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| | Description | Catching A Tiger, predominantly recorded with producer Jacquire King in Nashville, TN, is every bit the vibrant debut promised by last fall's Why You Runnin' EP, which introduced the heartland native, California transplant Lissie. Why You Runnin' amasses praise from Paste, Nylon, Filter, Marie Claire, Bust and The Boston Globe just to name a few. Catching A Tiger and it's advance In Sleep EP have already been earning rave reviews for this young songwriter across the pond in the UK (where the album released June 21st), with coverage in The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Big Issue and on the BBC. Lissie's UK press run was capped off last month with a transcendent performance of the hymn-like 'Oh Mississippi' on the legendary Live with Jools Holland. Catching A Tiger also follows her 10-shows-in-4-days sprint at this year's SXSW festival, a run that caught the attention of Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Perez Hilton and Aquarium Drunkard, among others. | |
| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | August 17, 2010 | | Studio: | Fat Possum | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 36 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Record Collector | | 2. | When I'm Alone | | 3. | In Sleep | | 4. | Bully | | 5. | Little Lovin' | | 6. | Stranger | | 7. | Loosen The Knot | | 8. | Cukoo | | 9. | Everywhere I Go | | 10. | Worried About | | 11. | Look Away | | 12. | Oh Mississippi | |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Originality Aug 23, 2010
By sempremezzo
FINALLY! And yes it does deserve all caps. This album is so refreshing because the songs are so original and they are written so well. I agree with the previous reviewer in that she sounds kind of like Fleetwood Mac. I loved that group early on. But its not really her voice but the almost orchestral building to a crescendo of the songs that remind me of them. Only a few other bands, that I've heard, have this quality. I think of early U2 and Coldplay. I have some classical training and it is so great to hear modern music with actual quality to it. Buy this album!
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Absolutely stunning showcase of talent!! Jul 17, 2010
By Patrick Morehouse
Lyrically, tonally, and musically this album is one of the best I have heard in a while. It doesn't do much in terms of reinventing the genre, but Lissie breaths new life into the alt-rocker chick scene. She brings such a passionate resonance to her performance, that you can't help but feel yourself being affected.
In all honesty, this album speaks for itself. Just lay back in the sun with your headphones on and bathe in her warmth.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
just sit back Aug 28, 2010
By ronty1961
Grab your head phones ,turn them up, sit back in your recliner , close your eyes and get ready to be blown away by her vocals. Totally amazing! Can't wait to see her live.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Lissie gets trapped by the mainstream aspirations of Sony UK Jan 02, 2011
By hyperbolium
Listening to Lissie's major label debut is a familiar experience, in that she's not the first artist to surrender the organic qualities of her roots in the process of aiming for a larger audience. Where her debut EP, Why You Runnin', turned deeply confessional moments into arresting outbursts of emotion, her follow-up feels forcedly written, sung and played. Where the debut offered the studio as a space in which Lissie could be heard singing, the album is filled with placeless overproduction that, aside from the quality of Lissie's voice, sounds disappointingly like other pop records on the market. The edginess that made Lissie's earlier vocals so magnetic is lost here as she's forced to compete with gratuitously busy arrangements; it feels as if the producers didn't trust her voice to keep listeners' attention.
The double-tracked "Stranger" does provide a clever modern twist on Buddy Holly and Bobby Fuller, but it's only a moment's respite from the album's banal guitar solos and pop-rock arrangements. The minutes of deep artistic accomplishment belong to the songs brought forward from the EP: "Little Lovin'," "Everywhere I Go" and "Oh Mississippi." On these, Lissie's voice is riveting, the arrangements build tension rather than volume, and the instruments create atmosphere rather than distracting complexity. Lissie's moving, gospel-based homage to the mother river is perfectly set to a sparse arrangement of piano, chorus and distant tambourine, and the spine-tingling emotion shot into lyrics like "danger will follow me, now, everywhere I go" are unmatched by any of the newer performances.
It's unclear whether Lissie felt the need to try something new, or her label wanted to produce something with a better shot at mainstream success. Rather than spending time developing a relationship with a sympathetic producer, the sessions shuffled their artist between Jacquire King, Bill Reynolds, Julian Emery and Ed Harcort, none of whom knew enough to lay back and let the power of Lissie's voice - and more importantly, the spaces she creates - lead the way. It's like hearing David Kahne's airbrush of the Bangles after having grown to love the raw folk-rock of their David Leon-produced debut EP - disappointing. Those new to Lissie may not miss the unique edges and earthen folkiness, but the breathtaking artistic force Lissie unleashed on Why You Runnin' hasn't been caught here. [©2011 hyperbolium dot com]
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Agreed that this is among the best music of 2010 Jan 27, 2011
By Michael K. Eidson
"music, movies, and fine rpgs enthusiast"
Some of the songs on this album are laid back and some are spirited, but I like each track for what it is. Nevertheless, I favor the more spirited of the songs over the other tracks. My two favorites are When I'm Alone and Worried About, both very spirited, emotional songs with great vocals and great accompaniment. I can really lose myself in When I'm Alone; listening to that song, it's as though her spirit is soaring and mine is soaring right beside her, which is somewhat ironic given the title, but that just makes it all the more interesting. If you enjoy listening to emotional, heartfelt music sung by female vocalists, you shouldn't miss this album.
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