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Track Listings
1 | Hard Way Home |
2 | Raise Hell |
3 | Save Part Of Yourself |
4 | That Wasn't Me |
5 | Keep Your Heart Young |
6 | 100 |
7 | A Promise To Keep |
8 | I'll Still Be There |
9 | What Did I Ever Come Here For |
10 | Heart's Content |
11 | Rise Again |
12 | In The Morrow |
13 | Just Kids |
Editorial Reviews
BEAR CREEK, the new album from singer/songwriter/guitarist Brandi Carlile, will be released on June 5. 'That Wasn't Me', the lead track from BEAR CREEK, is at Adult Radio now. The soulful piano based track showcases the warmth and subtle power of Carliles vocals. It is the cornerstone of an earthy collection that embraces all of her musical influences Folk, Pop, Country, Rock, Gospel and Blues.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.91 x 5.63 x 1.76 inches; 3.36 ounces
- Manufacturer : Legacy Recordings
- Item model number : 25195813
- Original Release Date : 2012
- Run time : 51 minutes
- Date First Available : March 22, 2012
- Label : Legacy Recordings
- ASIN : B007NKSSJA
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #21,684 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #154 in Rock Singer-Songwriters
- #666 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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Carlile is renowned for her ability to belt out a tune, wailing like a banshee, "bending notes until they break" as NPR puts it. But there is far more to her sound than this. Her performances are as expressive and as intimate as those of Bonnie Raitt, k.d. lang, or Adele. They get under your skin and stay there. The Twins' smooth, soaring harmonies crown Brandi's husky voice throughout this recording, joined by Brandi and Dave Palmer on keyboards, Jeb Bows on violin and mandolin, Josh Neumann on cello, and Allison Miller and Matt Chamberlain on drums.
"Bear Creek" kicks off with "Hard Way Home," a terrific uptempo country song that makes the most of Carlile's twangy tone. The next tune, "Raise Hell," begins on banjo, but it quickly introduces bluesy guitars to back a raucous lead vocal. The gentle "Save Part of Yourself" follows with mandolins, handclaps, and an irresistable chorus. The lead single, "That Wasn't Me," is an inspiring, gospel-infused tune with Brandi playing piano; she wrote it for a family member struggling with alcoholism. "Keep Your Heart Young" is one of two nostalgic songs on the album, recalling fond childhood memories: grandfathers, wheat pennies, fake CBs, and snowballs.
The upbeat "100" shifts into straight-ahead pop-rock, breaking out of the traditional groove that dominates the first part of the album, but the regretful "A Promise to Keep" returns to folk territory, augmented by a string quartet and sweet harmonies from Tim and Phil. The love song "I'll Still Be There" will seem familiar to Brandi's fans; it bears a strong similarity to many of the powerful songs on her first three albums, as does the next number, "What Did I Ever Come Here For."
"Heart's Content" is a light acoustic love ballad that never ceases to enchant, with string quartet backing and Brandi doubling herself on vocals. The next two tracks, "Rise Again" and "In the Morrow," are among the strongest on "Bear Creek," both melodically and instrumentally, with complex layers that combine to form a magnificent wall of sound. Wrapping up the album is the nostalgic, dreamlike anthem "Just Kids," featuring a looping piano figure, a snare drum, and harmonies that bring to mind the Beach Boys. Sounding very different from anything Brandi has released before, it recalls the days "when bedtime was our biggest fight": "Over the rainbow, out in the snow / Learning to walk with sand in our toes / Long to be tall, kissed when you fall / Hoping that someone will come when you call."
Check out the brandicarlile website for a variety of videos, including a clip of from an electrifying live show at Austin City Limits in which the band rocks out on a hell-raising version of "Raise Hell." Entertainment Weekly's website has a moving video of "That Wasn't Me" starring the legendary Kris Kristofferson. Both songs, together with "A Promise to Keep," appear on a cozy Tiny Desk concert at NPR. There's also an extended conversation at the Huffington Post between Carlile and radio host/music blogger Mike Ragogna. And if you don't have them already, pick up all of Brandi's previous albums, including last year's awesome CD, "Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony."
Her beautifully polished gem of a ballad "That wasn't me" is a song of ponderous love, lonesome angel styled to wander through the woods inhabited by myths and legends, as well as some hard realities. In "That wasn't me, has vocal switch-backs that carry an abnormal grit in Carlile's vocal inflections that's newly found in its color, range, and clarity. Brandi takes everyone on with her in this redemptive effort. In the albums linear notes Brandi mentions lyrically in "That Wasn't Me," saying "But I want you to know that you'll never be alone, I wanna believe do I make myself a blessing to everyone I meet, When you fall I will get you on your feet." affirming her belief that artists in the public eye have a responsibility to promote and marry humanitarian efforts with their musical agenda. It's upping the ante, and embracing larger themes she believes in.
Brandi has left some of her fans baffled by this new direction she is taking in terms of her song writing and delivery, being disappointed that she didn't delivery more songs in "The Story" genre where her ballads were heartfelt musings of her emotional landscape and inner spiritual lamentations providing in context "The Story II," and "Turpentine II," which was masterfully produced by country music legend T. Bone Burnette. Bear Creek is far edgier and raw in spots, than her previous recordings. Brandi has openly acknowledged that upon turning thirty years old in 2011, and how that event inspired her to write "Raise Hell."
With Bear Creek, I am witnessing not only in Brandi's musical style, but in additional a shift in her social consciousness, where Brandi has broken away from her old more formulary sounds and is mining new earth. I don't think she can be predictable as some fans are fashioning her anymore. I believe she has tossed out the notion of being "the High Priestess" of new age balladering and feminist pioneering. Those roles are cumbersome and quiet heavy to carry over time. In Bear Creek there are no uncertainties, no speculation, or wistful pondering; it's about direction with minimal distance. I've witnessed some significant directional changes occur with a number of great singer-songwriters upon coming into their third decade, and via "Bear Creek" Brandi doesn't quietly tip-toe in, she enters with a roar!!!
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(As an aside I thought "It Wasn't Me" sounded a bit like "Let It Be". Then I saw that BC, honest to a fault, had said it was the band's Let It Be moment and since the Twins are big Beatles fans won them over to it.)
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