Issues + Options
Track Listings
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1. Prelude #29
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2. Amazing
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3. Undeniably Human (featuring Euphoria)
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4. Something Beautiful
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5. Hope In a Hopeless World
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6. She Hurts
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7. Nobody Has To Know
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8. The Have and the Have Nots
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9. God Is Not Sleeping
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10. Danger To Yourself
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11. My Love Will Find You
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12. Melt
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13. This Is My Home
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14. The 29th Day
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15. Everybody's Somebody (featuring Ray Bonneville)
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Editorial Reviews
THE NEW YORK TIMES critic Stephen Holden
‘Issues + Options,’ "one of the year’s two or three most satisfying albums by an American singer/songwriter." --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
THE BOSTON GLOBE'S Steve Morse
Called Undeniably Human" - the first single from ‘Issues + Options’ - "one of the year’s bright spots." --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Album Description
In describing the CD, it is best left said by a comment posted at Phil Roy’s website: "The impact it (Issues + Option's) has had on me cannot be expressed in words. It's maybe the deepest collection of music I've ever wrapped my brain/heart around." Issues + Options is the follow up to Phil Roy’s award winning debut CD "grouchyfriendly". (2002 Folk-Singer-songwriter artist of the year)/("Best of 2000 CD's/ Emerging artist/Amazon.com)
Issues + Options
Issues + Options, Music, Phil Roy
Average customer rating:
- MIddle of the Road
- The Sound Of Humanity
- Phil Roy is a treasure....
- an oassis
- This is the worst!
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Issues + Options
Phil Roy
Manufacturer: Or Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Singer-Songwriters
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- Grouchyfriendly
- Live a Little
- 9
- Riverside Battle Songs
- The Search
ASIN: B00008ZZ99
Release Date: 2003-05-06 |
Tracks:
- Nobody Has to Know
- Undeniably Human(featuring Euphoria)
- Hope in a Hopeless World
- Melt
- She Hurts
- Amazing
- The Have and The Have Nots
- God is Not Sleeping
- Danger To Yourself
- The 29th Day
- Why Do We Make It So Hard
- Something Beautiful
- This is My Home
- Everybody's Somebody (featuring Ray Bonneville)
Album Description
According to Stephen Holden, of The New York Times "The music of Phil Roy... accomplishes a delicate emotional surgery countless troubadours have tried, but few have been able to carry off. [Roy] describes personal experiences of love, loss and spiritual revelation with a naked honesty untainted by narcissism."
Holden joins the list of prominent music critics to hail `Issues + Options' as one of 2003's most compelling albums.
Customer Reviews:
MIddle of the Road.......2007-02-06
It's upbeat and the guy has a pleasant voice; he doesn't shrill and he can carry a tune. I give it a 3 because I bought the disc for a 1$ for one song "Undeniably Human" which someone had used in a youtubedotcom clip they put together. And yes, regrettable the rest of the album does sound a bit the same but since I really only like the one and it was only a dollar I'm not complaining.
The Sound Of Humanity.......2004-02-20
This is a marvelous body of such touching music- it's been just
two weeks since I received a copy of this CD, and it has etched itself into my psyche- I love it when new music can so infuse the consciousness that it will greet me upon waking and sustain my emotional infrastructure during the day- such a wide variety of raw emotion and feeling. It feels as though some of these words and songs were written to be heard by only a few loved ones- they are so very personal and vulnerable- The redemption we receive from these songs are only visited after being belted around
pretty heavily, but I'm grateful for the ride- Us older folk need a good whoop upside the head. I want to get a copy to each of my 4 kids- in their 20's, but some of the music is almost too intense!; none-the-less I will pass on this gem to them. God bless Phil Roy for such a raw and expressive heart, and the will to share his humanity/spirit with us.
Phil Roy is a treasure...........2004-02-04
Phil Roy has one of the most beautiful, plaintive singing voices I've ever heard. I'm 47 and my 27 year old friend turned me
on to his music a few months back. I'm hooked....it's beautiful and cannot lend the CD to someone else who'd like to listen.
an oassis.......2004-01-29
Issues + Options is a beautiful collection of songs about our human condition. Phil Roy not only writes about life in a way which we can all relate, his soulful voice makes it easy to connect. Sometimes soaring, sometimes sensitive, Phil Roy sings from his heart. This album is a gem, truly an oassis in what can be a wasteland of popular music. Surrounded by excellent musicians, Phil Roy has made an exceptional record of comtemporary songs, a must for real music lovers.
