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What a difference two years can make. Alison Sudol introduced herself as a piano-playing pixie on 2007's One Cell in the Sea, stuffing her debut album with lilting vocals and fairy tale lyrics. Although that combination spawned several upbeat songs, ballads proved to be Sudol's bread and butter, and she soon found herself saddled with the unfortunate task of re-creating the album's intimacy in a live concert setting. Two years after Sea's release, Sudol returns with a second record, having taken a lesson from the road and fine-tuned her music accordingly. There are still several ballads here, particularly during the album's latter half, but Sudol knows that faster tunes work better in concert, where both the band and the audience can share in the same catharsis. Accordingly, Bomb in the Birdcage is a lively piece of work, with songs that take flight and arrangements that couch her vocals in tasteful heaps of strings, harmonies, and piano. A Fine Frenzy truly sounds like a band here, with guitarist David Levita leading the group on several numbers and drummer Jesse Siebenberg adding percussive nuances to one of the album's best tunes, "New Heights." Elsewhere, "What I Wouldn't Do" blends acoustic guitar and handclaps into a summery folk song, the sort of sprightly thing that's appropriate for coffeehouses and campfires alike, while "Electric Twist" flirts with the Bird and the Bee's cool, nuanced electro-pop. Sudol sounds ecstatic throughout the album, her cooing voice often giving way to delighted yelps, and Bomb in the Birdcage is a fitting display of the explosives this songbird now has in her arsenal.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Lukas Burton, Producer, String Arranger, Recording Engineer, Whistle, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Dodd, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, String Arranger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jimmy Paxson, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Producer - Jesse Siebenberg, Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Victor Indrizzo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lukas Burton, Producer, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Shearer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Victor Indrizzo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lukas Burton, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Siebenberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Siebenberg, Drums, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Sudol, Composer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Victor Indrizzo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lukas Burton, Producer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Victor Indrizzo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lukas Burton, Composer, Producer - Alison Sudol, Composer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlisle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Furhman, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Siebenberg, Drums, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Shearer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlisle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Wass, Flute, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Composer, Producer - Jesse Siebenberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joel Shearer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlisle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Lukas Burton, Producer - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alison Sudol, Composer, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Steffen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlisle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Levita, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A Fine Frenzy, MainArtist - Stephen LeBlanc, Keyboards, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Danny T. Levin, Horn, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Album review
What a difference two years can make. Alison Sudol introduced herself as a piano-playing pixie on 2007's One Cell in the Sea, stuffing her debut album with lilting vocals and fairy tale lyrics. Although that combination spawned several upbeat songs, ballads proved to be Sudol's bread and butter, and she soon found herself saddled with the unfortunate task of re-creating the album's intimacy in a live concert setting. Two years after Sea's release, Sudol returns with a second record, having taken a lesson from the road and fine-tuned her music accordingly. There are still several ballads here, particularly during the album's latter half, but Sudol knows that faster tunes work better in concert, where both the band and the audience can share in the same catharsis. Accordingly, Bomb in the Birdcage is a lively piece of work, with songs that take flight and arrangements that couch her vocals in tasteful heaps of strings, harmonies, and piano. A Fine Frenzy truly sounds like a band here, with guitarist David Levita leading the group on several numbers and drummer Jesse Siebenberg adding percussive nuances to one of the album's best tunes, "New Heights." Elsewhere, "What I Wouldn't Do" blends acoustic guitar and handclaps into a summery folk song, the sort of sprightly thing that's appropriate for coffeehouses and campfires alike, while "Electric Twist" flirts with the Bird and the Bee's cool, nuanced electro-pop. Sudol sounds ecstatic throughout the album, her cooing voice often giving way to delighted yelps, and Bomb in the Birdcage is a fitting display of the explosives this songbird now has in her arsenal.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:08
- Main artists: A Fine Frenzy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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