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Everybody Loves You
by Kaki King
from Velour Recordings

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Storytelling, guitar thumps, and Kaki King
  Reading the other reviews here show that there are quite a few people out there who don't quite like Kaki King's playing or music. One reviewer mentioned lack of "substance". Now I'll add my two cents.
  I really liked this album. In fact, I think I love it. See, I'm a big music fan and I spend all day listening to music of sorts. CDs, for me, usually comprise of tracks not as a whole. Maybe that's the problem, but here came a CD that gave me a wide variety of interesting solo-guitar music, pretty... more info

• Great effort, but lacking in musical substance
  I've posted comments elsewhere on this series of reviews. It seems the defenders of Ms. King's cd are a little defensive, as are the ones who didn't care for her music. I have to admit, I was excited by the idea that a new acoustic monster had put a cd out. I listened to the samples in the store, and was "wow'ed" by her varied and aggressive style of guitar playing. The employee had pointed her cd out to me, and he too, made reference to M. Hedges guitar style. Like a herd of lemmings, I walked out of the... more info

• Fearless, Ambitious, and Youthful Debut Album to Showcase Kaki King's Talent as Guitarist/Composer
  Kaki King's debut album, Everybody Loves You, may be the best to showcase her talent as a guitarist/composer. As heard in probably the most prototypical track, "Kewpie Station," she taps the fret and the body of the guitar like a percussive instrument, plays unfamiliar chords, and structures the song with various odd beats that keep changing. To lesser extent, these ingredients are heard on "Steamed Juicy Little Bun," "Carmine St.," "Close Your Eyes," and "Joi." "Carmine St." also carries incredible... more info

• Jealous
  It's not fair, Kaki beat me to the release of a style that can only come from tapping into inspiration, where choices reign and decisions are non-existent. It's simply beautiful.

Tracks:

1. kewpie station
2. steamed juicy little bun
3. carmine st.
4. night after sidewalk
5. happy as a dead pig in the sunshine
6. the exhibition
7. close your eyes and you'll burst into flames
8. joi
9. everybody loves you
10. fortuna

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