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Top Album Picks
Compiled by
Bob Gulla
In many ways, Ellis Paul is the
quintessential Cambridge folksinger. His fusion of urbane commentary, literate
observation, and dark romanticism is prototypically urban in a smart, funny kind of way.
The seven-time winner of a Boston Music Award in the folk category, as well as national
winner of the Kerrville Festival's Best New Folk Artist Award, Paul has often been
decorated for his art. Here's the music that got him started.
1 Bob
Dylan: Another
Side Of
Ellis Paul: "I could name any six Bob Dylan
records for lyrical content alone, but I like the ones where he started messing around
with rock."
2 Beatles:
Rubber
Soul-British
"Beautifully produced records that I listened to for about 10
years. Wore a hole straight through my records."
3 Joni
Mitchell: Blue
"I still cry like a 14-year-old girl listening to
that record, and it doesn't matter how many times I hear it."
4 Counting
Crows: August
& Everything After
"I thought that was just a terrific pop
record."
5 U2:
Achtung
Baby
"By far my favorite rock record of the last 20
years. 'One' is one of the best ballads ever written."
6 R.E.M.:
Out
Of Time
"This is another great acoustic rock record, with
great use of mandolin."
7 Shawn
Colvin: Few
Small Repairs
"I burned a hole in this one, too, from listening
and listening time and again."
8 John
Gorka: Land
Of The Bottom Line
"His early stuff was so dark. His new material is
still good but not quite so dark."
9 Bill
Morrissey: Inside
"It's funny. Morrissey is one of our great
folksinging talents, but he's only won Grammy recognition for his two cover albums."
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