Saving Grace [Import]

saving grace [import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Taken from the 2002 album, 'Loose Screw'. The title track is backed with one non-LP track, 'The Homecoming'. Eagle. 2003.

Saving Grace,Pretenders,Rock/Pop

Saving Grace [Import]

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I Am Mark E. Smith
Buy it anyway! (If you own it already you shouldn't really be here)
OY
No Hits.....but one helluva record!
Feel The Wrath Of My Bombast....

This Nation's Saving Grace
The Fall
Manufacturer: Beggars UK - Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000189I
Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

Mansion
Bombast
Barmy
What You Need
Spoilt Victorian Child
L.A.
Vixen
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Gut of the Quantifier
My New House
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Customer Reviews:

I Am Mark E. Smith.......2006-03-13

Though to some extent the Fall are a "single's band" they still have put out a lot of solid albums. Owning all of them might bankrupt you so besides any of their greatest hits albums (as long as they focus on older material) this is the place to start. This Nation's Saving Grace sounds like a monologue on everything from Margaret Thatcher era England (Spoilt Victorian Child)to the leader of one of the group's greatest influences, Can (I am Damo Suzuki) over angular post punk/funk rhythms. I prefer it over Gang of Four as This Nation's Saving Grace is not guilty of being didactic but instead is a chunk of bile and vitriol that must have been on Steve Albini's turntable more than once. I don't know whether the current bunch of post punkers from Williamsburg that slavishly imitate this sound are a good or bad thing. However, the Fall, despite line up changes are still a solid band and This Nation's Saving Grace is their most focused musical statement.

Buy it anyway! (If you own it already you shouldn't really be here).......2006-02-10

Good solid Fall. Fine stuff. But... well, you know. YOU know! Popular, commercial Fall. Some danceable numbers. But it doesn't live with you as long as many other Fall pieces. Maybe it's just a bit too.. clean. Good album for Fall newcomers perhaps. But it isn't as abrasive, unsettling or amusing as so much other material. John Peel was a bit put out that so many (students probably) had voted "LA" into the festive 50 that year. I wonder why.

OY.......2005-08-23

Perfect pub music for bruisers with bad teeth and sharp minds. Edgy, jarring, melodic, a little bit of everything. Makes you want to pour your Guiness over Thatcher's head.

No Hits.....but one helluva record!.......2005-01-31

I was into the Fall back in the day ever since my college radio station received the "Totally Wired" single. I picked up several of the 12"s & "Wonderful Word...." album. Somehow this one passed me by on its original release. So when I saw this cd in a bargain bin (new) for $4.99 I couldn't say no.....and it's turned out to be The Fall album I always pop in my CD player when I have a hankering to hear Mark E's voice. All the tracks on this one are very good & I can play it from beginning to end w/out having to skip tracks. Lots of bouncy danceable, toe-tapping, but raucous tunes whose melody clashes with Mark E.'s bizarre vocals. Now if Mark E was more forthright in writing lyrics & they made videos with big bosomed girls in cheerleading outfits & they stuck to a little more conventional rock sound, they may have received the reception of The Knack or Cheap Trick or Nirvanna or The Hives. But thank god Mark E is a nutter...

Feel The Wrath Of My Bombast...........2004-11-29

With those words, Mark E. Smith more or less sums up The Fall's entire aesthetic. Even when the music moved in a poppy direction, Smith's rambling bursts of vitrol always remained front and center. After the pop-influenced, but no less brilliant Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall, This Nation's Saving Grace returns the band to a more atonal direction, one which blends the shiny textures of the "Brix-era" with the feedback-drenched cacophony of Hex Enduction Hour. "Bombast," "Barmy," and "My New House" are all The Fall doing The Fall and doing it without sounding the least bit redundant. There's even the synth-jittery "L.A.," a minimalistic piece of pop that only Smith and his crew could pull off. What perhaps makes The Fall so significant is that their layout was ripe for repeating itself, yet they always sounded vital. Maybe it's also for the sub-avant-garde experiments like "Paint Work" and "I Am Damo Suzuki." But The Fall still sound unquestionably original today, not just because music is in an awful state, but because nobody can touch what they did.

