New Patricia Barber cd "Mythology"

1markr, you're right...."Mythologies"....so are you buying it?

There are tracks that were previously heard - "The Moon" from Verse and "Whiteworld" from "A Fortnight in France".

I bought the disc yesterday. Have to listen to it few more times but so far it's a little below my expectations.
I don't think this is as good as she can be. But that's just an initial impression.
Few more listens and this recording may start growing on me...

A1, I'll see what the feedback on the album comes out to be. I currently have a "wanted" for it on lala.com, or I might pick it up cheaply on yourmusic.com when it shows there. I'm in no hurry to get it...yet.

This disk a a true celebration of the depth of Patricia's talent. Below is the copy on what instigated this music. A Guggenheim Fellowship, how heady is that? And to think, we knew her when...

"In 2003, acclaimed singer-pianist Patricia Barber became the only songwriter ever to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and she took the opportunity to create one of the most ambitious and affecting works of her career. Embarking on a bold, exciting musical adventure, Barber brings her compositional sophistication to new heights with Mythologies, a song cycle based on Greek mythology where each of the 11 mythological characters in Ovid’s Metamorphoses is fleshed out in music."
taken from www.patriciabarber.com)

Audphile1, I agree with you %100. She is a extremely talented singer but her choice of songs has my head shaking. Many of the songs are reruns. Cafe Blues had the energy

08-16-06: Jadem6
This disk a a true celebration of the depth of Patricia's talent.

J.D. this statement above that you're making based on your listening impressions or is it a quote from a review?

I'm no music critic by any means, and this is just my opinion, but when I was listening to this disc last night I thought that some of the songs are a bit more commercial than one would typically expect from PB...or may be I just got used to her style and now it seems that way....don't know. Or she was trying to appeal to everyone with this recording and not just her fans?

Musical arrangements on this disc just don't seem to be as innovative, rich and complex as some on her other albums.

In any case, I do like "The Moon" and "Whiteworld".

Just interesting to see what people think about this album.