- Asking for Flowers
Infobox Album |
Name = Asking for Flowers
Type = studio
Artist =Kathleen Edwards
Released =March 4 ,2008
Recorded =
Genre =Country , Rock, Pop
Length =
Label =MapleMusic Recordings (CDA)
Zoë Records (US)
Producer = Kathleen Edwards
Jim Scott
Reviews =
*Review-Christgau|hm2|album=13952
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fyxzqjldse link]
* "The Music Box " Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2008/kathleenedwards-flowers-04092008.html 4/2008]
*Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49364-kathleen-edwards-asking-for-flowers]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/18396423/review/18690515/askingforflowers]
Last album = "Back to Me "
(2005)
This album = "Asking for Flowers"
(2008)
Next album ="Asking for Flowers" is the third studio album by Canadian
alt country singer-songwriterKathleen Edwards . The album was releasedMarch 4 ,2008 , and was well-received by critics, similarly to her first two albums released underZoë Records , "Failer " and "Back to Me ". "The Canadian Press" said of the album's tracklist, "unlike your average floral arrangement, there's not a dud in the bunch." [ [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLjLY9WTcpgaqZJFESZIkCr6HqrA Kathleen Edwards blossoms on her new CD 'Asking For Flowers': review] ]"
The Boston Globe ", in an article entitled "With Third Album, Edwards Finally Blooms", said of the album "This album sounds a lot like the addictive "Back to Me" from 2005, unfolding as a series of haunting, hook-filled portraits punctuated by the good-humored joshing that defines her new single, "The Cheapest Key." ...But "Asking for Flowers" shows Edwards maturing as a songwriter and a singer, too. Her ordinary characters - the guy dodging the draft in the poignant "Oil Man's War," the woman done wrong in the title cut - are subtly placed in a socio-political context so that the album has a broader scope." [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/03/04/with_third_album_edwards_finally_blooms/ With third album, Edwards finally blooms] ]The album contains many references to figures in the Canadian media, including murder victim
Alicia Ross , and controversial former hockey playerMarty McSorley .The album peaked at #102 on the
Billboard 200 and in the #1 spot on theTop Heatseekers chart, and was a nominee for the2008 Polaris Music Prize . [ [http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/ Polaris Music Prize] ]Track listing
All songs written by Kathleen Edwards.
#Buffalo - 5:15
#The Cheapest Key - 2:42
#Asking for Flowers - 5:02
#Alicia Ross - 5:06
#I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory - 4:37
#Oil Man's War - 4:01
#Sure As Shit - 4:09
#Run - 3:43
#Oh, Canada - 3:59
#Scared At Night - 4:09
#Goodnight, California - 6:28
#Lazy Eye - 3:29 (Bonus track with online album purchase)References
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