These Friends of Mine
Rosie Thomas
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If This City Never Sleeps | Rosie Thomas | 1:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Why Waste More Time? | Rosie Thomas | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The One I Love | Rosie Thomas | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Much Farther to Go | Rosie Thomas | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Paper Doll | Rosie Thomas | 3:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Kite Song | Rosie Thomas | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Songbird | Rosie Thomas | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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All the Way to New York City | Rosie Thomas | 2:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Say Hello | Rosie Thomas | 2:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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These Friends of Mine | Rosie Thomas | 5:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
Recorded at Sufjan Stevens’ Brooklyn apartment and Denison Witmer’s home in Philadelphia with a couple of open microphones, Rosie Thomas’ fourth album, These Friends of Mine is, as you might expect, an intimate collection of personal folk songs that recall the early Palace Brothers in their unvarnished splendor. Thomas enlisted the help of Stevens, Denison Witmer and Josh Myers for a small ensemble set-up that recorded the tunes as quickly as she could write them. Various assemblages of backing vocalists (Damien Jurado, Dave Bazan, Jeremy Enigk on the title track) gently augment the sparse vibe. Friendly chatter between the participants adds to the casual air that settles for lo-fi but never sloppy indulgence. Covers of R.E.M.’s “The One I Love” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” are given a solemnity that’s both touching in its whispered sincerity and slightly stiff. Thomas’ own tunes are informed by her immediate reactions and impressions of New York City where her romantic artistic dreams are sent spinning into the subways and overwhelmed by the panoramic views that always threaten to dwarf the fragile soul.
Customer Reviews
A Rosie outlook
Well this is an itunes first for me. With over 7,000 songs on my ipod, I have this compulsive hunger to hear it all. But for the first time I bought not one but two albums simultaneously: both by Rosie Thomas, whom I had never heard of. I just couldn't bear to have just one album. She appears to be a genius in search of her mainstream success, so she is experimenting with her sound, becoming a bit chameleon-like in the process. For this I applaud her. The bottom line is that she is the kind of fragile artist who can become whomever she wants to be. Her instrument is so fine tuned, that she can at one moment become Joni-like and then suddenly likethat she's Sufjan-like. Audiences are generally very fickle like and want their beloved artists to be like juke boxes, who deliver what they want on demand. But when you are this talented, it must be impossible to stand still when the savage winds of your heart are pulling you in every direction at the same time. Rosie has many levels to her. She is a sculpter of sound. The voice, the heartfelt subtext, the imagery, the harmonies are just jaw droppingly wonderful. She has a child's sense of wonder and wants so desperately to be loved in the grandest tradition of romance. She is caught in some kind of swirl. This I get from listening to itunes snippets. Now I have a Rosiebuffet to devour. It's so rare to find an artist this honest and this compelling in such a cynical world. So shut off Katie Couric and all the naysayers of doom, dim the lights, pour the merlot, drop a Rosie cd onto that electronic turntable and do what Rosie does best: fly.
sheer brilliance
No one marries poignant lyrics with tender vocals quite like Rosie Thomas. This offering, 'These Friends of Mine' adds color and texture to her already unearthly repertoire in a way that only Dennison Whitmer and Sufjan Stevens can do. A must hear.
I love it.
This album is breathtakingly beautiful. Sweet, simple, and wistful.
Biography
Born: Seattle, WA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Rosie Thomas
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Farewell | When We Were Small | 3:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Since You've Been Around | If Songs Could Be Held | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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It Don't Matter to the Sun | If Songs Could Be Held | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wedding Day | When We Were Small | 5:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let Myself Fall | Only With Laughter Can You Win | 1:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Kite Song | These Friends of Mine | 2:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let It Be Me | If Songs Could Be Held | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The One I Love | These Friends of Mine | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Songbird | These Friends of Mine | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Say Hello | These Friends of Mine | 2:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.90
- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Contemporary Folk, Rock, Adult Alternative, Alternative, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
- Released: Dec 12, 2006
- ℗ 2006 Sing A Long Records
