Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home

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All Music Guide - Ned Raggett
Having created some of the strongest music in his life on the previous Angels of Light album, Michael Gira maintains the winning streak but explores a newer, more controlled delicacy on Everything is Good Here. It's hardly a new move for him, of course, but in ways this album, the third in the Angels of Light guise, finds his extremes of harrowing, wrenching music and performance, and a calmer, almost mystical approach, more integrated than ever before. The drama in his vocals and arrangements are more than ever implicit instead of directly blasting, to beautiful and powerful effect. "Palisades" sets this tone from the start, incorporating everything from backing choirs and...
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All Music Guide - Ned Raggett
Having created some of the strongest music in his life on the previous Angels of Light album, Michael Gira maintains the winning streak but explores a newer, more controlled delicacy on Everything is Good Here. It's hardly a new move for him, of course, but in ways this album, the third in the Angels of Light guise, finds his extremes of harrowing, wrenching music and performance, and a calmer, almost mystical approach, more integrated than ever before. The drama in his vocals and arrangements are more than ever implicit instead of directly blasting, to beautiful and powerful effect. "Palisades" sets this tone from the start, incorporating everything from backing choirs and dank, dark riffs to the quietest of arrangements into one cohesive performance. Other songs that hit the balance just right include "Nations," with its quiet, persistent vibes part a counterbalance to the more insistent guitars and piano, and the incredible "Sunset Park," with the words delivered as a steady mantra over a surging, slow burn performance that feels like a triumphant march. Gira's gift for ritualistic theatricality certainly hasn't left him, as even a casual listen to the increasingly frenetic "All Souls' Rising" -- keep an ear out for the almost stabbing vocal bursts -- or the even more freaked out "Rose of Los Angeles" show. On the quieter side through and through, "What You Were," with Gira's cracking vocals and piano providing the centerpiece, is the album's hidden treasure, the lyrics of loss, regret, and mystery particularly compelling. Both Gira's core backing musicians, and the many guests throughout, contribute incalculably to the end result, whether it's Larry Mullins' always excellent percussion, or David Coulter's work with everything from violin "Kosinski" to a children's choir.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/4/2003
  • Label: Young God Records
  • UPC: 658457002223
  • Catalog Number: 22
  • Sales rank: 52,386

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Palisades (4:30)
  2. 2 All Souls' Rising (6:22)
  3. 3 Kosinski (3:53)
  4. 4 Nations (6:51)
  5. 5 The Family God (4:43)
  6. 6 Because She Was (0:40)
  7. 7 Rose of Los Angeles (3:40)
  8. 8 What You Were (5:11)
  9. 9 Sunset Park (5:50)
  10. 10 Wedding (5:46)
  11. 11 What Will Come (6:15)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Angels of Light Primary Artist
David Coulter Banjo, Violin, Drones, Children's Chorus
Siobhan Duffy Vocals, Voices
David Garland Flute, Accordion
Michael Gira Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Voices, Various, Sounds
Joe McGinty Piano, Keyboards, fender rhodes
Larry Moses Trumpet
Larry Mullins Synthesizer, Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Voices, Vibes, farfisa organ
Kevin O'Connor Banjo
Eszter Balint Violin
DC Conductor
Christopher Hahn Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar
Thor Harris Dulcimer, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Voices, Vibes
Devendra Banhart Vocals, Voices
Steve Moses Trombone
Technical Credits
Miklós Rózsa Composer
Martin Bisi Engineer
Siobhan Duffy Images
Michael Gira Producer
Doug Henderson Mastering
DC Arranger, Director
Jason LaFarge Engineer, Engineering
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