In the Sun Lines

in the sun lines

Editorial Reviews
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On Tara Jane O'Neil's second release, In the Sun Lines, all the skilled recording and mixing of performances by Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), Samara Lubelski (the Sonora Pine), and Dan Littleton and Ida Pearle (Ida) was handled by O'Neil herself with impressive dexterity. She pays homage to (or borrows unabashedly from) the complex songs of Talk Talk and Brian Eno. Expertly layering live performance textures, delicate vocals, and shivery instrumental loops, she creates spacious songs that betray her roots in the super-influential Louisville band Rodan and belie her relative newcomer status to the mixing board. O'Neil's music is incredibly dynamic within its stylistic confines. It seamlessly swells, crescendos, and recedes, incorporates complex vocal arrangements usually reserved for Gregorian chant, and so on, but for a more casual listener, it may never shrug off the oppressive gloominess that colors the record with the broadest of strokes. While this makes the album too heavy for everyday use, it certainly makes for great rainy-day music. --Sarah Sternau

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In the Sun Lines
In the Sun Lines
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • "Difficult second title" made excellent
  • beautiful, soft-spoken and wistful
 In the Sun Lines
Tara Jane ONeil
Manufacturer: Quarter Stick
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NNFG
Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

  1. The Winds You Came Here On
  2. Your Rats Are
  3. All Jewels Small
  4. Sweet Bargaining
  5. Bowls
  6. High Wire
  7. In This Rough
  8. This Morning
  9. New Harm
  10. A Noise In The Head

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On Tara Jane O'Neil's second release, In the Sun Lines, all the skilled recording and mixing of performances by Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), Samara Lubelski (the Sonora Pine), and Dan Littleton and Ida Pearle (Ida) was handled by O'Neil herself with impressive dexterity. She pays homage to (or borrows unabashedly from) the complex songs of Talk Talk and Brian Eno. Expertly layering live performance textures, delicate vocals, and shivery instrumental loops, she creates spacious songs that betray her roots in the super-influential Louisville band Rodan and belie her relative newcomer status to the mixing board. O'Neil's music is incredibly dynamic within its stylistic confines. It seamlessly swells, crescendos, and recedes, incorporates complex vocal arrangements usually reserved for Gregorian chant, and so on, but for a more casual listener, it may never shrug off the oppressive gloominess that colors the record with the broadest of strokes. While this makes the album too heavy for everyday use, it certainly makes for great rainy-day music. --Sarah Sternau

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Difficult second title" made excellent.......2003-04-06

Tara Jane's music is perhaps not easy to catch with, but it's worth trying hard. Her guitar performance is faultless and original, guest musicians help make this album even stronger. The biggest surprise is warm, sunny "Sweet Bargaining", and the duet with Ida's Dan Littleton, "Your Rats Are" is enchanting.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful, soft-spoken and wistful.......2002-04-08

Don't buy this if you are expecting to hear Tara screaming like on Rodan's Toothfairy Retribution Manifesto (an excellent song). The songs presented here are airy, at times dark, and generally soothing like a fall morning or a cool night. Many of the tracks are instrumentals. The string and piano arrangements are very pretty. Rachel Grimes from Rachel's helps out on a couple tracks, as well as many other great musicians who I am not familiar with. I would recommend this album to anyone interested in Movietone, Edith Frost, Mazzy Star, Shannon Wright or the Rachel's band. Tara's music is however distinct from any of these artists. Rodan was great for angst and tension release. IN the Sun Lines is good music for a more patient and contemplative approach to daily living. (P.S. miss o'neil is a good 'doodler' and I really couldn't define "wistful" if you asked me to.)
In the Sun Lines
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Worth The Extra Money
 In the Sun Lines
Tara Jane O'Neil
Manufacturer: Sound Design
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000075A05

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Four Bonus Tracks: "Sunday Song (Live)", "Bulhorn Moon (Live)", "Another Sunday Saint", and "High Wire (Acoustic)".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Worth The Extra Money.......2002-11-27

I spent quite a while tracking this CD down. I'm a huge fan and wanted those illustrious extra tracks that Japanese releases so often have. The 4 extra tracks here ('Sunday Song', 'Bullhorn Moon' - both live, 'High Wire' - acoustic, and 'Another Sunday Saint') have appeared on other releases, I believe, but it is great to have them all on one CD. This package comes with a lyric insert, and the actual cover insert is made out of a nice textured paper (different from the US version). Tara Jane is one of the under-appreciated artists who, in some ways, you hope stays that way - if only so you can keep the beauty of the music all to yourself. There are parallels with Movietone, Joni Mitchell, the complex guitar of Slint, and the melancholy of Cat Power, but her music is completely her own. Do yourself a favor and pick up all her stuff.
In the Sun Lines
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    		In the Sun Lines

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00008VA1P

    Tracks:

    1. The Winds You Came Here On
    2. Your Rats Are
    3. All Jewels Small
    4. Sweet Bargaining
    5. Bowls
    6. High Wire
    7. In This Rough
    8. This Morning
    9. New Harm
    10. A Noise In The Head
    11. Sunday Song (Live) (Bonus Track)
    12. Bullhorn Moon (Live) (Bonus Track)
    13. Another Sunday Saint (Bonus Track)
    14. High Wire (Acoustic) (Bonus Track)

    Album Description

    Two years after the accolades of her solo debut 'Peregrine' (2000), former Rodan vocalist Tara Jane O'Neil returns with her wily, mysterious unclassifiable 'In the Sun Lines'. Japanese edition of 2001 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Sunday Song' (live), 'Bullhorn Moon' (live), 'Another Sunday Saint', & 'High Wire' (acoustic). Saidera.

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    1. In the Trench
    2. Into [Import]
    3. In Tongues
    4. Into the Silence [Import]
    5. Into the Sun
    6. Into the Unknown [Import]
    7. Introducing [Original recording remastered] [Import]
    8. In Vogue [Import]
    9. In Voodoorama [Enhanced]
    10. Io Come Io [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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