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Holistic Guidance - For Emma, Forever Ago
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $11.99
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Manufacturer: Jagjaguwar
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0656605211527
Label: Jagjaguwar
Manufacturer: Jagjaguwar
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Jagjaguwar
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: Jagjaguwar
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Editorial Reviews:
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Justin Vernon began recording as Bon Iver following the breakup of DeYarmond Edison, an indie folk group similar in tone and manner to Iron & Wine, Little Wings and, to a certain extent, Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Pronounced 'bohn eevair', it is French for "good winter" which is spelled wrong deliberately. This debut CD is centered around Justin Vernon, who is the primary force behind Bon Iver, as he moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. From this solitary time emerged a bold, uninhibited new musical focus of all his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years into songs. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommended" rating by Pitchfork. 9 tracks. Jagjaguwar Records. 2008.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I have to agree with the guy, and his wife, who said this album had an annoying sound. I bought the album off of the strength of the other reviews, since I've had good luck with that practice in the past. I regret this purchase, though. I wasn't able to understand Bon Iver's lyrics because of the way he shuffled the words together. It sounded like some weird combination of mumbling and whining.
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Summary: Amazing Album
Comment: This album is amazing- Bon Iver's music is a fantastic combination of acoustic blends and layers upon layers of warm harmonies. He sings with such passion that you want to listen to the entire album over and over again. I highly recommend this album.
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Summary: Powerful and beautiful
Comment: I think this albums is just awesome from start to end. It took me about two listens before I was fully in love, but Re: Stacks and Skinny Love were instant hits with me. Obviously, if you only like upbeat music this isn't for you. Most of the songs feature little more than simple percussion and acoustic guitar. The sparsity of instrumentals means you really need to be into the singing style, which despite some other reviewers, I think is unique and awesome. Usually I don't like a chorus of one person tracked on top of itself, but I think he pulls it off pretty well.
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Summary: It'll get you
Comment: After reading the reviews, the expectations were so high I didn't know where to start. So instead of listening to the album all the way through, I put the whole thing on my mp3 player and put all my songs on shuffle. This way I have been getting to know the album slowly throughout the last few weeks. Every time a Bon Iver song comes on I literally stop and say "Wow! What's this?" Though I've come to love each track respectively, 'Skinny Love' has quickly become my favorite song. Ease it in to your collection. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: So Much BETTER live!
Comment: I was first introduced to bon ivers live recordings such as; skinny love and flume. I was caught off guard to begin with considering how raw and incomparable his voice was to any other. I instantly had to check out the album. Also hearing he recorded it, hidden away in a log cabin got me that much more excited. "Sound interesting.. I assume he will still have that rawness." However I was wrong and very dissapointed as it is too commercial friendly for me. This work just became tedious.
Aside from that he really is a talented artist that I would love to see perform. Hes wonderful to watch and it is clear to see he is dominate.
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