Comfort in the Curves

1. I-35

2. Mockingbird

3. Might Have Been in Austin

4. Come Around

5. Times Hand in Your Pocket

6. Tadpoles & Eagles

7. Sparks

8. Fermented Evenings

9. Rock Song

10. These Things That I Don't Dare

11. Bath Water Baby

12. Look in My Past

Comfort in the Curves,Max Stalling,E-Squared Artimis,Americana,Country,Country & Western,Pop,Rock,Roots Rock

Average customer rating: Mighty Fine, Mighty Fine great songwriting great CD Stalling writes with a pen full of intimately detailed verse Worst TX music CD of 1999

Comfort in the Curves Max Stalling Manufacturer: Blind Nello Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wide Afternoon One of the Ways Sell Out: Live at Dan's Silverleaf Heavy Weather ASIN: B000028TYD Release Date: 1999-11-02

Tracks:

1. I-35
2. Mockingbird
3. Might Have Been in Austin
4. Come Around
5. Times Hand in Your Pocket
6. Tadpoles & Eagles
7. Sparks
8. Fermented Evenings
9. Rock Song
10. These Things That I Don't Dare
11. Bath Water Baby
12. Look in My Past

Customer Reviews:

Mighty Fine, Mighty Fine.......2004-02-11

This debut from a very talented Texas Singer/Songwriter is phenominal. The songs are genuine, and provide a rich visualization that puts the listener into another time or another place. Most of the fake "country" coming out of Nashville has a couple songs that are OK, and the rest are throways. Not this genuine country/americana cd - every song is f"mighty fine."

great songwriting.......2001-09-01

excellent display of Texas Music, good sound with string songwriting.

great CD.......2001-07-25

Great CD from a great songwriter. True TX country.

Stalling writes with a pen full of intimately detailed verse.......2001-06-07

Stalling wears a variety of hats: rambling troubadour, cowboy, country crooner, all with a Texan's tilt. His twelve song debut takes you from the intimate campfire dreams of "Sparks" to the open-road escape of "I-35." Like fellow Texan Jack Ingram, Stalling is an old soul, with a pen full of unusually detailed stories. His music sparkles with touches of accordion, mandolin, pedal steel and superbly-placed female harmonies.

Slower numbers like "Might Have Been in Austin" sport a country-folk feel, reminiscent of Lyle Lovett or Jimmy Buffett's earliest Nashville work, while "Come Around" matches the sundown tempo of the Sons of the Pioneers to a harmony reminiscent of Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks. But, in the end, it's Stalling's lyrics that grip the listener. Ranging from the existential despair and ragged worldly remains of "Time's Hand in Your Pocket" to the elemental musing of "Tadpoles and Eagles," Stalling crafts his words without overworking them. He conjures poetic laments with everyday imagery: "But my heart's like an old cat's tail and love's a rocking chair."

The album closes with a wonderful remembrance of childhood, creating a warm view of the comfortable curves of time.

Worst TX music CD of 1999.......2001-04-25

I bought a lot of Texas country music CD's last year and this was by far the worst. Mr Stalling has a voice like a Phil Ochs with no range, the songwriting is OK but I just couldnt take his amatuerish and annoying vocals.

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Comfort in the Curves Max Stalling Manufacturer: Sw-South West Label Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002B9LLG Release Date: 2001-08-21

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