Top tracks
Listeners also bought
Other Traditional Folk albums
Other Country Folk albums
Put your hands on the remote! browse music »
Apples & Oranges by Bob Pyle
view larger image
fave it Traditional Folk | Country Folk
12 tracks | 46 minutes
Released Apr 2004
on Apple Tree Records
Click 
for a 30-second preview. All tracks are 192kbps high fidelity sound quality. Protected WMA $0.77 or unprotected MP3 $0.88.
listen album 30sec. shuffle buy CD review album promote album
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 A World Made Out of Spam lyrics FREE 03:25 A World Made Out of Spam lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 A World Made Out of Spam
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 When They Close the Golden Arches lyrics BUY MP3 03:45 When They Close the Golden Arches lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:45 When They Close the Golden Arches
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:57 Egg Salad Sandwiches lyrics BUY MP3 02:57 Egg Salad Sandwiches lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:57 Egg Salad Sandwiches
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Frank Perdue lyrics BUY MP3 03:07 Frank Perdue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Frank Perdue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Petunia the Pig lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Petunia the Pig lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Petunia the Pig
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 Factory Style lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 Factory Style lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 Factory Style
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:11 Apples and Oranges lyrics BUY MP3 05:11 Apples and Oranges lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:11 Apples and Oranges
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:10 I've Been Restored lyrics BUY MP3 04:10 I've Been Restored lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:10 I've Been Restored
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 The Seaweed Song lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 The Seaweed Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 The Seaweed Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 The Mango Fandango lyrics BUY MP3 03:51 The Mango Fandango lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:51 The Mango Fandango
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Down on the Farm lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Down on the Farm lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Down on the Farm
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:35 Gentle Creatures lyrics BUY MP3 04:35 Gentle Creatures lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:35 Gentle Creatures
Mixes old time string-band music, humorous lyrics, and exquisite production to create an album with a message of social relevance concerning the foods we choose to eat.Vegan and vegetarian music.
Editorial review
With his folksy charm and uncertain pitch, Bob Pyle comes off more as a good-natured amateur entertainer than a man whose biography says he has been a songwriter and performer for over 25 years. But then, that may help explain why this is his first full-length solo CD, self-released at that. Initially, Pyle seems as much a comedian and novelty act as a musician, leading off the disc with "A World Made Out of Spam," a humorous nightmare set to music about a scientific experiment gone wrong. Even here, however, as on the second track, "When They Close the Golden Arches," on which he is joined by a children's chorus, Pyle has a more serious agenda: he is a food activist. The "Golden Arches," of course, refers to McDonald's, and the song is a fantasy about how much better the world will be when the fast-food giant goes out of business, leading to much better diets worldwide. The songwriter is not afraid to name names, either. Another song is called "Frank Perdue," and Pyle pulls no punches in spelling out his dislike of the chicken mogul, whom he accuses of looking like his product while not living up to his claims for nutrition and proper treatment of animals. It's no wonder, then, that he expands this critique to include the entire agriculture business in "Factory Style." But he isn't only critical; he also admits to past dietary mistakes of his own and promotes a healthy diet of "Apples & Oranges," not to mention the misunderstood seaweed ("The Seaweed Song") and mangoes ("The Mango Fandango"). All of this food and animal commentary is rendered in a combination of folk and old-timey country styles, with catchy choruses and plenty of fingerpicked string instruments. Pyle doesn't have much of a singing voice, but he doesn't seem to care, as long as he can get out his agreeable message; he's the Woody Guthrie of the barnyard (and the orchard) on his first album, which almost deserves to be placed in the children's bin of the record store. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Bob Pyle is the Founder of the Baltimore-Washington Songwriter's Association, which has produced three compilation recordings. This is Bob's first full-length solo CD.
Bob Pyle has been a songwriter and performer for over 25 years. He is also an award-winning old-time banjo player. He has had several novelty songs played on major market radio stations on the east coast, such as The Story of Steven L. Miles, which is a parody of TV lawyers. The Baltimore Sun newspaper has reported that Bob Pyle's songs have achieved a "cult following".
This CD, Apples & Oranges, has taken four and a half years to complete. It makes use of some the area's finest musicians including Bluegrass legend DeDe Wyland and musical virtuoso Billy Kemp, who also co-produced the album.
↓ more ↓