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Track Listing
1. Century Plant
2. You R Loved
3. Harry Went to Heaven
4. Crazy Mary
5. When We Sing Together
6. Polish Those Shoes
7. Love
8. What a Wonderful World
9. Waterfall
10. Nature's Way
11. Sunshine Country
12. Happy to Have Known Pappy
13. My Ally
14. Hitchhikers Smile
15. Get Away
16. Psalms
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Victoria Williams (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, piano); Dave Pirner (vocals); Mark Olson (vocals, acoustic guitar); Andrew Williams (acoustic & electric guitar, organ, background vocals); Greg Leisz (acoustic & electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, dulcimer); Peter Buck (electric guitar, background vocals); Tammy Rogers (violin, mandolin, viola, background vocals); Lili Haydn (violin); Van Dyke Parks (accordion); Tower Of Power Horns (horns); Geri Stuyak (cello); Doug Weisselman (flute, clarinet, harmonica); Tim Ray (piano, organ); Rami Jaffee (organ), Greg Cohen (acoustic & electric bass, piano); Don Heffington (drums, percussion); Paul Fox (tambourine); Gary Louris, Mike Mills (background vocals).
Recorded at American Recording Studios, Woodland Hills, California.
All songs written or co-written by Victoria Williams except "What A Wonderful World" (Robert Thiele/George David Weiss), "Nature's Way" (Randy California) and "Psalms" (Don Heffington).
Victoria Williams's endearingly sweet folk narratives gained a national audience when Pearl Jam had a hit with her "Crazy Mary." The childhood remembrance was the featured track on SWEET RELIEF, an all-star collection compiled to aid Williams when medical bills stemming from her struggle against muscular dystrophy stacked up. From 1994's LOOSE, her first album released post-benefit, it's not hard to tell why even jaded rockers might line up to her rescue. Williams radiates an aura of unconditional love and innocent wonder on a touchingly earnest set of songs about her country neighbors and faithful pups. In her fluttering childlike voice, even a song titled "U R Loved" is cynic-proof. The highlight of the album is clearly Williams's soaring orchestral recording of "Crazy Mary," both simple and thunderous, uplifting and melancholy--a perfect sample of the rich tapestry that is Victoria Williams.
Industry Reviews
Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - ...Ms. Williams has the quavery voice of a sage little girl, an ear for twang and bounce, and a surreal eye for nature and human nature.
New York Times (01/05/1995)
Ranked #17 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (02/28/1995)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...perhaps her finest moment...as singer and songwriter, traverses many genres. Country, folk, blues, Dixieland jazz, gospel, R&B, pop and rock...Combined, those elements create a music that is familiar, yet new...
Rolling Stone (12/01/1994)
Highly Recommended - ...LOOSE brings out the nuances of William's songwriting by employing a variety of musical approaches...among those who are humble and loved...that humility is what keeps her innocence--and her music--authentic...
Spin (11/01/1994)
...her irrepressible singing will be an acquired taste for those comfortable in the middle of the road; think of any number of idiosyncratic male artists, from David Byrne to Tom Waits to Michael Stipe, however, and she suddenly sounds less odd...
Musician (11/01/1994)
3 Stars - Good - ...This collection is rockier and heavier than previous LPs, with Crazy Horse guitars and Memphis brass...if this is a somewhat uneven and rambling hour, her powerful imagination, dissarming openess and touching faith more than compensate...
Q (11/01/1994)
8 - Excellent - ...An unforced mood of luminous folky spirituality prevails, an almost boundless euphoria at magical nature and whimsical humanity....This is a lovely record...
NME (11/26/1994)
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