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Singer/songwriter Garrison Starr is somewhere between Emmylou Harris and Neko Case on the alt-country scale of adherence to tradition, neither hidebound nor revolutionary. (Steve Earle and Mary Chapin Carpenter make guest appearances on Starr's third album, as does her former bandmate Neilson Hubbard, to give you a further idea of where she's coming from.) Coming a full five years after her misbegotten major-label debut, Eighteen Over Me, which seemed to position Starr as a Melissa Etheridge-style heartland rocker, the far superior Songs From Take off to Landing takes the histrionics down several notches -- Starr has really grown as a vocalist, developing a husky mid-range not dissimilar to Lucinda Williams' -- and emphasizes the melodic pop side of Starr's songwriting. The songs are greatly improved, with the soaring "Big Sky" the clear highlight. It's a shame that it took so long for Starr to follow up her flawed but promising debut, but the time off clearly did her good.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Englund, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Gomberg, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cary Beare, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Will Kimbrough, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Krampf, Drums, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neilson Hubbard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Grimes, Electric Guitar, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard McLaurin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wilkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Craig Krampf, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kennedy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Earle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Lancio, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Grimes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twangtrust, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Peeler, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sheldon Gomberg, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Will Kimbrough, Unknown, Other - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Krampf, Drums, Percussion, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Grimes, Electric Guitar, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard McLaurin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Englund, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cary Beare, Organ, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Janet Robin, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Craig Krampf, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Grimes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wilkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Casey MacGregor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rocky Schnaars, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen O'Neill, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Craig Krampf, Drums, Percussion, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Grimes, Acoustic Guitar, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wilkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Casey MacGregor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rocky Schnaars, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen O'Neill, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Craig Krampf, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Kennedy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Lancio, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Grimes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Twangtrust, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Earle, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Englund, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cary Beare, Organ, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Grimes, Unknown, Other - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Englund, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cary Beare, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Kalish, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Neilson Hubbard, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Peeler, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sheldon Gomberg, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neilson Hubbard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Fuhrman, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Peeler, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Grimes, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garrison Starr, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Gutierrez , Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sheldon Gomberg, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
Album review
Singer/songwriter Garrison Starr is somewhere between Emmylou Harris and Neko Case on the alt-country scale of adherence to tradition, neither hidebound nor revolutionary. (Steve Earle and Mary Chapin Carpenter make guest appearances on Starr's third album, as does her former bandmate Neilson Hubbard, to give you a further idea of where she's coming from.) Coming a full five years after her misbegotten major-label debut, Eighteen Over Me, which seemed to position Starr as a Melissa Etheridge-style heartland rocker, the far superior Songs From Take off to Landing takes the histrionics down several notches -- Starr has really grown as a vocalist, developing a husky mid-range not dissimilar to Lucinda Williams' -- and emphasizes the melodic pop side of Starr's songwriting. The songs are greatly improved, with the soaring "Big Sky" the clear highlight. It's a shame that it took so long for Starr to follow up her flawed but promising debut, but the time off clearly did her good.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:17
- Main artists: Garrison Starr
- Composer: Garrison Starr
- Label: Backporch
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Back Porch ℗ 2002 Back Porch
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