Chuck Prophet [Feast Of Hearts]
I remember first getting into this disc, back in 2003, driving in a van around London, and having this playing, and thinking 'wow!, this is a great album', i've tried to delve into other Chuck Prophet albums, but with no success, they're not a match on this once, i played this today while sitting on a park bench and writing my Journal, and what a great album it is, Prophet sings of all sorts of issues, a great life commentator, this disc has featured in my Blog quite heavily [19th March 2012 & 16th March 2013].
Chuck Prophet is American, he's now 51, wow he's even younger than me!, he has a major back catalogue of albums, and even used to have a Rock group 'Green On Red', he recorded this in 1995 [happy 20th birthday!], i'm not sure what he's been up to since, i hear he's got a new album out, this one has the most stunning front cover booklet [photo by Kim Stringfellow], highly coloured, it's that flowery shirt that does it, great use of Autumn colours, the motel room [i guess] is a sickly yellow, looks quite psychedelic really, the face is rather a sickly yellow too, somewhat washed out, dark shadow lines on the left, wonder if the whole thing has been touched up with dayglo colours, and a great use of lettering emblazoned across his chest, i love the finished product, it almost shouts out that this album was composed in a load of motel rooms while travelling the country.
On this listening i really loved tracks 1, 8 & 10, and i would like to talk deeper about each one,
1 What it Takes - The album opener, and it's a nice rocker, nice use of twangy guitar, nice little mid instrumental where Prophet shouts 'here i go' [1:48-2:02], best lyric 'Before the fools-golden sun, sets on your million dollar view'.
8 Oh Mary - My favourite track of the whole album, starts off with the drums, and there's such a lovely beat there, those lovely treble toms sound so good, it's a complex and off kilter drumming vibe [Michael Urbanok], i think it's the drums and bass that make it sound sort of funky, it really makes the whole track, plus it's a great tune also, the second verses lyrics are great 'i followed you through the churchyard, down your crooked path', when he sings 'churchyard', in comes the organ swirls, a nice little touch, it's incredibly catchy.
10 Madam Rosa's - About a Brothel run by Madam Rosa, starts off with what sounds like a national guitar, nice and dull sound, again a great tune, great beat, great use of strumming guitars too, best lyric 'with so many rooms to hide in, and only the light of the moon to follow you around'.
Chuck Prophet is American, he's now 51, wow he's even younger than me!, he has a major back catalogue of albums, and even used to have a Rock group 'Green On Red', he recorded this in 1995 [happy 20th birthday!], i'm not sure what he's been up to since, i hear he's got a new album out, this one has the most stunning front cover booklet [photo by Kim Stringfellow], highly coloured, it's that flowery shirt that does it, great use of Autumn colours, the motel room [i guess] is a sickly yellow, looks quite psychedelic really, the face is rather a sickly yellow too, somewhat washed out, dark shadow lines on the left, wonder if the whole thing has been touched up with dayglo colours, and a great use of lettering emblazoned across his chest, i love the finished product, it almost shouts out that this album was composed in a load of motel rooms while travelling the country.
On this listening i really loved tracks 1, 8 & 10, and i would like to talk deeper about each one,
1 What it Takes - The album opener, and it's a nice rocker, nice use of twangy guitar, nice little mid instrumental where Prophet shouts 'here i go' [1:48-2:02], best lyric 'Before the fools-golden sun, sets on your million dollar view'.
8 Oh Mary - My favourite track of the whole album, starts off with the drums, and there's such a lovely beat there, those lovely treble toms sound so good, it's a complex and off kilter drumming vibe [Michael Urbanok], i think it's the drums and bass that make it sound sort of funky, it really makes the whole track, plus it's a great tune also, the second verses lyrics are great 'i followed you through the churchyard, down your crooked path', when he sings 'churchyard', in comes the organ swirls, a nice little touch, it's incredibly catchy.
10 Madam Rosa's - About a Brothel run by Madam Rosa, starts off with what sounds like a national guitar, nice and dull sound, again a great tune, great beat, great use of strumming guitars too, best lyric 'with so many rooms to hide in, and only the light of the moon to follow you around'.