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Pretty Heavy-handed stuff here
Beautiful and inspiring...
One nation Under God
One Nation Under God
Amazing Collection!! Patriotic Music all on one CD !!!

One Nation Under God

Manufacturer: Altissimo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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AMERICA'S BUGLE CALLS
Three Hit Albums from the U.S. Military Bands

ASIN: B0000C8AWU
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

God Of Our Fathers (The National Hymn) - US Marine Band With The Pledge Of Allegiance
Variations On A Shaker Melody (Lord Of The Dance) - US Army Field Band
Godspeed - US Army Band
Das Liebesmahl Der Apostel (The Love Feast Of The Apostles) - US Marine Band
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Lord Guard And Guide (The Air Force Hymn) - US Airforce Band
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God Of Abraham - US Air Force Band
Psalm For Band - US Navy Band
America The Beautiful - US Marine Band
God Bless America - US Marine Band
The Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem) - US Air Force Band
Hymn To The Fallen - US Army Band
Amazing Grace - US Air Force Band
Church Call - US Navy Band
Taps With Orchestration - US Marine Band

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Heavy-handed stuff here.......2004-03-04

Again, I think altissimo! is going over the top here with the raw patriotism bit. Sure we should be proud of this country, but there does reach a point where it becomes too much and is embarrassing. That point is reached here with this mixed bag of recordings pulled in from over the place, many already released from Altissimo! before and just re-packaged here. If you don't mind patriotism served with a lot of relish then this CD is for you.

Beautiful and inspiring..........2003-11-07

It might not be everyone's cup of tea but One Nation Under God is a beautiful ode to patriotism and the United States of America. There isn't a clunker in the 20 songs on the album, not surprising considering you get things like Nearer My God to Thee, God Bless America or Amazing Grace. A fantastic job by the various military bands who contributed to this effort!

One nation Under God.......2003-10-30

"One Nation Under God" is a great compilation of inspirational patriotic music, superbly performed by truly world-class musicians.
The selection of music was excellent, and very much in keeping with the title and the theme of the album. The opening recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by Senator Thompson, underscored by a most respectful and reverent lead-in to "God of Our Fathers", perfectly set the stage for the well-appointed and majestically performed music that followed.

Several pieces evoked solemn contemplation and reverence, leading to others of pride, majesty and tribute, all arranged and played with proper respect and appropriate to the theme "One Nation Under God".
This is a magnificent and timeless album that will hold a prominent spot in my collection, and be often enjoyed.

One Nation Under God.......2003-09-25

This CD is absolutely awesome ! From the opening of God of our Fathers with the Pledge of Allegiance by Senator Fred Thompson to the final note of Taps, I could not stop listening. This collection of patriotic and inspirational music is a must for all Americans. As an ex-Navy man and Viet Nam veteran, the strains of The Navy Hymn sent chills up and down my spine. It brought back so many precious memories. This collection of 20 songs is a bargain at any price !

Amazing Collection!! Patriotic Music all on one CD !!!.......2003-09-24

This CD is definately for people who are looking to get some uplifting patriotic music for listening to at home, the office, for parades, barbecues, and ecspecially holidays like the 4th of July. Its got all of America's greatest hits including "The Star Spangled Banner", "Amazing Grace", "America The Beautiful", along with other less well known gems such as "Godspeed", and "Pslam for Band". All of the songs are played excellently by the US Marine, Navy, and Air Force bands. The label that put out this release, Altissimo Records actually specializes in military music, so if you like this check our their other releases. Overall Highly Recommended!!!

