Fruit of Life

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Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Fruit of Life is the debut album by the Wild Colonials, released in 1994.[1][2] "Spark" was released as a single and was a radio hit.[3][4] The band supported the album with a North American tour, including shows with Toad the Wet Sprocket and Grant Lee Buffalo.[5][6]

Production

Recorded partly at Real World Studios, the album was produced by Tchad Blake.[7][8] Chad Smith and Pete Thomas contributed to the album.[9][10] Frontwoman Angela McCluskey wrote or cowrote nine of the album's 10 songs.[11] "Dear Mike" is a homage to Mike Scott.[12] "Don't Explain" is a cover of the Billie Holidays song.[13] "Rainbow" borrows from Carmen.[14]

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings The Los Angeles Times praised McCluskey's "throaty Scotswoman vocals, and a violin-dominated, Celtic-friendly sound that's warm even by coffeehouse standards."[15] The Record wrote that "the restrained musical backdrop—mostly piano, acoustic guitar and occasional horns—serves McCluskey's rich voice perfectly."[16] The Tampa Tribune deemed Fruit of Life "the freshest debut album since last year's Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? by the Cranberries."[14]

The News Tribune stated that "Irish chanteys, American R&B and folk styles are merged with Middle Eastern and even African rhythms."[17] The State advised: "Call it world folk, more compelling than a cowboy junkie, more tantalizing than 10,000 maniacs."[18] The Republican noted that "much of the lyrical content here is dark, and the music ranges from the deeply brooding to undeniably uplifting."[19]

AllMusic called the album "an inventive pastiche of a variety of folk and pop influences."[20]

Track listing

All songs written by various members of the Wild Colonials except for the Billie Holiday cover "Don't Explain".

  1. "Girl" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon/Roewe) – 6:28
  2. "Spark" (McCluskey/Shark) – 4:20
  3. "Heaven & Hell" (McCluskey/Roewe) – 5:20
  4. "Philadelphia Story" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon) – 4:52
  5. "Mission" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon/Roewe/Bernard) – 6:05
  6. "Alice" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon/Roewe) – 4:58
  7. "Rainbow" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon) – 5:12
  8. "Don't Explain" (Holiday/Herzog) – 6:46
  9. "Victim" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon/Roewe) – 5:59
  10. "Dear Mike" (McCluskey/Shark/Cantelon/Roewe) – 6:13

Personnel

  • Angela McCluskey – vocals
  • Shark – guitars, vocals, percussion
  • Paul Cantelon – violin, piano, harmonium
  • Scott Roewe – piano, organ, bass, sax, chanter, didgeridoo, tin whistle

With

  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas – drums, percussion
  • Joel Virgel Vierset – percussion
  • Glen C. Holmon – bass
  • Martin Tillmann – cello
  • Chad Smith – drums on "Dear Mike"
  • Julio "Jimmy" Ledezma – drums on "Philadelphia Story"
  • Pandit Dinesh – tablas on "Victim
  • Guy Pratt – bass on "Heaven & Hell"
  • Erik G. Hanson – percussion on "Heaven & Hell"

Production

  • Producer: Tchad Blake
  • Recorded by: Tchad Blake
  • Additional engineering: John Paterno, James Cadsky, Richard Evans

References

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