Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Vol. 4

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All Music Guide - Stewart Mason
Since Parasol is one of the biggest and best indie pop labels in America as well as a leading distributor of other left-of-center labels, it would make sense that their line of budget-price label samplers would be equally great. However, early volumes of Parasol's Sweet Sixteen series suffered a bit from overly cautious song selection, functioning merely as a sampler of new releases from Parasol and affiliated labels instead of hanging together as albums in their own right. The fourth volume, on the other hand, wisely ups the quantity of otherwise unavailable tracks six out of 20 selections, by White Town, Adam Schmitt, Neilson Hubbard, June & the Exit Wounds, Fonda, ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Stewart Mason
Since Parasol is one of the biggest and best indie pop labels in America as well as a leading distributor of other left-of-center labels, it would make sense that their line of budget-price label samplers would be equally great. However, early volumes of Parasol's Sweet Sixteen series suffered a bit from overly cautious song selection, functioning merely as a sampler of new releases from Parasol and affiliated labels instead of hanging together as albums in their own right. The fourth volume, on the other hand, wisely ups the quantity of otherwise unavailable tracks six out of 20 selections, by White Town, Adam Schmitt, Neilson Hubbard, June & the Exit Wounds, Fonda, and Jenifer Jackson and previews of as-yet-released albums. More importantly, these 20 tracks flow together much better than the haphazardly sequenced earlier volumes in the series, moving from a strain of guitar-heavy neo-psychedelia into a stretch of wistful pop tunes highlighted by Schmitt's exquisite "Overdone" possibly the singer/songwriter's best song yet and a surprisingly affecting reworking of Howard Jones' "No One Is to Blame" by Neilson Hubbard. June & the Exit Wounds' previously unreleased ode to bubblegum singles and true love, "Where I'm Taken," introduces a stretch of more upbeat pure pop tunes that includes the disc's only misstep, Fonda's rotten version of the Supremes' eye-rolling attempt at social protest, "Love Child." From that low point, however, the disc regains its footing for a low-key selection of low-key tracks, culminating in a pair of acoustic gems by Jack Logan and Jenifer Jackson. Better sequenced and more listenable than many "real" albums, Parasol's Sweet Sixteen, Vol. 4 is the first essential volume in the series.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/1/2003
  • Label: PARASOL RECORDS
  • UPC: 661748000426
  • Catalog Number: 4

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Nevermore - The Soundtrack of Our Lives (3:22)
  2. 2 Make the World Go Away - White Town (3:22)
  3. 3 Music Becomes Vibration - Witch Hazel Sound (3:59)
  4. 4 Cruel Velvet Sea - Jeff Kelly (4:04)
  5. 5 Antarctica - Absinthe Blind (3:06)
  6. 6 Overdone - Adam Schmitt (3:29)
  7. 7 Bruised - Lasse Lindh (2:58)
  8. 8 No One Is to Blame - Neilson Hubbard (5:41)
  9. 9 Not Enough Tears - Chitlin' Fooks (2:48)
  10. 10 When the Sun Falls on My Feet - Starlet (3:42)
  11. 11 Where I'm Taken - June & The Exit Wounds (4:16)
  12. 12 Teach Me - Angie Heaton (3:15)
  13. 13 Misunderstood - Autoliner (3:47)
  14. 14 Downtown Girl - Mark Bacino (2:18)
  15. 15 Love Child - Fonda (2:36)
  16. 16 Welcome Back Tomorrow - The Melody Unit (6:23)
  17. 17 Valerie Vanillaroma - Orange Alabaster Mushroom (3:03)
  18. 18 Hold Me Down - Signalmen (3:44)
  19. 19 Nothin' But Sky - Bob Kimbell (3:36)
  20. 20 Since You've Been Away - Jenifer Jackson (4:16)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Adam Schmitt Track Performer
Jack Logan Track Performer
White Town Track Performer
Neilson Hubbard Track Performer
Starlet Track Performer
Jeff Kelly Track Performer
Absinthe Blind Track Performer
Mark Bacino Track Performer
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Track Performer
Angie Heaton Track Performer
Orange Alabaster Mushroom Track Performer
June & The Exit Wounds Track Performer
Fonda Track Performer
Signalmen Track Performer
The Melody Unit Track Performer
Jenifer Jackson Track Performer
Autoliner Track Performer
Witch Hazel Sound Track Performer
Lasse Lindh Track Performer
Technical Credits
Jon Pines Mastering
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