry Us Through CD,
I found them to be overproduced--too heavily layered with sound that
made her voice hard to hear and appreciate. I had seen Sarah play live
and she played a very folky/scaled down show, and the songs from Carry
Us Through sounded so much more real and vulnerable without all the
frosting on top. So...I was most pleased when I heard the stripped down
sound of Dreamlife. Sarah's voice and songs are excellent as always. It
rates a 4 instead of a 5 because the little hooks that were evident in
the self-titled CD aren't found here. But, it's still a really
thoughtful CD.
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A unique voice!
I
love this album! Her voice has a unique and haunting quality that
really drives home the lyrics. For once this is a Christian album that
is musically excellant as well as morally good etc. Out of interest I
also bought her earlier album. Contrary to the views of some of the
previous reveiwers I actually think this new album represents a real
maturation of her talent and voice. In this case less is definitely
more! When are you coming to the UK Sarah...?!
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Incredible Folk Record
Hey...let
me say first off... i've loved each Masen record... the last 2 being a
bit more PoP... surely due to the Peacock influence... (and i'm a
CPeacock fan!).... I saw Sarah live a couple years back... and she was
incredible... on the guitar and the whimsy vocals... good stuff... i
was quite shocked Charlie had never used her guitar work on the 2
re:think releases.... I think this new record is a bit more "Sarah"...
it's definately a folk record rather than straight pop... (i listen
quite a bit to folk legend David Wilcox)... and i was thrilled to hear
such a great release from Sarah... she can write a songs.... and like
most Folk music tends to do... it causes me to look into real-life
normal happenings in a slightly different vain! grab this one!
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