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Turning Into Beautiful by Ferron
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fave it Country Pop | like Joni
9 tracks | 47 minutes
Released May 2005
on FAIR'N LOVING MUSIC
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 More Than That lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 More Than That lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 More Than That
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:37 Souvenir lyrics BUY MP3 05:37 Souvenir lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:37 Souvenir
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:12 Never Your Own lyrics BUY MP3 05:12 Never Your Own lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:12 Never Your Own
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:56 Nothing Now lyrics BUY MP3 04:56 Nothing Now lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:56 Nothing Now
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:19 Already Gone lyrics BUY MP3 05:19 Already Gone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:19 Already Gone
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:32 Witness To The Years lyrics BUY MP3 04:32 Witness To The Years lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:32 Witness To The Years
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Turning Into Beautiful is 'Driver' 10 years later. And Ferron 10 years later. Folky, intimate
Editorial review
With throaty whispers and another pocketful of magical tunes Ferron once again uses her vocal agility, exquisite musical passages, and restrained timing to paint broad brush strokes across the listener's brain. "Goat Path," co-written by associate producer DB. Benedictson, embodies that formula, and at seven and a half minutes, presses the point with a mix of folk/country that is as good as anything this superior songwriter has crafted in the past. In Sly Stone's heyday Epic Records would declare "Two years is not a long time to wait," but it was more like an eternity for fans of the superstar with the long pauses in between the release of the Stand! album, There's a Riot Goin' On, and Fresh. And though Ferron's one decade of tardiness is not as huge as the 30 years Lesley Gore labored before 2005's Ever Since followed up 1975's Love Me by Name, the nine years without new music from Ferron prove artistically tragic -- because this album is as consistent and perfect as Testimony and Shadows on a Dime, her two classics from the 1980s. The ambiance of "Souvenir" finds a musical mirror in "Already Gone," distinctly different chapters of the same book. Whether by conscious effort or osmosis from swimming in the same environment, these four- and five-minute essays move at their own pace and on very appealing terms. The title track was co-written by accompanist Brent Shindell and the singer, and it's a wonderfully dreamy ballad in the style of k.d. lang's "Constant Craving," without the up-tempo drive. Shindell appeared on the aforementioned Testimony and Shadows on a Dime, and the inclusion of the veteran Ferron player is as welcome as co-producer DB. Benedictson returning from the Still Riot sessions to contribute here. Just as Lesley Gore employs the understated in her Ever Since, Ferron draws the curtain, sets the mood, and takes the listener on her unique journeys. There is much substance here, a career that deserves some long overdue serious attention. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Ferron has been writing songs since childhood. Born June 2, 1952, Ferron grew up in a semi-rural uburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, the eldest of seven children in a working-class family. She left home at age 15 to work and todevelop the music that was growing inside her. While supporting herself by driving a cab, waitressing, shovelling gravel, or working in fish canneries and coffee factorys she gathered the songs for "Ferron" (Lucy Records 1977) and "Ferron Backed Up"(Lucy Records 1978). Both of those albums are now out of print and are considered "collectors items".
In 1978 Ferron was "discovered" by Gayle Scott, an American living and working in film production in Vancouver, who became Ferron's first manager and business partner. Ferron and Gayle collaborated on Ferron's next two studio albums: "Testimony"(Lucy Records 1980) and "Shadows On A Dime" (Lucy Records 1984).
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