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Track Listings
1 | Brave |
2 | Chasing The Sun |
3 | Hercules |
4 | Manhattan |
5 | Satellite Call |
6 | Little Black Dress |
7 | Cassiopeia |
8 | 1000 Times |
9 | I Choose You |
10 | Eden |
11 | Islands |
12 | December |
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Grammy-nominated Sara Bareilles takes her piano-driven, platinum-selling songwriting to the next level on her upcoming album THE BLESSED UNREST. She has seen #1 albums, national sold-out tours and support slots with bands such as Maroon 5 and Sugarland. She has appeared on hit shows such as COMMUNITY, 30 ROCK and THE SING-OFF (host). There's nothing that Sara Bareilles can't do. Previous album KALEIDOSCOPE HEART debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.02 x 5.62 x 1.76 inches; 4.48 ounces
- Manufacturer : Legacy Recordings
- Item model number : 26927758
- Original Release Date : 2013
- Run time : 51 minutes
- Date First Available : April 19, 2013
- Label : Legacy Recordings
- ASIN : B00CF7PG5U
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,728 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #233 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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Brave- **** ¾ (out of 5)
In Sara Bareilles' previous albums, most of her songs look inward. Most are about love-on-the-rocks, breakups, mental turmoil and the struggle to become who she wants to be. But with The Blessed Unrest, Sara marks a new mastery of looking outward; and nowhere is this newly-expressed extroversion more clearly enunciated than in this sweeping exultation of courage.
Chasing the Sun- *****
Set in a cemetery yet bursting with hope; Chasing the Sun is a love poem to humanity. The sense of place in this song is fantastic; set in queens but with Manhattan as a backdrop, Sara sees Tombstones as skyscraper's little brothers and the bustling population surrounding her as '3 million stunning reminders.' The dead aren't to be feared, she teaches us, they are inspirational; they 'show us the proof,' 'dare us to move' and help keep us chasing the sun.
Hercules- **** ¼
I didn't care for this song on first listen; the experimental weave of the melody needed a few audiences to properly seep into my soul. Now I rather like it and not just for the original sound, but for the clever use of Hercules as a symbol. Sara pleads 'I was meant to be a warrior please,' showing that she isn't praying for a strongman, but for strength.
Manhattan- ****
A slow, somewhat standard sad song about a breakup that hearkens back to Sara's 'Little Voice' days. It's solid and lyrically well-composed, but relatively unmemorable compared with the grand experiments that populate this album. Here, Sara is freely giving away Manhattan, a place she loves, to a lover she can no longer have.
Satellite Call- **** ¾
For the sad and lonely among us, there is no substitute for being seen and appreciated for who we are as individuals; to have someone who's there for us and no one else. But Sara makes a hell of a go at reaching all the lonely children with this beautiful, ghostly song. Satellites are so far away and so surrounded by empty space, they make for a painful but beautiful metaphor. But satellites were also made to be contacted and we could all use a satellite call from time to time.
Little Black Dress- *****
A happy/sad/happy song. Happy because the melody is bouncy and fun and it's about a little black dress. Sad because the dress and melody are the necessary tonic for a social circle that's been manipulative and cruel. Then happy again because the tonic works; by song's end Sara has mentally found a way to 'return to the scene of the crime' 'connect the dots' and 'rewrite the final lines.' Sometimes finding perspective is the best revenge.
Cassiopeia- *****
A stunning array of themes and ideas; storytelling, romance, the age of the stars, astronomy and the psychological influence of the constellations. It feels like a companion piece to Carl Sagan's Cosmos, which is my favorite science book. But Sara takes this whole cosmic blend and sends it through a super collider of precision language, crafting a mythology that is a glorious to listen to and supernova sexy.
1000 Times- **** ½
Just another evocative, deeply-moving breakup song from the master. Here, the steps between two discordant lovers form '105 little blades in a line' and the normally cathartic process of putting one's sadness into words, 'can carry the pain, but don't free it' from love's cage. Ho-Hum.
I Choose You- **** ¾
I'm very surprised this hasn't become a radio hit as it's probably more mass-market friendly than even Brave. It's an easy-going ode to finding love at last with a catchy refrain. It sounds like a really-good Colbie Caillat song, only with and about a thousand times the self-awareness.
Eden- **** ½
Sara's satirical edge, seen previously in Love Song and Machine Gun (among other songs) is on full display here. This song's target is the idyllic image of show business, contrasting it with a garden of Eden where the 'angels started acting the same' and 'less than beautiful is worse than unholy.' Not quite as melodious as some of the other songs here, but the sound is intriguing and the theme is unique and revelatory.
Islands- **** ¼
A love-on-the-rocks song with the inverse metaphor from Satellite Call. So instead of being about trying to make contact with lonely satellites, this song it about preparing yourself for breakup, for the severed connection, by becoming an island.
December- **** ½
The cold of December can seep deep down within you. But in Sara's December, this chill can help you find solace and move on. But in Los Angeles, where 'the leaves are all still changing' and 'the weather here is mild' the 'artificial cold' can't sink deep enough to force out the shadows she wants to move past. This sense of irony (cold as comfort) gives this slow song just the right amount of edge.
This album builds upon that by incorporating some new elements like jazz and electronic into her special brand of aware piano driven pop music. While listening to the exquisite ballad "Manhattan", I could see a dark smoky jazz club from the 1940s with Sara lying across a piano, crooning about a lost love to a hushed audience. Another more upbeat jazz influenced album standout, "Little Black Dress" sees the appearance of Sara's older sister doing Motown inspired pitch perfect background vocals which just mesh perfectly with Sara's voice. "Satellite Call" on the other hand, with its slight reverb and haunting melody makes me feel like I'm somehow underneath the Northern Lights just staring up at the stars lit up in swirling colors.
"I Choose You" starts with a subtle stringed bass line and understated vocals, yet builds into a very sweet and honest love song. It's the type of song that you could see being used in one of those lip synched marriage proposal extravaganzas on YouTube. Overall, this album probably is a bit more upbeat--not so much in tone (as many of the songs sound like breakup songs), but musically than her past two albums. "Eden" especially embraces this driving electronic sound. In the hands of a lesser talented vocalist, I don't think it would have worked and would have stuck out like a sore thumb. But Sara's smooth and melodic voice is the glue that pulls the range of musical genres together into a package that just feels right. Highly recommend listening through a few times before making up your mind about this album (it's streaming on iTunes), as I found myself being nonchalant about a few songs the first time I heard them--but then going back and just losing myself in them.
Longtime fans of Sara will not be disappointed with this album. She managed to push herself musically and keep things interesting, while retaining everything that makes her art special. It has poetic quiet moments, bombastic inspiring anthems ("Brave" was co-written with Jack Antonoff of FUN.) and above all a determination to embrace life to the fullest and well, be brave. Excellent pop that does more than entertain--it speaks for a generation.
***For anyone looking for new similar artists, I recently saw piano pop singer/songwriter Jillette Johnson in concert, and she positively blew my mind. If you're a huge fan of Sara's, I'd wager that you would love Jillette too ( Water in a Whale [+digital booklet ].
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