Unforgettable Childhood

Thanks to the One2One Network I have recently added two albums to my playlist on my Ipod.

The first is Brandi Carlile and her new album Give Up The Ghost.

This is Brandi’s third album. She explains the title on her website as this, “Brandi Carlile’s third album, Give Up The Ghost, unveils her talents in their truest form. After two albums and non-stop touring, she has let her guard down and offers her most candid recording to date. If the phrase “give up the ghost” most often refers to death or dying, it can also be used to describe the passing of stages in life, of transformation.”

I am glad that I had the opportunity to listen to this album. I probably never would have picked up this album on my own. It is easy listening with a folk feel. I love the guitar and Brandi has a unique voice that I really enjoy. Check out her website and you can listen to a little of her music. I am sitting here listening to it in the background while I write. I find the album relaxing to listen to.

The second album I reviewed was Five for Fighting’s new album Slice. I absolutely love this album! I find myself listening to the title song Slice over and over. The tune is so catchy and I love the words to the song. There is a lot of piano on the album and I love it. All of the songs really tell a story. I highly recommend that you pick up this album!

Here is a little background on the album from the website.

If every album provides snapshots of where an artist’s mind at heart is at the moment, Slice, the latest offering from John Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting), is a collection of digital jpegs and faded Polaroids. The album takes stories of friends, family and even American servicemen, and sets them to music shot through with the spirit of the great songs of his youth. It’s a diary, or a blog, in which Ondrasik speaks his mind about current issues, experiences and sentiments, while setting those thoughts to piano, bass and drums.

The title track, featuring Ondrasik’s soaring falsetto, comes from a daydream that we’ve all had at some point in our lives—that moment when we long for a simpler time when life seemed better and the songs were bigger. It’s a sly play on one of those grand songs, Don McClean’s “American Pie”: “There was a time a long, long time ago/Chevies and levies played on the radio/No cell phones just 20,000 lights, swaying on a Saturday night.”

Thanks again One2One Network for the opportunity to check out two great new albums! Just what I needed for a Mom’s Time Out.