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A Beautifully Written Piece of Art
Good, but not for the casual fan
Review from a classical musician
Doesn't do them justice.
Good, but not great

String Quartet Tribute to Muse

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00070Q89K
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

Stockholm Syndrome
Map Of Your Head
Time Is Running Out
Muscle Museum
In Your World
Showbiz
The Small Print
Sunburn'
New Born
Bliss
Sing For Absolution
Saving Grace

Product Description

1. Stockholm Syndrome
2. Map Of Your Head
3. Time Is Running Out
4. Muscle Museum
5. In Your World
6. Showbiz
7. The Small Print
8. Sunburn
9. New Born
10. Bliss
11. Sing For Absolution
12. Saving Grace (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

A Beautifully Written Piece of Art.......2007-06-29

Based on a purely classical mind set, this is one of the most beautiful string tribute albums there are. Granted, Muse fans who usually don't listen to string albums probably won't appreciate it, but for the classical lover, this is the tribute album to start with. The String Tribute to Muse is an absolute masterpiece amongst tributes.

Good, but not for the casual fan.......2007-05-19

I agree very much with Brian Allen; you should only spend the money on this one if you happen to be either a big fan or strings or a big fan of Muse, and I fall very much into the latter. As far as the songs themselves, some sound beautiful. "Bliss" nearly breaks your heart as an all-string tribute. But other songs are hard-core alternative rock, like "Stockholm Syndrome" so songs like that sound awkward at best. If you like a song by Muse here and there, only have one or two of their CDs, and think, "Oh, they're alright," don't bother purchasing it. However for big Muse fans, it's a nice treat.

Review from a classical musician.......2006-02-05

I play cello in a string quartet and am a huge Muse fan as well. As far as this compilation of, perhaps, some of Muse's greatest hits, a string quartet version just doesn't depict the kind of emotional response that I get from listening to the orignal trio. I listened to some of these tracks and thought I was listening to my buddies playing Muse songs by ear and just messing around. Save your money, or better yet, for the same price go out and treat yourself to the original albums that these songs derived from (Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry and Absolution)!

Doesn't do them justice........2006-02-04

Well, before I say anything about this tribute album, let me state clearly for the record that I am a HUGE Muse fan, and always will be. I'm also very fond of classical music, so I thought this album would be incredible. Unfortunately, that assumption was way off. To me, this was basically like a bunch of recordings of people humming Muse songs. The original tracks have so much power and emotion, but these versions seem cheap and empty. If they would have had a full orchistra it would have been awesome. The string quartet just doesn't cut it, at least not for me. Of course, this is all in my humble opinion.

Good, but not great.......2005-12-06

I'll do an actual review later, but here are some of my thoughts on this album, since only one other person rated it so far. The songs all sound great, but they hardly differ from the original versions, and none of them are really that much different. Most of them sound note for note the same, but just played on the strings. This is ok because Muse has a lot of classical influence in their songs, but I wish the makers would have put more effort into this. If you're a casual fan you can skip, but if you really like string tributes or Muse you should get it. Some better string tributes, which are less basic, are the ones for Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, and A Perfect Circle.

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Saving Grace
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Saving Grace
Cool Your Jets
Manufacturer: Tragic Hero Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P46ML2
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Album Description

Hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, a hardcore scene made famous in the mid 90's by the media for its violence, we have Cool Your Jets, ready to challenge every negative notion they presented about this incredible hardcore scene and city. Formed from the ashes of Aftermath of a Trainwreck (New Age Records), these five kids are bringing what is definitely missed in today's commercialized hardcore scene. In this time where hardcore is more about marketing plans, hollow posturing, and big business, Cool Your Jets are here to remind us that it is still about the music, passion and integrity of the underground hardcore scene. Cool Your Jets is something from the heart, five individuals brought together to show that hardcore can still be positive and fun. With their passion for straightedge and traditional hardcore music, Cool Your Jets is here to unite hardcore kids together, one show at a time. With a sound and energy reminiscent of an older style of hardcore, Ala Gorilla Biscuits, Bold, and Youth Of Today, Cool Your Jets builds on the road these bands paved while adding one element they were always lacking, sincerity. Now that you have a little bit of insight to what Cool Your Jets is all about, get ready to witness the REAL rebirth of hardcore pride!