This is the worst!.......2004-01-24
Every track on this cd sounds alike. They consist of gruff whining and moaning, making the entire cd very annoying. It's my own problem, of course, because I bought two of his cd's, on the basis of listening to one 30 second sample. Just awful! Too annoying to even sleep through. Please. Someone can buy mine; they've been played only once.
Average customer rating:
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Issues + Options
Roy , and Phil
Manufacturer: independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LXAO0W |
Average customer rating:
- MIddle of the Road
- The Sound Of Humanity
- Phil Roy is a treasure....
- an oassis
- This is the worst!
|
Issues + Options
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
General
| Folk
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
General
| Pop
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- Grouchyfriendly
- Live a Little
- 9
- Riverside Battle Songs
- The Search
ASIN: B00006LFFH
Release Date: 2002-09-24 |
Tracks:
- Prelude #29
- Amazing
- Undeniably Human (featuring Euphoria)
- Something Beautiful
- Hope In a Hopeless World
- She Hurts
- Nobody Has To Know
- The Have and the Have Nots
- God Is Not Sleeping
- Danger To Yourself
- My Love Will Find You
- Melt
- This Is My Home
- The 29th Day
- Everybody's Somebody (featuring Ray Bonneville)
Album Description
In describing the CD, it is best left said by a comment posted at Phil Roy's website: "The impact it (Issues + Option's) has had on me cannot be expressed in words. It's maybe the deepest collection of music I've ever wrapped my brain/heart around." Issues + Options is the follow up to Phil Roy's award winning debut CD "grouchyfriendly". (2002 Folk-Singer-songwriter artist of the year)/("Best of 2000 CD's/ Emerging artist/Amazon.com)
Customer Reviews:
MIddle of the Road.......2007-02-06
It's upbeat and the guy has a pleasant voice; he doesn't shrill and he can carry a tune. I give it a 3 because I bought the disc for a 1$ for one song "Undeniably Human" which someone had used in a youtubedotcom clip they put together. And yes, regrettable the rest of the album does sound a bit the same but since I really only like the one and it was only a dollar I'm not complaining.
The Sound Of Humanity.......2004-02-20
This is a marvelous body of such touching music- it's been just
two weeks since I received a copy of this CD, and it has etched itself into my psyche- I love it when new music can so infuse the consciousness that it will greet me upon waking and sustain my emotional infrastructure during the day- such a wide variety of raw emotion and feeling. It feels as though some of these words and songs were written to be heard by only a few loved ones- they are so very personal and vulnerable- The redemption we receive from these songs are only visited after being belted around
pretty heavily, but I'm grateful for the ride- Us older folk need a good whoop upside the head. I want to get a copy to each of my 4 kids- in their 20's, but some of the music is almost too intense!; none-the-less I will pass on this gem to them. God bless Phil Roy for such a raw and expressive heart, and the will to share his humanity/spirit with us.
Phil Roy is a treasure...........2004-02-04
Phil Roy has one of the most beautiful, plaintive singing voices I've ever heard. I'm 47 and my 27 year old friend turned me
on to his music a few months back. I'm hooked....it's beautiful and cannot lend the CD to someone else who'd like to listen.
an oassis.......2004-01-29
Issues + Options is a beautiful collection of songs about our human condition. Phil Roy not only writes about life in a way which we can all relate, his soulful voice makes it easy to connect. Sometimes soaring, sometimes sensitive, Phil Roy sings from his heart. This album is a gem, truly an oassis in what can be a wasteland of popular music. Surrounded by excellent musicians, Phil Roy has made an exceptional record of comtemporary songs, a must for real music lovers.
This is the worst!.......2004-01-24
Every track on this cd sounds alike. They consist of gruff whining and moaning, making the entire cd very annoying. It's my own problem, of course, because I bought two of his cd's, on the basis of listening to one 30 second sample. Just awful! Too annoying to even sleep through. Please. Someone can buy mine; they've been played only once.
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