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| From | snap_crackle_pop@comcast.net (Craig Leve) |
| Subject | Feel the fire: Bill Ricchini |
| Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:28:53 +0000 |
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Seems like I post here rarely these days, and even less often to shout about something I feel utterly compelled to recommend, but here I am and that I MUST do. Over the last couple days I've been UTTERLY under the spell of what will certainly be my favorite pop album for 2005, Bill Ricchini's "Tonight I Burn Brightly"
I can't do what many here do so well (Mike Bennett, Stewart Mason) and turn the phrase that delivers the flavor of this gorgeous album in a nutshell. I'll tell you I hear a LOT of influences that will be near and dear to this group: Village Green era Kinks, Stephen Merritt, Josh Rouse, Beach Boys (more Friends era, I would venture), Todd Rundgren, Bacharach, Neil Finn, Elliott Smith, Ron Sexsmith. Yeah, I know that sounds like a tall bill of goods. It's that good.
Don't take my word for it. Hear Bill at his website or on myspace,
http://www.myspace.com/ourbillricchini
http://www.billricchini.com
Has anyone else heard this album yet? What about his previous one (I think there were a couple postings a few years back)? I'd be curious to know if it's as good as this.
-craig
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