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Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart

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CRIPPLE CROW

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4 Nov 5th, 2008  (Nov 3rd, 2008)

13 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Different, Good number of tracks

Disadvantages:
Can be inconsistant

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Originality

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Quality and consistency of tracks

How does it compare to the artist's other releases

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OPINION

There are some really good songs on the album, and his style is unique and inspired. His style has been described as indie folk, psych, freak folk, naturalismo, and New weird America; his lyrics are often surreal and naturalistic. Surreal about sums his style up seen as though one of his songs "Little Boys" is sang from the perspective of a skitzophrenic hermaphrodite.

ARTIST

Devendra Banhart is a Venezuelan-american folf singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Houston, Texas but moved to Venezuela when he was two until he was thirteen.

TRACK LISTING

1. "Now That I Know" - 4:53
2. "Santa Maria De Feira" - 4:35
3. "Heard Somebody Say" - 3:20
4. "Long Haired Child" - 3:45
5. "Lazy Butterfly" - 4:00
6. "Quedate Luna" - 3:07
7. "Queen Bee" - 2:44
8. "I Feel Just Like a Child" - 4:46
9. "Some People Ride the Wave" - 2:27
10. "The Beatles" - 1:44
11. "Dragonflys" - 0:59
12. "Cripple Crow" - 5:58
13. "Inaniel" - 3:43
14. "Hey Mama Wolf" - 3:52
15. "Hows About Tellin a Story" - 1:21
16. "Chinese Children" - 5:17
17. "Sawkill River" - 1:52
18. "I Love That Man" - 2:26
19. "Luna de Margarita" - 2:07
20. "Korean Dogwood" - 4:02
21. "Little Boys" - 5:20
22. "Canela" - 4:27

So its already obvious that you get a lot of music for the money, but whats the point of having this many tracks if they're mediocre. Happy to say they are not.

There are a couple of inconsistant tracks, but other than that the album is a keeper.

The best songs on the album in my opinion are "Long Haired Child", "Lazy Butterfly", "I feel just like a child", "Chinese children", "I love that man" and "Little Boys".

PRICE GUIDE

Amazon put a price tag of £6.98 on it brand new.

HMV £6.99 Free delivery.

Its £10.00 at Zavvi.co.uk or instore.

At cduniverse.com its $12.49

There are others I'm sure you can pick it up at, but amazon and hmv seem to be the best prices. The larger the company the cheaper products seem to be, its a trend.

I recommend "Cripple Crow" to thos who like something a bit different, with a surreal bite to it. And the cover art is pretty good too, it represents how Banhart sees his musical friends as his family. Enjoy. 

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Comments about this review »

mythdata 06.11.2008 01:50

Great review, thanks.:O)

llbcollins 05.11.2008 12:44

I think it is a bit hard to review music, without the person reading the review listening to it, I am no music boff, but don't think the review said much about the type of music this is, and no description what the listed tracks were about.

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