release date: Nov. 14, 2011
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,96]
producer: Liam Watson
label: Play It Again Sam - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Hey Joe" - 3. "Displacement Song" (4 / 5) (live) - 4. "Louis" - 5. "Bad Medicine" (4 / 5) (live) - 7. "Rag & Bone" - 8. "The Quiet" (4 / 5) - 9. "Ostrich Song" - 10. "Gallows"
Studio debut album by Manchester-based singer / songwriter Liz Green.
This is a wonderful contemporary vocal jazz and alt. folk album by this multi-talented artist. The music is quiet with both an ancient quality to it, and at the same time an experimental jazz sound one may find on albums by Tom Waits. Green plays acoustic guitar and sings in her wonderful and mournful alt register reminding me of legendary singers like Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith. Not only did Liz Green write all lyrics and compose all music for the album, she also made the fine artwork on front, back and inside of the cover, as well as making artwork on the inlay on this mighty fine and highly original album.
[ Q Magazine, Uncut, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Rolling Stone, Daily Mirror 4 / 5 stars ]
2011 Favourite releases: 1. The Streets Computers and Blues - 2. Tom Waits Bad as Me - 3. Liz Green O, Devotion!
