Damien Rice - O (CD)

Something amazing...

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 19, 2003 | 1 out of 1 found this O review helpful

Its like Fran Healy from Travis singing David Gray's songs as composed by John Williams with an Irish accent. Ok, I guess its different from THAT too. In fact, I haven't heard anything quite like this in a while. Rice has been compared to Je...ff Buckley- he's not as amazing vocally (who is?) and neither does he float as effortlessly from genre to genre, but he's got the same raw emotion, sense of drama and is on the same plane lyrically. In fact Rice's lyrics are stunning, from the heart breaking refrain in the opener delicate ("Why'd you fill my sorrow/ with the words you borrowed/ from the place you've always known?/ Why'd you sing Hallelluljah/ if it means nothing to ya?/ Why'd you sing with me at all?"). Rice adds a new dimension to the one man singer/
songwriter/
guitarist show on his 2nd track, and her name is Lisa Hannigan. Hannigan duets with Rice on some songs, and sings back up vocals on others, but her amazing voice lends the fresh opposing views to the breakups and shakeups which are the so many songs. It is a device that works marvelously, as Hannigan truly has a voice that will break your heart. Second track Volcano is one of the best duets in some time. This is not to say that Rice's vocals are to be overshadowed. He sings with every ounce of his body here, conveying an emotion which is hardly heard in singers today. But he doesn't whine, he just sings with a broken heart. Many of Rice's songs include a Cello (Played by Vvyienne Long) which makes the album have a dramatic film quality. There's a score behind all of these tracks. While somewhere in the middle it feels like the tracks sound a bit similar, it really makes for a coherent story, like a film with a beginning an end. The final track "Eskimo" even bursts out with an opera singer. When considering that this amazingly mature record is Rice's debut, its hard not feel a bit awed by the whole thing. What Rice has made here isn't quite perfect yet, but its the best record of 2003. Read more Less

good stuff

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 22, 2003 | 1 out of 2 found this O review helpful

he kicks the arse. youre a shmuck if you dont like him.

Damien Rice

By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 15, 2005

Pros: It has given me such inspiration I could not believe.

Cons: It makes me jealous. I want to be as good as this guy.

It is stunning. It is the most eerie thing I've ever heard. It's something new and unique. Now I know how people must've felt about The Beatles. It's like nothing I've ever heard before. It's a completely different genre to an...ything. It sounds familar yet every time I hear it I'm hearing something different to the previous time. It's gentle and calm. It reminds me of the waves gently lapping white sandy shores. It reminds me of a tree I used to climb when I was younger. I thought the tree was so tall it touched the clouds. If I climbed to the top I'd reach the clouds and be able to dance with the faries. Like the album the tree taught me to have hope and dream but remember that the higher you get the easier it is to fall. I'm only 13 yet already, thanks to this album, I've felt so many emotions. Some make me want to curl up into a ball yet others make me want to reach the stars. So......yeah. Enough about how I feel about the album. I would recommend it to anyone who needs variety, beauty in their life. I wish one day, when I'm older, I could produce something like this. Read more Less

O

By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 24, 2004

Pros: LOVE this CD...great music and lyrics!!

Cons: not any

Could listen to it forever

Nothing else, but I love it.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 21, 2003

One of my favorite cds in my collection. I fell in love with his music ever since I caught a glimpse of his video...in the wee hours of the night.

Amazing

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 30, 2003 | 0 out of 2 found this O review helpful

One word: Amazing! This album is beautiful, original and you're a fool not to buy it. Damien Rice should be a superstar, 5 stars doesn't even do him justice.