Hi everyone, I don't know about both "Chris Browns" but this one at Notlame is great. Check it out if you like any kind of well produced/mixed and played pop. Mike V > From: David Bash > Reply-To: audities@smoe.org > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:40:57 -0800 > To: Audities > Subject: Re: Chris Brown > > --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Craig Leve" wrote: >> >> Hey folks, >> >> I'd been meaning to mention it here - but you all should go check out >> www.chrisbrownmusic.com - After listening to the disc, I directed Chris >> to Not Lame and KoolKat and Bruce has a RAVE review of this one up on >> new releases for the week. It's definitely going to be a big favorite >> for me in 2006 and I think the pure poppers here will similarly dig. >> Indeed, since I'm on record as never writing a review I could stand to >> look at again, I'll quote Mr. Brodeen's offering... >> >> Holy Cow, out of the blue, arrives Chris Brown who fans of intensely >> highly stylized power pop will fall down and worship at the Altar Of >> Brown. Co-Produced and Mixed exquisitely by Chris Manning (Jellyfish) >> with Chris Bellman(The Who, Neil Young) the Mastering Engineer, "Now >> That You`re Fed" blossoms with a fresh aired spirit of deeply engaging >> production flourishes which frequently exert a quiet and haunting >> allure. Brown laces his songs with vivid imagery, shimmering acoustics >> and haunting, rewarding melodies. Brown plies his trade with aplomb and >> craft and vocally is an unusual combination of lush, warm Elliot Smith, >> Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Tihista, John Cunningham and, believe it >> or not, Freddie Mercury---the Queen influence is strong with the >> seductive soft sighs in the vocal arrangements, you will hear them in >> more than a handful of places. Brown also brings to mind a more upbeat, >> more engaging Kyle Vincent, as well as Andy Pratt(think "Avenging >> Annie"). You`ll hear vague, but familiar refrains of Jellyfish, but they >> are less prominent than the aforementioned bands/artists. What you will >> find out front is the simple fact that these 12 songs mesh and merge >> with a suite-like intimacy, rare to find. As his bio says, it`s a shot >> of pop oxygen for smoggy musical times. >> >> "Perfect power pop is oft-attempted but rarely attained. By which I mean >> it rises above the standard formula of chiming chords, hook-filled >> choruses, and clean guitar strumming. When it`s perfect, the >> unpredictable arrangements, the lyrics that make you wanna rewind to >> hear them again, the perfectly-timed bridges, and the ridiculously >> pretty chord progressions all conspire to make the considerable effort >> involved seem effortless, timeless, classic, and just plain great. Chris >> Brown`s glorious, sunny debut album is all that and more, a gorgeous >> record produced by Chris Manning of fellow power pop geniuses >> Jellyfish."-Windy Chien. Evidently Chris Brown is an award winning indie >> filmaker but here the musicianship is such that one would guess that >> making projects like "Now That You`re Fed" is his day job. Simply a >> stunner, for folks with high expectations for their pop and big time >> Extremely Highly Recommended! > > Yes, I love the album as well, and in a cool instance of serendipity, when I > first read about this album on the Kool Kat monthly update, I decided to try > to find Chris Brown on myspace. When I went to www.myspace.com/chrisbrown > it displayed with a musician from Nashville whose songs were really > excellent, and funny enough, pretty much fit with the description I'd read! > I figured it was the same guy, and I contacted him with an invite to IPO > Nashville, which thankfully he accepted. Then I found out that the Chris > Brown who'd been written about was from San Francisco, so I contacted him, > and it looks like he'll be playing IPOs Los Angeles and San Francisco! > > Two great Chris Browns on the pop music scene! Whouda thunk it?? > -- > Chris Browns Rule!!!!! > Take Care, > David >