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List Price: $24.98 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 90245
Released: September 29, 2009 |
| Our Price: $13.19 |
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| Media: Vinyl |
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Give Up the Ghost (Vinyl) Track Listing:
1. Looking Out
2. Dying Day
3. Pride and Joy
4. Dreams
5. That Year
6. Caroline
7. Before It Breaks
8. I Will
9. If There Was No You
10. Touching the Ground
11. Oh Dear
Editorial Review:
2009 album from the Washington-born singer/songwriter. For the Give Up The Ghost, Brandi worked with Elton John (on 'Caroline'), ber producer Rick Rubin, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumentalist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad Smith and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls. Her last studio album, The Story (2007), has sold 315,000 albums to date and her music has been licensed to numerous television shows and ad campaigns.
Give Up the Ghost (Vinyl) Reviews:
Incredible Artist 
2009-12-17 - Brandi Carlile is an incredible artist. As a singer-song writer, you know that she is a classic poet whos poetry is made even better as it is performed. She sings heart felt songs about lost love and break ups in her music without the co-dependent, "I can't live without you" passive crap or possessiveness of "your mine"crap of others who are less well adjusted in their angst. Her messages of lost love, are much more positive responses to this common experience. One could listen to her music and feel a common experience and a common hope. When she combines this along with her more upbeat songs you get the idea that life is sad and its happy. I am pleased to see this message out there. Go to Youtube and see Brandi perform these songs and you will even get a stronger sense of her ability to tell the story.
loved it!
2009-12-05 - This cd has so many fabulous songs on it. It's absolutely great! Several upbeat, driving tunes--fun to listen and dance around to. Elton John joins her with voice and keyboard on Caroline and it's so fun to hear his voice accompany someone in a gentle, subtle way.
For Fans Of KT Tunstall And Sarah McLachlan! 
2009-11-24 - Give Up The Ghost is Brandi Carlile's third CD, but it is the first one of hers that I have bought. I can say that I very much look forward to checking out her other releases based on what I've heard on Give Up The Ghost. I love good female singer/songwriters, and Carlile reminds me of a number of my favorites yet is still original in her own right.
Give Up The Ghost has a heavy dose of acoustic guitar, but it is not a simple folk CD. The balance of acoustic and electric instruments reminds me of KT Tunstall's Eye To The Telescope. Give Up The Ghost has the same kind of energy to it. The opener "Looking Out" starts out softly with acoustic guitar, but the other energy grows to the chorus. I liked how the instrumentation builds in concert with Carlile's vocal delivery. Another song that follows a similar pattern is "Dreams". However Give Up The Ghost has its share of more pure folk songs between the up tempo "Dying Day" to the ballad "Pride And Joy". On the latter, Carlile's falsetto delivery reminds me of Sarah McLachlan with a bit of a twang. The same is true of the piano driven "Before It Breaks". Most of the songs also feature good vocal harmonies at a minimum on the chorus. Finally, I enjoyed the added texture of cello on songs such as "Dying Day" and "Before It Breaks".
Carlile also has some fairly high powered guests on Give Up The Ghost. Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plies his craft on organ and piano on "Pride And Joy", "I Will", and "Touching The Ground". However the more recognizable guest is Elton John who drops in for a duet on "Caroline". It was interesting to hear him in more of a folk context, but the song works quite well. Yet none of the guests are there to prop up Carlile as she has plenty of talent on her own.
Overall, Give Up The Ghost is one of the best female singer/songwriter CDs that I've heard this year. If you are a fan of KT Tunstall or Sarah McLachlan, you should check out Brandi Carlile. I'm glad that I did, and I intend to work back through her previous CDs in order to hear some more of her work.
Download this: Dreams
A Stunning Sophmore Effort
2009-11-24 - This is one of those times when the critical acclaim is well-deserved. Brandi Carlile is a talented songwriter and has a voice to match. I actually could have done without the Elton John collaboration which veers way into more poppy territory. The voice captivates and the lyrics of songs like "I Will" stick with you. It will be fascinating to see where she goes next in her musical journeys.
Good album.
2009-11-24 - It seems to me to be a little more up beat than her last album with more more instruments backing her up. Brandi's voice is still amazing and clear. Song writing is excellent. The album is just missing that certain something. Can't put my finger on it. Good, but not great.
