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The Thorns - The Thorns (CD 2004)

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Track Listing
1. Runaway Feeling
2. I Can't Remember
3. Blue
4. Think It Over
5. Thorns
6. No Blue Sky
7. Now I Know
8. Dragonfly
9. Long Sweet Summer Night
10. I Told You
11. Such A Shame
12. I Set The World On Fire
13. Among The Living
14. EPK (video)

Details
Number of CDs:	1
Producer:	Brendan O'Brien
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	Sony BMG/Arvato Services
Recording Mode:	Stereo

Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.The Thorns: Shawn Mullins (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, dulcimer, vihuela, keyboards, percussion); Matthew Sweet (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, baritone ukelele, vihuela, keyboards, marxophone, percussion); Pete Droge (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, ukelin, keyboards, zildjuans).Includes limited edition bonus CD. Additional personnel: Greg Leisz (acoustic, electric guitars, pedal steel, lap steel, & 12-string guitar, electric dulcimer); Brendan O'Brien (acoustic & electric guitars, hurdy gurdy, harmonica, keyboards, bass, percussion); Roy Bittan (piano); Jim Keltner (drums).Recorded at Southern Tracks Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.Any time a new "supergroup" is formed, fans of the combo's individual members are both excited and skeptical. In the case of The Thorns, these particular emotions ran especially high when it came to singer/songwriters as talented, critically lauded, and seemingly incongruous as power-pop icon Matthew Sweet, neo-folkie Shawn Mullins and Seattle rocker Pete Droge. Amazingly, the word that comes to mind upon first listen to THE THORNS is "band." Putting aside all prima donna tendencies in the service of finding a cohesive sound, the boys come up with a spectacularly lush, organic, and relaxed stylistic fusion. Recalling other extraordinary groups like Crosby, Stills & Nash and RUMORS-era Fleetwood Mac, the Thorns' delicately strummed acoustic guitars, sparkling yet rootsy production, and gorgeously full three-part harmonies paint a consistently uplifting sonic landscape that's distinctly retro, yet never purely imitative.

Editorial Reviews
...Akin to vintage Crosby, Stills And Nash with a modern bent, this trio isn't out to reinvent the wheel...songs that are likely to remind your parents of the music they listened to and loved in college...
CMJ (05/26/2003)

3 stars out of 5 - ...It's a long time since we heard three-part harmonies as good as this from anyone...
Uncut (06/01/2003)

3 stars out of 5 - ...Pleasant listening, with thirteen songs heavy on the acoustic guitars and the harmonies...
Rolling Stone (05/29/2003)

3 stars out of 5 - ...Pleasant listening, with thirteen songs heavy on the acoustic guitars and the harmonies...Uncut (6/03, p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - ...It's a long time since we heard three-part harmonies as good as this from anyone...CMJ (5/26/03, p.6) - ...Akin to vintage Crosby, Stills And Nash with a modern bent, this trio isn't out to reinvent the wheel...songs that are likely to remind your parents of the music they listened to and loved in college...
Rolling Stone (05/29/2003)

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the thorns - the thorns

Review created: 13/02/08

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Although not bad, I was a bit disappointed not to hear Shawn Mullin's voice as this was the premice I bought the CD. Once over this I did begin to enjoy the contents. So overall it was not bad.

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