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Was It Like This
Steve Erwin
Manufacturer: Steve Erwin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA9CXO
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Average customer rating:

skip this one
One of the best
FIST CITY!
(Rancid+Social Distortion)=Sixer
New Guys On The Block

Saving Grace
Sixer
Manufacturer: Tko
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005AG3C
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

Time Flies
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SInk Or Swim
Tear It Down
Revenge
Don't Ask Why
Fist City
Ground Zero
Stranger
Story
One Horse Town
Dangerous

Customer Reviews:

skip this one.......2005-09-15

forget sixer and grab all of ann berettas albums, there must haves

One of the best.......2004-11-02

This is one of the best CDs I've ever heard. It is a perfect blend of punk and southern style rock 'n' roll. There is only one song on this disc that I don't absoulutely love. I've had this one since it was released and it's still as fantastic as the day I first heard it. For those who haven't heard Sixer yet, this is the album to start with. If you are considering purchasing it, definitely start listening with the track "Fist City". If you like this album, check out some of the older Ann Beretta CDs such as "Bitter Tongues" and "To All Our Fallen Heroes" which were made when Lear (who performs the lead vocals in Sixer) was still with them.

To make a correction, another reviewer claimed that Sixer is from Alabama, but that is incorrect. They are from Richmond, VA.

FIST CITY!.......2003-01-29

What can I say, this album rocks. Not very often does a band release an album where basically every song is an anthem. From the first song all the way to the last. I sing along to every word with a fist in the air. This album is one of my altime favorites and will be for a long long time to come. Fist City will burn tonight!

(Rancid+Social Distortion)=Sixer.......2002-07-13

Anxious for the new Rancid album? If you just can't wait until the next release of the legendary 4 piece punk band, check out sixer. A mix of Rancid sounding vocals and guitar, mixed with social distortionesque rythym and bass, makes for one of the best new bands to come out in a while. With the wave of emo bands that have come out recently Sixer is a step in the right direction for the new punk bands out there. Sounding similar to such legendary bands as Social Distorition, Rancid, and Stiff Little Fingers, this band hailing from alabama is one of the more talented ive heard. Basically if you like punk rock music, you should check these guys out, they are hard, fast, and have some really solid lyrics.

New Guys On The Block.......2001-07-17

It so happened that i heard some talk about this band around town,some 11 months ago.And it's just like me to forget things,so i never checked'Sixer'.Anyway,I run into this cd here,and i give it a listen...the vocals are excellent and the production sound is also excellent. After two songs,I feel like the guy singing is kinned to Rancid. The music work doesn't sound like Rancid at all, but the lead vocalist.. I bet is a huge fan of Rancid, and has mirrored a style very similar to his influence. The problem is that when you hear this record(like I did for the first time), you immediately tell yourself that you have heard this before,somewhere else,a different time. .I still like this release nonetheless. i gave it'3'stars.

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a joint venture
this soundtack is worth having.
great soundtrack
Awesome!!!
The Joint Connection -- Saving Grace has music for all ears

Saving Grace (2000 Film)
Various Artists - Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00004TJXC
Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

Introduction - Mark Russell
Grace's Theme - Mark Russell
Take a Picture - Filter
Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me) - Steve Harley,
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Will You Give Me One? - Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson
Sunshine at Last
Grace in Notting Hill - Mark Russell
Human [Tin Tin Out Mix] - The Pretenders
Drugden - Mark Russell
Might as Well Go Home
Would You Like Some Cornflakes? - Clive Merrison,
Wise Up [Car Port Mix] - Louft
New B323 - Bill Bailey,
Cornwall Chase - Mark Russell
Accidental Angel
Witchcraft - Robert Palmer
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Mark Russell

Album Description

Import exclusive soundtrack to critically acclaimed British comedy starring Academy Award winner Brenda Blethyn, originally released in 2000. Featuring a score from Mark Russell along with tracks from The Pretenders, Robert Palmer, Filter, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Norman Greenbaum & more.

Album Details

'saving Grace'is the Hottest British Film Comedy Since 'The Full Monty'- a Spectacular Win at the Recent Sundance Independent Film Festival. The Soundtrack Was Singled Out at Sundance as Being an Important Element in the Appeal of the Film.

