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South of Town
by Adam Carroll
Product Group: Music
Studio: Down Hole
ISBN: B00005ICJ7
EAN: 0682446400325
UPC: 682446400325
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2001-05-01
Release Date: 2001-05-01
SKU: 08090003
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. No remainder hole. Very nice jewel case with like new art work and labels.
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Customer Reviews
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Another Songwriter from Texas
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-08-11
Awesome, talented songwriter/musician. Grows on you! Even my 18 year son thinks Adam Carroll is great.
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Fun, fun, fun from a fresh folkie with five-star talent
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-11-16
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
When a friend sent me this CD as a gift a few weeks ago, I didn't have time to listen to it right away, but I did read the lyric sheet and I wasn't terribly impressed. I thought "Long songs about unlikeable losers...this might turn out to be a grim downer." My, but I was wrong. Hearing the songs, especially with Adam's fine guitar and harmonica work and the backup work by several other musicians, is a totally different experience than reading the lines. Adam has attitude, but with humor. He has technique that is consistently interesting. His presentation is a pleasant variant, not quite "singing" and not quite "talking blues". He has hints of Peter LaFarge, Tom Rush, the young Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Todd Snider without deliberately modeling himself after any of them. This is a 46-minute introduction to a singer/songwriter/guitarist who has a bright future. All 12 of the songs are worth hearing, and it's rare that I find a release without two or three selections I want to skip after hearing only once. If you like folk/blues/rock and quirky individualism, give Adam a chance. The only reason I give the album four stars instead of five is that this one will be remembered for individual thoughts and lines and rhymes within each song, rather than for any one song being totally brilliant and unforgettable. Even better songwriting lies in his future, but listening to this fine release, one is positive that the masterpiece album is but a short time away.
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Not a Genius, But Dang Good
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-02-17
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Who cares what Lloyd Maines thinks? The guy produces every third-rate talent in Texas, so it only helps his already hopelessly inflated reputation if he himself labels someone a "genius" as a songwriter. In this case, he's more on the mark than in his other overblown assessments of singers he's produced (and plays with). Adam is the real thing, and Maines is lucky to have been asked to join him in the studio. One can only hope Adam is smart enough to go a different route production-wise with his next CD. There are a lot of first rate producers, and Lloyd Maines isn't one of them.
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Absolutely Brilliant Texas Songwriting
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-12-12
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Adam Carroll gained notoriety with this album, and deservedly so. I know of no one else who can apply Tibetan Bhuddism and Hinduism to the on-the-way-to-school snuff-dipping that so many of my friends and I enjoyed back in high school (from "Bubble Gum"). The consequences of his actions: he runs into a busload full of Tibetan monks; "we played Chinese Checkers and they beat me every time." Adam's songwriting, however, is not to be outdone by his guitar-playing. In many of the songs, it is hard to believe that he is playing solo. In others, his accompaniment is well-composed but is nevertheless limited. In short, the man is creative and talented beyond the dreams of most people on today's Nashville scene. I hope he makes it big there someday. Wait, no I don't, I don't want him to become the standard "modern" country writer or singer -- I want him to stay here in Texas and keep playing for the fans he has, not sell out to the Nashville labels. Keep up the great work, Adam.
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