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A Fine Frenzy is the project of Alison Sudol. A Fine Frenzy is Alison Sudol. "One Cell in The Sea" is her first album dated 2007 that received widespread criticism all over the world. Yet, I like it a lot.
Let's say that alongside Sinéad O'Connor, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Kd Lang, Natalie Merchant, Tracey Thorn, Tracy Chapman, Sarah McLachlan, and Lori Carson, she can stand. Why not?! After all, the girl writes well, has a beautiful voice, plays the piano and is even a redhead like Amos (but well below her, let's be clear). The album revolves around the melodic folk of the American girls mentioned earlier, good expressiveness, and even decent stage presence. In short, all the foundations are there.
Some very good songs like "almost lover", "ashes & wine" and "rangers" outline the picture of a record that's perhaps a bit too long (fourteen tracks) but definitely promising. The most intriguing aspect of this work, in my opinion, is the concept in the lyrics: all oriented to describe a peaceful and united nature, birds chirping in unison, little fish talking to us, rivers flowing peacefully. How sweet!
Come on, the girl is twenty! She must be supported! After all, what's the use of getting angry? (Morrissette is still around, right?)
Go Alison! I look forward to more stories of forest rangers and troubled streams from you this year.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 The Minnow & the Trout (04:28)
Help me out said the minnow to the trout I was lost and found myself swimming in your mouth Help me chief I've got to plans for you and me I swear upon this riverbed I'll help you feel young again Not your every day circumstance Hummingbird taking coffee with the ants Please, I know that we're different We were one cell in the sea in the beginning And what we're made of was all the same once We're not that different after all Help me out said the eagle to the dove I've fallen from my nest so high above Help me fly I am too afraid try Now saddled with a fear of heights I'm praying you can set me right Not your everyday circumstance Elephant sharing peanuts with the rats And I said Please, I know that we're different We were one cell in the sea in the beginning And what we're made of was all the same once We're not that different after all We are tied in history Connected like a family Please, I know that we're different We were one cell in the sea in the beginning And what we're made of was all the same once All the same We're not that different after all
03 Whisper (04:56)
running the race
like a mouse in a cage
getting nowhere, but I’m trying
forging ahead
but I’m stuck in the bed
that I made,
so I’m lying
but if you keep real close
yeah, you stay real close
I will reach you.
I’m down to a whisper
in a daydream on a hill
shut down to a whisper
can you hear me still
eager to please,
trying to be what they need
but I’m so very tired
I’ve stopped trying to find
any peace in my mind
‘cause it tangles the wires
but if you keep real close
yeah, you stay real close
I will reach you.
I’m down to a whisper
in a daydream on a hill
shut down to a whisper
can you hear me
can you hear me
still the sound,
it dies on my lips
to fade away
and to forget
I’m down to a whisper
in a daydream on a hill
shut down to a whisper
can you hear me, can you hear me (repeats) still.
06 Almost Lover (04:28)
Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick
I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should I've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you'd never ever forget these images, no
I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should I've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do
I can not go to the ocean
I can not drive the streets at night
I can not wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy
To walk right in and out of my life?
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
I can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should I've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do.
08 Ashes and Wine (04:20)
don’t know what to do anymore
I’ve lost the only love worth fighting for
I’ll drown in my tear storming sea
that would show you,
that would make you hurt like me
all the same,
I don’t want mud-slinging games
it’s just a shame
to let you walk away
is there a chance,
a fragment of light
at the end of the tunnel,
a reason to fight
is there a chance
you may change your mind
or are we ashes and wine?
don’t know if our fate’s already sealed
this day’s a spinning circus on a wheel
I’m ill with the thought of your kiss
coffee-laced, intoxicating on her lips
shut it out, I’ve got no claim on you now
I’m not allowed to wear your freedom down
is there a chance,
a fragment of light
at the end of the tunnel,
a reason to fight
is there a chance
you may change your mind
or are we ashes and wine?
I’ll tear myself away
if that what you need
there is nothing left to say
is there a chance,
a fragment of light
at the end of the tunnel,
a reason to fight
is there a chance
you may change your mind
or are we ashes and wine?
reduced to ashes and wine
or are we ashes…
13 Hope for the Hopeless (04:17)
stitch in your knitted brow
and you don't know how
you're gonna get it out
crushed under heavy chest
trying to catch your breath
but it always beats you by a step,
all right now
making the best of it
playing the hand you get
you're not alone in this
there's hope for the hopeless
hope for the hopeless
there's hope
cold in a summer breeze
yeah, you're shivering
on your bended knee
still, when your heart is sore
and the heavens pour
like a willow bending with the storm,
you'll make it
running against the wind
playing the cards you get
something is bound to give
there's hope for the hopeless
hope for the hopeless
there's hope
there's hope for the hopeless
hope for the hopeless
there's hope
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