Customer Reviews:

a joint venture.......2001-06-05

saving grace is a joint venture!!!! watch the movie, listen to the soundtrack!! you will be addicted to both!!

this soundtack is worth having........2001-06-05

first watch the movie, then you will know why the soundtrack is worth buying.

great soundtrack.......2001-01-16

first time someone put the right music to the right script, usually its only the music of the moment.

Awesome!!!.......2000-11-21

not only was the movie fabulous but the soundtrack is great great mixture of music i loved it!!!

The Joint Connection -- Saving Grace has music for all ears.......2000-09-04

A fabulous soundtrack with a terrific mix of musical styles and genres. This movie soundtrack contains a nice balance between pieces from the movie's original score and popular songs of the last few years. This music nicely parallels the film itself: Grace, a conservative, older woman -- reminiscent of the orchestrations of classical music that play throughout the film -- turns into a grower of marijuana who wants to be "hip" in order to make some fast cash to save her home and estate. A great soundtrack for all to enjoy!

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Why is this still out of print!?
Steve & his band enter a truly brave new world on here
Just plain good music
Miller's overlooked art

Your Saving Grace
Steve Miller Band
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008IH0
Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

Little Girl
Just a Passin' Fancy in a Midnite Dream
Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
Baby's House
Motherless Children
Last Wombat in Mecca
Feel So Glad
Your Saving Grace

Album Description

Limited edition mid-priced 1990 reissue on Capitol of their top 40 1969 album for the label. Features the original coverart & all eight of the original cuts, each of which has been digitally remastered.

Customer Reviews:

Why is this still out of print!? .......2007-02-01

This is Steve's magnum opus of space rock and soul. Feel so Glad and Baby's House are among his best ever. Tim Davis performs his best song, the title song.
Why why why is it still out of print and there is a reason why it sells used for $94, it's that good.

Steve & his band enter a truly brave new world on here.......2005-01-10

For his first three albums, Steve Miller & his band provided some of the most psychedelic (yet least druggy) blues-rock of the time without making so much as a dent into the mainstream. After 1968's SAILOR though, the band went through the first of what would be many personnel changes with guitarist Boz Scaggs departing to go solo (and thus leaving most of the guitar work to Steve himself), and taking keyboardist Jim Peterman with him. Peterman had to have been rather aghast to see himself replaced by, not one, but two keyboard players in the form of another future soloist Ben Sidran and legendary sessionman Nicky Hopkins.

The latter two made their debut on 1969's BRAVE NEW WORLD, which was just as trippy as its two predecessors, but by now, the psychedelia was bordering on parody, and thus indicative that perhaps the blues-happy Boz knew when to abandon a potentially sinking ship. Maybe Steve recognized this as well, and decided to make his second album of the year YOUR SAVING GRACE a little more earthbound and bluesy. For the most part, it succeeds, but does not quite match the rarefied greatness of 1968's CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE and SAILOR.

"Little Girl" continues the tradition of Steve Miller album openers that could have made it as singles in a more perfect music world. Power pop had not been officially invented per se, but this song was as close to perfect both in melody and lyric as one could get. Again, if Capitol Records had taken a short break from promoting the Beatles in this era, they could have devoted some elbow grease towards Steve & his group, with this being their true breakthrough.

"Just A Passin' Fancy In A Midnite Dream" is a little inscrutable, but perhaps that can be attributed to the fact that it is co-written by Ben Sidran, who was more influenced by Van Morrison and Mose Allison, especially by their idiosyncratic songwriting styles. Maybe one can call this psychedelia without the phasers and Leslie cabinets, but that does not make the song any less hallucinogenic, if not as trippy as, say, the side one suite of CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE.

"Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" is another song that could have helped get Steve some long overdue commercial attention, but it would take 5 more years of grunt work for that to happen. As for the song, it is his attempt at creating a Delta blues tune for the modern era, for it sounds like it is coming straight out of the South, but its subject (speaking out against racism and inequality) is one that still haunted the region & continues to this day. The fact that the song comes from a White musician makes it even more potent.

