You can't call Tracy Bonham prolific. Blink the Brightest is her first album release in five years and merely her third in a decade, which is slow even by modern standards. Whatever the reasons for the gaps between records, whether it's artistic inspiration or contractual complications, the delays are frustrating because Bonham gets better with each record, sounding more confident and adventurous with each subsequent album. She's still stuck in the alternative '90s, in terms of her attitude and aesthetic, and Blink the ...
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You can't call Tracy Bonham prolific. Blink the Brightest is her first album release in five years and merely her third in a decade, which is slow even by modern standards. Whatever the reasons for the gaps between records, whether it's artistic inspiration or contractual complications, the delays are frustrating because Bonham gets better with each record, sounding more confident and adventurous with each subsequent album. She's still stuck in the alternative '90s, in terms of her attitude and aesthetic, and Blink the Brightest could have been released in 1996, the same year as her debut, The Burdens of Being Upright. But where PJ Harvey was a touchstone on that record, this is halfway between early Liz Phair and latter-day Aimee Mann, lacking both the commercial crossover aspiration of Ms. Liz's 2003 effort and the tasteful monotony of Mann's recent work. While Bonham can be a little lyrically clunky at times, her music is rich and varied, flowing from ornate pop to pretty sighing ballads to eerie folky confessionals and ironic indie pop. As an album, it holds together better than either of her previous LPs, and it captures the late-'90s adult alternative vibe better than the latest efforts by either Phair or Mann. And while some listeners may feel that may make Bonham a little stuck in the past, the truth is that she's just out of time -- if she moved a little faster, this could have come out in 1999, where it would have fit the times a little bit better than it does in 2005, but that detracts from the fact that Blink the Brightest is her most ambitious, fully realized, and best record to date. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Tracy Bonham is an incredibly tallented singer songwriter. Two of her early collections, The Burdens of Being Upright and Down Here provided hints of this tallent. However, as good as those works were Blink the brightest outshines them by far! I am a Neil Young fan and have employed the analogy to his Harvest masterpiece as being the payoff of his first three collections. This recording is Ms Bonham's "Harvest" moment. The songs on this C.D. are wonderfull. Between "Something Beautiful" and "Shine" you will be feeling better or you are dead. There are few C.D.s that truely rate five stars. They lined up just right for ms Bonham when she wrote and performed these songs. I bought this recording for my female friends and my nieces. They all loved it. i hear that there will be a new collection in the new year. i do not know what it will be but I know it will surprise me and be very good.
Sincerely. Means Johnston III
