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The American
by Angie Aparo
Product Group: Music
Studio: Melisma (Bmg)
ISBN: B00004NHDD
EAN: 0681546000022
UPC: 681546000022
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2000-04
Release Date: 2000-03-07
SKU: 07120148
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. Very nice jewel case with like new art work and labels.
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Customer Reviews
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love this singer
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-19
i have been looking for this album for a long time and i am glad i found it. thanks so much
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"Buy This Album Now"
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-03
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Singer-songwriter Edwin McCain turned me on to this album. We were in his studio and Edwin picked up a guitar and started strumming a catchy tune. When I asked him what song it was, he told me that it was from his friend, Angie Aparo. In his own words, "go out today, buy The American, and you will never look at music the same way". When I left the studio, I did just what was suggested and it really changed my world. The American is one of my favorite albums, and Angie one of my favorite performers.
For those of you who don't know, Faith Hill did a version of Angie Aparo's 'Cry', and won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2003. As good as Faith's rendition was, Angie's is a much better listen.
A month or so after I left Edwin's studio, I got to know Angie personally, but it never altered the way I look at this album. If you are a singer-songwriter, you have got to get this album. If you like well-constructed tunes with thoughtful lyrics, then you have got to get this album. As a friend once told me, "go out today, buy The American, and you will never look at music in the same way".
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Believe the hype!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-05-20
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I first heard Spaceship from Angie's the American and knew immediately that I had to have this song. When I listened to the rest of the album I was simply blown away! Why aren't these songs all over FM radio and satellite radio? I have a music collection that is second to none and this is by far my favorite album and I'll go one better and say that this is the album of the decade so far and one of the top 5 albums of all time! It's that stunning! Clever lyrics, fantastic song arrangements and production. It has rock, pop, country, alternative, ballads; as diverse an album as I've ever heard. Spaceship, Beautiful,and The American are some of the stand out songs but Wonderland is one of the great unheard songs of all time. Simply brilliant!! What a voice!!! What an album!
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Don't know what all the fuss is about - this is NOT a good CD
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-11-14
1 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
This guy is NOT the pop/rock Messiah that other reviewers make him out to be. This CD is top to bottom a mediocre re-hash of late-80s/early-90s ultra-liberal "Conscience Pop". Derivative of Peter Himmelman, The Call, The Samples, and Tracy Chapman, but not as good as any of them. "Wonderland" is probably the only "good" song on the CD but I liked it better when it was called "Fast Car". He has a nice enough voice but the arrangements are sub-par, the lyrics do not stand out, the melodies are plain. And the image certainly does not fit the music. From the art on the CD and on his website you'd think there'd be an edge to this guy's music, but it simply isn't here. Nothing dark, or brooding, or even thoughtful about this music. Once in a while you might hear the ripped-off sound of Counting Crows or Toad the Wet Sprocket, but I hate to even put this guy in the same sentence with two of the best Alt/Pop/Rock bands there ever were.
Don't believe the hype - this guy is not worth the money.
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Used to be James
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-03-10
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Angie Aparo was in my high school music theory course. He cheated on a test off my paper once...I think we both got the answer wrong...so I can't claim any contribution to his success. Back then (late 70's) he was James...probably so the toughs that never got a chance to hear him sing wouldn't beat up a guy called Angie. Whether or not he knew what a Gmajaugmented5th with a flatted whatever in the whosit was irrelevent then...he'd been gigging with local bands in Fla. (from what I remember it was Fla.) and Atlanta from a young age and was already a MONSTER talent. After graduation I sort of kept up with him through mutual friends but it wasn't until I saw a review in Rolling Stone that seemed to talk more about the producer of his album than Angie's work on the album that I found out what he'd been up to. It took a while of looking at the little picture in the magazine before I made the James/Angie connection...but when I did I bought the album immediately and was glad I did. This is a great album. It kind of slipped through the cracks. Faith Hill found it. Angie can sing circles around most of them out there. This is a very produced sounding work...so for more "earthy" sounding stuff check out some of his other cds....but it is a fine album by a great artist. When I knew him way back when, I knew that he was a great performer (and funny as heck...the rock star pout, bad harmony, etc. had me rolling) so it was good to see what a fine songwriter he is. He is a performer worth discovering. And if he asks to see your music theory test, go ahead and let him. Maybe he can tell you what you did wrong.
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