They are good albums, even worth having, but a few bossa tracks and singing in spanish make them weaker than the others, in my opinion. /Erik www.privatejetspop.com 24 apr 2013 kl. 21.51 skrev Gene Good: I'm with you there. Definitely getting it soon. The last release I got from him was "Country Mouse" which I liked a lot. So I'm guessing from what I'm reading from you folks, the "El Turista" and "The Long Vacations" are not that great? > From: erik_westin@telia.com > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Josh Rouse "The Happiness Waltz" > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:27:51 +0200 > > Thanks for recommending this. I've always liked his stuff, but the > last few albums > have been a little weak, so this sounds promising. I'm heading for > Amazon now. > > A thing that I've noticed in my buying behavior: From some artists I > really want to have > the physical cd of all the albums, for others I'm fine with digital > files from iTunes etc. > Josh Rouse goes in the first category, I'm buying the cd of this > album. > > Any of you with a similar och even odder buying behaviour? > > /Erik > > www.privatejetspop.com > > > > 24 apr 2013 kl. 13.53 skrev floatingunder: > > Is anyone else listening to this? > > I've been a fan of his for a while now but I admit when I saw a new > album was out I thought to myself "self perhaps you have all you need > by him". But I ended up purchasing it and I am very surprised at how > much I love it. My one minor complaint is some of the lyrics are a > tad weak (IMO). However, for me, this album may not contain my fav > Rouse track of all time but to me it's the album where the songs all > fit together so well and I really like every track. It's a subjective > thing I know but to me this album works terrific complete album start > to finish, where all the songs belong on the disc and flow nicely. > What really seals the deal in terms of why I love this disc is Brad > Jones production. This album is clean and warm in it's sound. At the > risk of being to cliche it does seem like a summer album of sitting at > a quiet beach. OK, maybe that's heard through the ears of someone who > lives in a land with snow still on the ground in late April. > > Anyway, anyone else listening to this? > > Steve D. > RIP and thank you: Scott Miller > > > ======================================================================= Detailed Audities-List information: To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: