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All Rise | 
 enlarge | Artist: Inara George
Label: Everloving
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 66880
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.3
MPN: 90001
UPC: 181229000122
EAN: 0181229000122
ASIN: B000784WHM
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Sealed. Hole punch through bar code. Ships first class.
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| Tracks:
| • | Mistress | | • | Fools Work | | • | Genius | | • | No Poem | | • | What A Number | | • | Fools In Love | | • | Good To Me | | • | Pull Things | | • | Turn On/Off | | • | A Day | | • | Everybody Knows |
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Album Description
On this debut, Inara's skills are at once obvious; her delivery relaxed and confident. She's been steadily working in the LA music scene, playing in bands, and lending her voice to numerous musical projects/film scores (Van Dyke Parks, Idlewild, Danny Elfman, Michael Andrews, Jackson Browne, Phillip Littel). Inara teamed with producer/guitarist/composer Michael Andrews to record "All Rise." Andrews is best known as the score composer of the cult hit "Donnie Darko" but others know him as Elgin Park, the clutch boogaloo/funk guitarist in the Greyboy Allstars. Inara's songs are like little poetic Polaroids, fleeting glimpses into one woman's examination of the world around her. Others are more like impressionist paintings, as though she's just noticed a view and decided to paint it. The production is spare yet lush, elegantly underscoring the presiding moods as they turn. The sound seems to defy context, gracefully blending the nostalgic and the contemporary, the organic and the synthesized into an immensely palatable, and wholly consistent, soundscape all its own. Contributing musicians include Greg Kurstin (Beck, Ben Harper), Greyboy Allstar bassist Chris Stillwell, and former Cake drummer Pete McNeal.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 is it in the voice or the music? August 21, 2008
With Michael Andrews on board as the musical director, Inara George's "All Rise" deserves just that. An "All Rise' ovation. The music is free-flowing and melodic, yet somehow still able to promote emotional depth and ascension all at the same time (credit Andrews). Inara's lyrical content is playful and witty, emotional and intimate, sincere and thought provoking. But it's the woman's voice that does the trick; rich and alluring, song's like "Fool's Work" and "No Poem' will emotionally haunt your memory. Over all, "All Rise" is an amazing accomplishment for George and Andrews as well.
Very high-class melodic music making August 26, 2007
I had heard several songs from this album over the past few months, but today I got the CD in the mail. Inara George and her co-writers and collaborating musicians have done some very meticulous work here. Inara's voice is sweet, solid, and always in tune. She can convey irony, sadness, humor with the slightest subtle inflection here or there -- she doesn't have to resort to screeching, bellowing, or moaning, or that bane of modern pop music -- melisma. (Bleah!)
What are these songs about? It isn't always so clear. To me, a bit of ambiguity and subtlety is a good thing, because it leaves room for a listener's interpretations. I suppose you could say these songs are sketches of the landscape of the heart. That'll suffice for a general idea.
I like the production. It isn't overproduced or underproduced. Fools in Love is carried mostly with guitar and voice, but listen carefully for subtle additions of bass and electric guitar to flesh things out. The same goes for Fools Work. Drums and bass are present on the up-tempo numbers, of which there are few. Delicate keyboards on songs like Good To Me bring to mind the harpsichords on Beatles songs like In My Life and Fixing A Hole. The point is, the soundscape is rich, but not cluttered.
Finally I want to complement the musical structure of the songs themselves. I hear so many songs that are so musically lightweight that I feel after hearing them once there is nothing more to be gained by a second listen. On All Rise, I want to listen repeatedly to hear the unexpected chord changes, and the way the songs are structured. (As I am constantly amazed at the chord progression in Inara's song Again And Again from her work on The Bird And The Bee album -- entrancing.) There's a lot of creativity in these compositions, to my way of thinking.
Nice May 14, 2007
I bought this albumn after hearing the song Pull Things, which I have to say is one of the most beautiful songs I have heard. After listening to the cd many times I have found a few other gems, Fools in Love is really a great song. The lyrics are very good. "Fools in love, gently hold each others hands forever" "Fools in love, well are there any other kind of lovers?" Just really great lyrics, that shows her delicate but humorous journey in the field of love. I like Genius as well. Lashing out a bit at the feel sorry for me crowd, at least thats what I gather. Anyways, you should buy this albumn. Some of george's other stuff is a bit out of my taste, but I find myself listening to find her meanings.
 let it build April 11, 2007
There are about three songs that are unforgettable on this album. The rest form the necessary foliage, and help get you in the mood, for those three. After a while though the whole album becomes an outgrowth of those songs. Excellent entertainment. This is a top 10 of all time for me...and it might still be on the way up...
Wish you were here, Pink Floyd.
Urubamba, Urubamba. (Vinyl only)
Bad Brains, Bad Brains.
Axis Bold as love, Jimmy Hendrix.
The Greatest, Cat Power.
Hootenany, The Replacements.
Our Endless numbered Days, Iron and Wine.
Greatest Hits, Aphrodities Child.
All Rise, Inara George.
Breakthrough, Mary J. Blige.
Catchy, pretty stuff June 27, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you like Fiona Apple, Erin McKeown, Leslie Feist, The Essex Green, Keren Ann, then you should probably pick this up. If Cat Power decided she wanted to sound like stereolab it might turn out like this.
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