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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelBlue Gorilla / Blue Gorilla/Mercury
EAN0731452669926
eBay Product ID (ePID)112420796
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era1990s
Run Time3666 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year1995
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenrePop, Alternative, Rock, Contemporary Christian, Blues
StyleSpiritual, American Trad Rock
TypeAlbum
ArtistJoan Osborne
Release TitleRelish
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionUniversal Music
Recording ModeStereo
Number of Tracks12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
ReviewsRanked #11 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., 3 Stars-Good-"...Effectively Showcases Her Strong, Bluesy Delivery...", 7 (out of 10) - "...Comparisons of Osbourne's gravelly squeals and sobs to one Janis Joplin are inevitable....For once, 1.3 million Americans weren't wrong...", Ranked #10 in Ew's "Top 10 Albums of the '90s", Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums of '95 - "...her gutsy voice moves from blues growls to Balkan glottal stops, while the band locks into swaggering vamps...", 4 Stars - "...What's especially winning about Joan Osborne is her range: Sexy and earnest, her voice, all on its own, conveys whole choirs of feeling...", Ranked #1 on Ew's Top 10 Albums of 1995., "...Osborne, who's earned a formidable rep through constant touring, has Springsteen's gift for expressing regular folks' pain and pleasures. Especially the pleasures..." - Rating: A-
From songs that are spiritually uplifting, to the insanely poignant... her voice is truly evocative, as is the music which accompanies them. And she conveys all effortlessly ... I once watched her sing a classic Motown song, live, "Heatwave", and have been hooked ever since... but time before then I had heard a song called "one of us" ... a pop-rock song ... mainstream, and non-mainstream. all at once... a song, unique and intriguing, stops one, as one asks a mighty question ... a scary one... and it has etched in my mind ever since ... there have been times the words of the song would come to me even as all around was unrelated, and there have been times I would be listening to other singers, yet "One of us" would somehow weave its way in and replace the other song... and this album, Relish, touches very much on the spiritual, lost love, painful love, and the healing and growth from it.