Top Ten Albums of 2013 - #4
David Ford's Charge
Editor's Note: This is the 7th in a quasi-weekly series of reviews marking my favorite ten albums of 2013. The 10th edition is wrapped into the larger year-end post I call "The Ho Media Awards", which will be published just after the new year. Stay tuned!
I don't think any other album in the top ten has such a powerful four song start. "Pour A Little Poison" is a harmonica-drenched invitation to clap as if you have rhythm for almost three minutes (which is probably about as far as I can fake rhythm anyhow). "The Ballad of Miss Lily" is less about Lily and more about the guys that wile away their time and money on shallow dreams of shallow women, set ironically to a modern tango. "Isn't It Strange?" is just another one of those simple Ford tunes that make you think "Surely he couldn't write another song in this vein again that's this good." But you'd be wrong. And "Let It Burn" concludes the overnight saga with Miss Lily, urging the bewildered fella to nuke the night:
The quality of the recording is pretty good - one of the better examples in the top ten. There are a couple of places where I would have either pulled some instruments forward or pushed them back, but that's purely subjective and probably insulting.
The video isn't great, but you can't deny the tune:
Album Highlights: Pour A Little Poison; The Ballad of Miss Lily; Every Time
Editor's Note: This is the 7th in a quasi-weekly series of reviews marking my favorite ten albums of 2013. The 10th edition is wrapped into the larger year-end post I call "The Ho Media Awards", which will be published just after the new year. Stay tuned!I don't think any other album in the top ten has such a powerful four song start. "Pour A Little Poison" is a harmonica-drenched invitation to clap as if you have rhythm for almost three minutes (which is probably about as far as I can fake rhythm anyhow). "The Ballad of Miss Lily" is less about Lily and more about the guys that wile away their time and money on shallow dreams of shallow women, set ironically to a modern tango. "Isn't It Strange?" is just another one of those simple Ford tunes that make you think "Surely he couldn't write another song in this vein again that's this good." But you'd be wrong. And "Let It Burn" concludes the overnight saga with Miss Lily, urging the bewildered fella to nuke the night:
Spend it all upon a good timeThe rest of the album is great stuff, though the superb quality of these openers fatigues the listeners ability to handle any more awesomeness.
Nah, it’s wearing pretty thin
Tomorrow came up fast
And now, well, just look at the state you’re in
And with the devil on both your shoulders
Well, you’ll be damned any way you turn
So toss a match onto whatever and just let it burn, let it burn, let it burn
The quality of the recording is pretty good - one of the better examples in the top ten. There are a couple of places where I would have either pulled some instruments forward or pushed them back, but that's purely subjective and probably insulting.
The video isn't great, but you can't deny the tune:
Album Highlights: Pour A Little Poison; The Ballad of Miss Lily; Every Time
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