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  • Jun. 1st, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Kore passed on a request that I post this, so here it is, transcribed from my CD booklet.

song list with songwriting credits )



Balance of Nature

  • Nov. 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 AM
Full track list with songwriting credits:
From Neverland AJ Adams
Creature of the Wood P. Obermarck / H. Alexander
Troll in Valhalla AJ Adams
From Out the Barrow AJ Adams
Hymn to Herne SJ Tucker
Bood and Passion H. Alexander
Farewell, Farewell AJ Adams
The Royal Grump Song AJ Adams
He of the Sidhe AJ Adams / H. Alexander
Fae Hollow Magic AJ Adams / H. Alexander
Sidhe is Here AJ Adams / H. Alexander
Good Beltaine Fire AJ Adams & house imp
Balance of Nature AJ Adams

In addition to Alec's vocals, fiddle, guitar, and percussion, Andrew Hare provided bass & Heather is credited with vocals. I've detailed the ones I recognized myself in the song notes below.

My thoughts:
There were a few years where I felt Heather had turned away from her art. Not her performance, but her songwriting. Insh'Allah, Festival Wind, Album of Secrets, Merlin's Descendants, Arms of the Sea - all were good music, most involved original songs, and (Insh'Allah in particular) stretched her songwriting muscles to include new music styles and worlds. And I certainly don't expect artists to bare all; there are things which a person simply doesn't want to share with the world. But compared to her songs on Enchanted, Midsummer, Wanderlust, or Life's Flame, most of those recent albums were missing something. Everafter was a big change, and I think a good change. Heather dropped her guard.

Balance of Nature is Alec stepping into the light of day - appropriate for his first solo album. Overtly, none of the songs are about the transition. Subtext? Yup, enough that my initial thought was that the album was all about transformation. But there's also laughter, heart, sorrow, passion, and love. And it doesn't hurt that his voice is clear and resonant.

Song notes: and it's long )

*I hesitate to refer to Creature and Blood & Passion as "covers", tho perhaps, technically speaking, they could be considered as such.



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