Out of Tune

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Mojave 3

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Only joking about the title! Mojave 3's second album marks an interesting progression for the band. Where Ask me Tomorrow was two parts Mazzy Star to one part Leonard Cohen, Out of Tune sees them going down an altogether different route. The mournful, twilight feel that infused the first album has been replaced by altogether sunnier vibes on the second, and in Some Kinda Angel and You Keep It All Hid, Mojave actually sound pretty upbeat. The Dylan influence is quite tangible, but elements of Nick Drake (All Your Tears) and Simon and Garfunkel (Some Kinda Angel) can also be sensed.

Favourite tracks are Who Do You Love, Give What You Take, the gorgeous All Your Tears and Baby's Coming Home. However, the album is worth decidedly more than the sum of its parts and there are no weak songs.

If you're in the mood for listening to 40 minutes of warm, wistful, quietly moving music, whether on a sunny day or on a dark winter night, Out of Tune comes highly recommended

a mistake occured! I definitely give this album 5 stars.I love this band, beautiful melodies,voices and harmonies as well as great instruments and arrangments. This is the first one I got and still my favorite, though I gotta admit "ask me tomorrow" which I got recently is growing on me (close second). Both albums have no bad songs (I admire that, always). I'm just in love with the deep organ on this one, wish the following albums included it as much of it.Anyways, I've listened to "out of tune" to death and still love every song! Some songs on the two following cds I find excellent too, but they each contain 1 or 2 songs I don't care for, so I say get this one for sure, it's impeccable,but don't bypass anything this band does, though, they're great, if you like slow melodic music.