"Baby's House" closes out side one with a 9-minute trip to dreamland that is again rather light on the psychedelics, but has enough of them in smaller doses to give the listener a relaxing, woozy feeling. Co-written by Nicky Hopkins, his fingerprints are all over this song with him inserting some subtle classical measures into his piano work. He may have preferred the comforts of the studio to the stage, but I can guess that songs like this made fellow San Franciscans Quicksilver Messenger Service want to snare Hopkins up for their band, and they did.

"Motherless Children" is a return to traditional blues standards after an absence of them on BRAVE NEW WORLD. After 9 minutes of music that kept the listener occupied, the subsequent 6 minutes of near-flatlining stripped-down blues actually borders on the somnambulant. Eric Clapton would tackle this song 5 years later, and give it a much-needed dose of testosterone. Until then, Steve slipped up by giving his version an overdose of Dramamine.

"The Last Wombat In Mecca" brings things back to life slightly with bassist Lonnie Turner's second volume in his combination of acoustic blues with psychedelic lyrical imagery. Sounding like it was recorded live in the studio in one take (listen to the studio chatter at the beginning), it is mindless fun if anything else, although maybe someone other than Steve could have handled the vocals (it was Lonnie's song after all).

"Feel So Glad" is another blues- and jazz-soaked slow-burn with more excellent piano playing by Hopkins (a session musician who deserved to go headliner, if ever there was one). It is amazing that on this album the original material with a blues bent was more successful than the one that came straight from the source (an anonymous one). But that just indicates how good Steve was at appropriating blues influences and tailoring them to his own ideas, rather than become a slave to them like most other musicians of the time did.

It all closes out with the title track that comes from drummer Tim Davis, who tends to be the lowest-key member of the band in this time. After the slightly pedestrian "Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat" on BRAVE NEW WORLD, Davis had improved as a writer to be allowed the title track on the band's next album, and although it may be just me, I hear a small bit of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" in the arrangment of this sociopolitical song (or at least, the sound of what was to come). One can wonder if Marvin had indeed given this song a listen while creating that magnum opus. He would depart shortly after this album's follow-up, but it is clear that Davis was the rare sign of stability for Steve early on as his band went through more personnel shuffles than a fast-food chain.

It was perhaps inevitable that after two wonderful first albums, Steve Miller would hit a rough patch on the next two. Even with a master producer like Glyn Johns at the helm, BRAVE NEW WORLD and YOUR SAVING GRACE cannot be considered as finely-crafted and timeless (even while remaining of its time) as CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE and SAILOR. It could be because of the game of musical band members or the fact that psychedelia was on the way out in a post-Woodstock world. Nevertheless, YOUR SAVING GRACE has its own place in Steve Miller's catalog as both a time-marker and an instance that, when the right occasion arose, they could scale back the hallucinogens and simply rock out as best they could.

Just plain good music.......2003-10-31

Gave this album to an associate who was familiar with Fly Like an Eagle, and he was really surprised that it sounded so different, and that it was good "I mean, REALLY GOOD!" This band was putting out something like two or three albums a year at this time, yet the writing is really good. A really solid album.

Miller's overlooked art.......2000-10-02

Steve Miller is probably the world's most underated guitarist. He is also very underated as an artist. Your Saving Grace is no exception. The title track is heavy with emotion and while not writen by Miller, shows off the talent of Tim Davis who was the backbone of the early stuff. The forcefull lovesong "Little Girl" and the civil rights motif "Don't you let nobody" are solid rock tracks with a hint of blues and a lot of attitude. "Baby's House" shows off the piano skills of Nicky Hopkins as well as Miller's strength as a vocalist. If you have Miller's box set you are missing out on the full version of this awesome song. "Motherless Children" has a blues twing and a solid emotional base that makes it a classic. While the album is short, it is a good buy. For the Miller enthusist it is well worth it. If not, you might want to start off his early stuff with Antholgy.

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Saving Grace
Tom Petty
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H3K5HI
Release Date: 2006-08-14

Tracks:

Saving Grace
Square One [Live]

Album Description

First single pulled from his Highway Companion album. Features 'Saving Grace' coupled with a live version of 'Square One'. Warner. 2006.

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