Gravity

Moody and brilliant album.

super

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This has to the be the best album from 1992 and any year since. Recently purchased and haven't stopped listening since. Hard to pick a favourite track, but Broken Bottle just about squeaks past the post - one of the greatest laments for lost love.

Alejandro Escovedo is one of the best of a group of talented singer/songwriters from Austin, TX. Along with Joe Ely and Stephen Bruton (who produced and played on Gravity), Escovedo writes and sings some of the most thoughtful and inpsired music anywhere. Gravity's main strengths lie in words and music that when combined, put the listener in the same mood you imagine he must have been in when the song was penned. It's a rare gift that many songwriters try for but miss the mark on most occasions. Another plus on Gravity is Bruton's stellar playing and producing. Bruton is among the best guitar players anywhere, and Gravity shows off his feel for this music. Alejandro Escovedo is a rare gem, and deserves a much larger following than he currently has. I highly recommend this album.

Great performer.

Excellent

great

I can tell that I'm going to be in the vast minority on this. I saw this artist several weeks ago on Austin City Limits & I was blown away, I mean, I was impressed. I was so impressed that I immediately went on line & bought this. Gravity never did enter the charts nor did any singles, I haven't found any evidence of singles but I could be wrong.What I saw on the PBS network made me wonder why I haven't heard of this guy. Here he was on TV with a band that could play almost anything. What impressed me the most was the violinist & two celloists (that doesn't appera to be a word); and they ROCKED! I thought I had discovered something similar to Electric Light Orchestra. Of course I realize that this was his first album & that he's come a long way since this release. But I wanted to hear this first album, sometimes it's the best album an artist had ever put out. I realize the man has been on the fringes of music for many years, paying his dues like few others have. I can tell all these albums were independently produced, probably on a shoe string budget & out of his own pocket, or friends that really believe in him.What I found on this album is a roots rocker & what could be called Americana, it borders sometimes on country. The song that impressed me the most was "Pyramid of Tears". I really, REALLY wanted to like this album. No, he's not a great singer, no, he doesn't have the greatest stage presence; but from some of the things I have since read about him, he seems to have a lot of respect in the business. I would love to tell you that this is the greatest album I've heard in years but, alas, it isn't. I'm not sure who I can even compare him to; he runs the gamut of music on the mellow end of things. Perhaps I should get one of his later live albums because he really impressed me in his live performance.