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On Barricades & Brickwalls, Kasey Chambers exceeds the high standards that critics had already attached to her even at age 25. The instrumental tracks, raw and unpretentious, provide an ideal setting for her vocals, whose hint of world-weary reflection suggests significant growth even in the brief span of time since her American debut, The Captain. The material is presented concisely, never so much as a verse too long; from the title track, a menacing meditation on obsession, to gentler and more traditional reflections such as "On a Bad Day," Chambers delivers each lyric with disarming artlessness, after which the music simply stops or fades without flourish. Images of restless and rootless wandering crop up repeatedly, appropriate in different ways to a variety of settings: a "lonesome whistle cries" like a promise of danger in "Barricades & Brickwalls," while "the railway line" points toward a chaos of ecstasy on "Runaway Train" and "the whistle blows" rumors of faraway wonders through the desolation of her homeland on "Nullabor Song." Chambers is strongest when evoking these metaphors of distance, isolation, and redemption; on harder-edged material, such as the rock-oriented "Crossfire," she seems, by comparison, a step or two outside of her comfort zone. The replication of a Patsy Cline vibe on "A Little Bit Lonesome," complete with vintage production and bouncy fiddle fills, clarifies that Chambers draws from the most vital currents that feed the body of her chosen tradition. Guest appearances by Lucinda Williams, Buddy Miller, and Matthew Ryan further authenticate Barricades & Brickwalls as prime-cut Americana -- an ironic appellation, perhaps, given Chambers' Australian roots, but appropriate nonetheless.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
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Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - Dave Steel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Dickie, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Punch, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Worm Werchon, Composer - Bill Chambers, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod McCormack, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lucinda Williams, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Chambers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Luscombe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Albeck, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Miller, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Punch, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Worm Werchon, Composer - Bill Chambers, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seneel Desilva, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod McCormack, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Chambers, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mick Albeck, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Vidale, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod McCormack, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Henry, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seneel Desilva, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - Dave Steel, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Ryan, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Punch, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Luscombe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seneel Desilva, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, MainArtist - Gram Parsons, Composer - Dave Steel, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod McCormack, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Miller, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Punch, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Chambers, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Albeck, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - Dave Steel, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Dickie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Punch, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Chambers, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - James Gillard, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Seneel Desilva, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cheney, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Living End, MainArtist - Scott Owen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Travis Demsey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Dickie, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nash Chambers, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blair Simmons, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod McCormack, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Punch, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nash Chambers, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff McCormack, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mat Lovel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B.J. Barker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Glen Hannah, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Paul Kelly, MainArtist - Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Kasey Chambers, Composer, MainArtist
Artwork (C) 2001 EMI Music Australia Pty Limited. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Album review
On Barricades & Brickwalls, Kasey Chambers exceeds the high standards that critics had already attached to her even at age 25. The instrumental tracks, raw and unpretentious, provide an ideal setting for her vocals, whose hint of world-weary reflection suggests significant growth even in the brief span of time since her American debut, The Captain. The material is presented concisely, never so much as a verse too long; from the title track, a menacing meditation on obsession, to gentler and more traditional reflections such as "On a Bad Day," Chambers delivers each lyric with disarming artlessness, after which the music simply stops or fades without flourish. Images of restless and rootless wandering crop up repeatedly, appropriate in different ways to a variety of settings: a "lonesome whistle cries" like a promise of danger in "Barricades & Brickwalls," while "the railway line" points toward a chaos of ecstasy on "Runaway Train" and "the whistle blows" rumors of faraway wonders through the desolation of her homeland on "Nullabor Song." Chambers is strongest when evoking these metaphors of distance, isolation, and redemption; on harder-edged material, such as the rock-oriented "Crossfire," she seems, by comparison, a step or two outside of her comfort zone. The replication of a Patsy Cline vibe on "A Little Bit Lonesome," complete with vintage production and bouncy fiddle fills, clarifies that Chambers draws from the most vital currents that feed the body of her chosen tradition. Guest appearances by Lucinda Williams, Buddy Miller, and Matthew Ryan further authenticate Barricades & Brickwalls as prime-cut Americana -- an ironic appellation, perhaps, given Chambers' Australian roots, but appropriate nonetheless.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:07
- Main artists: Kasey Chambers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Music Australia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd. ℗ 2001 EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd.
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