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Manufacturer: Lost Highway
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517780538
Label: Lost Highway
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Lost Highway
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Studio: Lost Highway
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On Pass It Around, Donavon collaborates and injects new sounds in ways he had not attempted prior. "I definitely had a lot of ideas and it was fun putting trust in other people." One of those people was producer Joe Chiccarelli, who aside from being a multiple Grammy Award-winner, has worked with everyone from Frank Zappa to The Raconteurs to My Morning Jacket. Donavon also enlisted some of his dearest musician friends including, Ben Harper on the title track, and Philadelphia's most famous surfer G. Love, who adds harmonica on "Sing a Song." Collaborators can bring out a side of their creative partner that had previously been untapped. This was the case with Grant Lee Phillips and Frankenreiter on the track, "Mansions On The Sand." If there is one song on Pass It Around that is snapshot of Donavon's organic and non-contrived lifestyle, it is the opening track, "Life, Love and Laughter." "Don't look back it won't do any good/Don't look ahead you'll be misunderstood/Everything you need could be right in front of you." For Donavon that maybe packing up his family and going to a far flung destination or he could be lazing with them at home in Laguna Beach, as long as there's love in the room, he's there. With some old buddies, new compatriots and a new M.O., Donavon Frankenreiter is more than pleased with the music they made together. He concludes, "I feel this is the best body of work I've done. This is where I am now and where I've come from."
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Jack Johnson with Balls!
Comment: This is great stuff. Yes, it sounds like Jack Johnson a little, but with a lot more range, and more of a band sound than just one guy with a guitar (not to knock Jack, I like him, I just like Donavon better).
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Summary: The Old is New Again
Comment: I enjoy listening to Donavon Frankenreiter for his laid back Jack Johnson clone style. Of the massive collection of Frankenreiter's library this album caught my immediate attention. The difference of "typical" DF material infused with late 1960's-70's tunes is genius. My brain was kick started and zoned into detail to lyrics, style, arrangements, influence and reason. Creatively and stylistically this is a successful departure from the norm. The album cover alone reminds me of wacky and loveable Joe Walsh. Listen closely. You will no doubt hear classic rock influence, disco, flamenco and some of the greatest singer-song writers of our time. Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Buffet, CCR and other masters of southern rock are mixed in each track, without losing the laid back beach sound associated with Frankenreiter. For those of you who may be to young to know these masters of music, do your research. Donavon Frankenreiter has brought back a time period long on the endangered species list. By breathing new life into his style, DF's unpredictability and risk taking steal my vote for one of the best albums of 2008.
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Summary: Average
Comment: I think DF has a great singing voice. i have enjoyed his stuff from the very beginning. I got the live album he did at ABbey road. It was awesome. This one was a little bit of a let down from that. It has his same sound. Which is awesome if you love that sound. But after hearing how awesome he was live I was looking for something a little more.
It was worth the purchase.
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Summary: More poetry; better music
Comment: The album is great listening. With this album, the music is more complex and satisfying. The combination of electic and acoustic is much more expert than most, combining well into a different sound, rather than merely adding an element. As important, some of the lyrics are more mature and about more complicated subjects, than in some past albums. The songs are still those of a person who values happiness, but who is also concerned with the happiness of others. 'Life, Love and Laughter' is imoportant, but so is 'everything in between, and what happens after'. "Too Much Water" shows concern for the contrast between people suffering in poverty and those so much better off. The the listener feel good, but adding this dimension shows the growth of the artist.
The promotional tour for this album will be something to see! I have seen parts of it, and the musicianship and presentation is super. Donavon connects with an audiance as well as anyone, and much better than most. I hope the next album is live, but I look forward to it in any event. this
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Summary: KICK BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY.........
Comment: .....Because Donovan will take you far, far away as you are enveloped in his smooth melodies and lyrics.....thoughtful lyrics that you can relate to, and lyrics that will just make you smile and feel good. I can see myself sitting at the beach watching the waves rolling in, listening to his amazing new release and just getting lost in it. Heck, I can almost even see him on his surfboard singing to me as he glides through the water! Especially like Life, Love & Laughter, Come With Me, and Pass It Around. Your Heart has also grown on me, with it's Latin flavor. Just an all around great album...don't miss this one!!!
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