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The Brian Woodbury Songbook by Brian Woodbury
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fave it Quirky | with Live-band Production
17 tracks | 69 minutes
Released Apr 2001
on Some Phil Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:34 Have You Seen My Serene? lyrics BUY MP3 05:34 Have You Seen My Serene? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:34 Have You Seen My Serene?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:26 Unspoken Love lyrics BUY MP3 05:26 Unspoken Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:26 Unspoken Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Another Thing Goin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 Another Thing Goin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Another Thing Goin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 Hippies, Rise! lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 Hippies, Rise! lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 Hippies, Rise!
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Explain the Rain lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 Explain the Rain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Explain the Rain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Don't Be Afraid of the Stupid lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Don't Be Afraid of the Stupid lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Don't Be Afraid of the Stupid
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 Depending on You lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 Depending on You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 Depending on You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:22 Little Tiny Boats lyrics BUY MP3 03:22 Little Tiny Boats lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:22 Little Tiny Boats
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 (Write It on a Little Yellow) Post-it lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 (Write It on a Little Yellow) Post-it lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 (Write It on a Little Yellow) Post-it
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:22 Someone Who Died lyrics BUY MP3 02:22 Someone Who Died lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:22 Someone Who Died
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:09 She's Looking for Him lyrics BUY MP3 04:09 She's Looking for Him lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:09 She's Looking for Him
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 My Africa lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 My Africa lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 My Africa
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:21 Let's Do Everything lyrics BUY MP3 04:21 Let's Do Everything lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:21 Let's Do Everything
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 Santa Monica lyrics BUY MP3 03:45 Santa Monica lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:45 Santa Monica
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:23 Peaceful River lyrics BUY MP3 04:23 Peaceful River lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:23 Peaceful River
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:33 Twice as Lonely lyrics BUY MP3 04:33 Twice as Lonely lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:33 Twice as Lonely
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:06 Steal This Song lyrics BUY MP3 05:06 Steal This Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:06 Steal This Song
Tuneful smart eclectic pop ala Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, They Might Be Giants, sung by a host of vocalists including Jill Sobule & Terre Roche.
Editorial review
Although Brian Woodbury is the billed artist on this CD, he's more the conceptualist than the performer. He wrote all the songs (with the exception of some of the lyrics on one number) and plays keyboards, but only sings one track, with a rotating cast of about 20 other singers handling the vocal duties on the rest of the material. A few of those singers have some name recognition (notably Jill Sobule and Terre Roche), but most of them are as little known as, well, Woodbury himself. It's hard to put your finger on exactly what Woodbury does, though in general he's a songsmith with feet in the pop, rock, and theatrical camps, somewhat in the spirit of Van Dyke Parks (with whom he's collaborated). He's a playful genre-hopper, sometimes going into orchestrated pop reminiscent of Brian Wilson's goofier excursions ("Have You Seen My Serene?"), at other times sounding like a more mainstream Elvis Costello, and at others sounding like a less mainstream take on late-20th century adult contemporary. Traces of country & western, folk, and various world musics get their time in, too. Although the words are sometimes quirky takes on hippies, Hawaii, and the quite weird pride anthem "My Africa," about as often they're more standard musings on romantic attraction and conflict. For all its eclectic ambition, though, it's kind of bland. The singers aren't exceptional, the words are frequently strained in their artful cleverness, and the melodies aren't that good, despite the composer's obvious affection for numerous popular music genres. ~ Jimmy James, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Brian Woodbury is a recently retransplanted Los Angeles songwriter, having spent the last 14 years in New York. Equally at home in the worlds of New York's downtown music scene, musical theater and pop, he's most at home when
straddling all three.
Woodbury began performing at the age of 11. He studied musical comedy songwriting with Tom Lehrer, and music composition with Bernard Rands and Pauline Oliveros. He has collaborated with numerous songwriters including Van Dyke Parks. He has written theater scores, instrumental pieces, dance and television music and hundreds of songs.
Woodbury's new CD The Brian Woodbury Songbook, features a host of singers, including Jill Sobule, Terre Roche of the Roches, David Yazbek(composer/lyricist of Broadway's The Full Monty) and Sean Altman of Rockapella. A concert version of this project featured Lisa Loeb.
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