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Garbage
Adam Green is the newest Hans Christian Anderson
A breath of fresh air in a world of crap!
Maturity
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Gemstones
Adam Green
Manufacturer: Rough Trade Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007N19RS
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Gemstones
Down On The Street
He's The Brat
Over The Sunrise
Crackhouse Blues
Before My Bedtime
Carolina
Emily
Who's Your Boyfriend
Country Road
Choke On A Cock
Bible Club
Chubby Princess
Losing On A Tuesday
Teddy Boys

Album Description

With a style that steps closer to the likes of Bacharach and Brel with each release, Adam Green has created Gemstones, his third solo record, combining his singular songwriting vision and plaintive, almost-angelic tenor with elegant melodies and playful art-pop arrangements. Gemstones is an album whose songs transcend indie rock in favor of more enduring virtues, and it offers 15 prime examples of Green's sculpted-yet-irreverent songcraft that has won him a sizable and ever-increasing audience in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan, where he's toured with the likes of The Libertines, Badly Drawn Boy, Ben Kweller and The Strokes.

Customer Reviews:

Garbage.......2006-10-22

Gemstones is a great song because it reminds me of why Adam Green had appeal. The rest of this album is so bad I could vomit. Please retire Adam Green or go back to your roots when your songs had feeling.

Adam Green is the newest Hans Christian Anderson.......2005-04-06

adam green's "Gemstones" is a wonderful collection of fun ditties that brings one's inner child. The songs remind one of nursery rhymes sung by a 30-year-old child. every song evokes a feeling of happiness. five stars to the new master of children's songs for adults.

A breath of fresh air in a world of crap!.......2005-04-03

I love this album! I've heard a lot about adam but I did not hear him until just the other day, man was I missing out. Great album full of weird and funny as hell songs,it's so great to hear something original out there in a world of copycats. highly recomended. 4.5*

Maturity.......2005-03-25

Adam Green spent a lot of time in the band The Moldy Peaches. Right when people were getting into their odd style, they broke up, and Kimya Dawson and Green started doing their solo records. Adam Green started off doing something that was like Beck's younger brother. Finally on Gemstones, Green has hit his stride. Gemstones I suppose a reference to those people who get their cell phones decorated. The album cover is adorned with those things. Adam Green's voice even sounds different and nothing like Moldy Peaches. He sounds like a mix between Ray Stevens and early Nick Cave. His authoritative voice soars on "Gemstones" and "He's The Brat." Some of these songs have the elegance of Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy). Some of the songs like "Crackhouse Blues" and "Choke On A C---" lyrically sound like Moldy Peaches territory, but these sound more like early Dr. Demento stuff. I guess that maybe the Moldy Peaches would have been on Dr. Demento every week if they came out in 1980. Songs like "Who's Your Boyfriend" sound like Burt Bacharach. Adam Green is becoming more sophisticated. Young girls seem to love him. You have to admire what he does because it is so unique, singular, and uncompromising. This is a quality recording....

Check this out.......2005-03-02

If you liked Adam Green's last 2 albums, then you will dig this one. I can't believe spin magazine gave this album a D rating, its more in the A range, shows what they know. That caused me to not to buy it at first, but after sampling it, I realized that I love Adam's music, how bad can this be? That pissed me off enough to write a review about this album. Adam has a great voice, truely unique lyrics, great guitar riffs, and just good music all together. Each listen brings new things that stand out in the music. Plain and simple, if you liked his previous albums, then you will like this one.

Average customer rating:

oddly fascinating
Good stuff
Beyond atrocious...

Gemstones
Adam Green
Manufacturer: Rough Trade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0006FNJ0C

Tracks:

Gemstones
Down on the Street
He's the Brat
Over the Sunrise
Crackhouse Blues
Before My Bedtime
Carolina
Emily
Who's Your Boyfriend
Country Road
Choke on a Cock
Bible Club
Chubby Princess
Losing on a Tuesday
Teddy Boys

Album Details

Solo Release from the Moldy Peaches Frontman.

Customer Reviews:

oddly fascinating.......2005-03-10

I'm not sure if Adam Green is deliberately trying to sound one part folksy-druggy kooky balladeer and one part vaudevillian-cum-cabaret singer. Either way, it matters little. I'm completely intrigued.

Oh, I'm not saying I love his music, but I certainly appreciate the gusty chutzpah to put something out there like "Gemstones". The lyrics are strange and somewhat disturbing and the music is stripped down and, yes, simple. But it's Adam's voice, his character that really kept me listening track after track.

Actually, I take that back, I am saying I like his music and I'm totally going to endorse this cd! And don't let the haters keep you from enjoying something completely left of center.

The songs are short (around 2 minutes each), so it wasn't a huge time investment. It didn't change my life, but it didn't rob me of 30 minutes of my life, which I can assure you happens every time I happen to flick on American Idol.

Good stuff.......2005-02-21

The other reviewer may say this music is simple... it's true. This isn't an album you go out and buy because you want to hear great keyboards or somthing. Go ahead and get a Yes album. When you are looking for somthing indie, you are probably looking for somthing simple. (Excluding swedish indie)
If you buy this album you are probably looking for somthing with strange lyrics and good melodies. These are songs you can sing along to with your friends.
Another wise Adam Green option is to grab yourself a copy of "Friends of Mine". Friends of mine has a similar feel to this album but includes some string instraments. (Also another great album you and your friends can sing along to)

Beyond atrocious..........2005-02-20

For all the hype this album has been getting for being the next big indie thing you'd expect something quite intriguing.
Alas.
This isn't even like the late indie albums which are rehashing 80s indie rock trying to do it in an intelligent way. No, not even that.
This is simply a collection of horribly simple (lyrically speaking) songs which degenerate to further levels of horror musicwise. Musically this has to be one of the worst albums I've heard all year and yes i've heard a LOT of bad ones.

If you were to survive the music and start paying attention to the lyrics you'd need to be seriously apathetic and untouched by bad music in general. You'd also need to be easily prone to swallow the stuff the indie press keeps pushing from time to time regardless of quality.

Basically the music on this album sounds like a teenager trying to learn guitar while another teenager is recording bad samples on it from some cheap software looper. That's as kind as i can be about it.

Stay clear from this at all costs unless you're part of an experiment. Perfect for use during interrogation as very few could survive it without spilling their guts begging for it to stop.

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