Posts tagged with "Real World"
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER + The Age of Miracles
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
The Age of Miracles
[Real World]
Is there a songwriter who needed a dose of big-picture perspective less than Mary Chapin Carpenter? Even her 1990s country-pop hits practically defied radio with their profundity. Nevertheless, The Age of Miracles explores the emotional aftermath of a pulmonary embolism that nearly killed Carpenter in 2007. “Everything that you know can disappear,” she muses on “Iceland,” while the upbeat...
PETER GABRIEL + Scratch My Back
PETER GABRIEL
Scratch My Back
[Real World]
Peter Gabriel fans have learned to have the patience of Job. His last album of original songs was 2002’s so-so Up; now at last we have the follow-up, and it’s a collection of—wait for it—covers. He reunites here with producer Bob Ezrin (who also helmed Gabriel’s 1977 self-titled solo debut), and together they frame Gabriel’s voice using only piano and strings. Much of the material here is slow,...