The Palace At 4am (Part I)

the palace at 4am (part i)

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Undertow Records and PressGang Media Group proudly announce the April 23, 2002 release of The Palace at 4 A.M. (part1) by former Wilco guitarist, noted producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jay Bennett, and fellow Chicagoan singer/songwriter Edward Burch (Steve Pride, Handsome Family.) The duo plans to kick-off this debut release with a tour hitting the East Coast and Midwest starting in late April with label mates Dolly Varden.

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The Palace At 4am (Part I)

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Jay Bennett Seems to Have Been at Least 70% of Wilco
Clarifying raven2017
Drinking On Your Dime
This isn't Wilco...but that's good!
The truth about Wilco's talent...

The Palace At 4am (Part I)
Jay Bennett , and Edward Burch
Manufacturer: Undertow Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063Y3E
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

Puzzle Heart
Talk To Me
Whispers Or Screams
Shakin' Sugar
C.T.M.
Drinking On Your Dime
My Darlin'
No Church Tonight
Fireworks
Forgiven
Like A Photograph
Venus Stopped The Train
California
Little White Cottage
It Hurts

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Undertow Records and PressGang Media Group proudly announce the April 23, 2002 release of The Palace at 4 A.M. (part1) by former Wilco guitarist, noted producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jay Bennett, and fellow Chicagoan singer/songwriter Edward Burch (Steve Pride, Handsome Family.) The duo plans to kick-off this debut release with a tour hitting the East Coast and Midwest starting in late April with label mates Dolly Varden.

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Jay Bennett Seems to Have Been at Least 70% of Wilco.......2007-01-27

It seems like Wilco with Jay Bennett sounds a lot like Jay Bennett without Wilco. Or at least, Jay's influence in Wilco was greater than I once thought. I really never gave Jay's music much of a chance after the Wilco split. Why? I don't really know; all I know is that I've missed out on some great music. I am still a big Wilco fan, and I think Tweedy is a great songwriter. But Jay Bennett was a huge part of that band. Listen to A Ghost Is Born, and compare it to the previous 3 Wilco records. Its all an opinion, but to me, they were much better with Jay than without. Do yourselves a favor..if you like Wilco, buy all of Jay's solo stuff. I doubt it will disappoint.

Clarifying raven2017.......2004-07-30

I could not submit a review without giving it a rating, so I randomly went with 4 stars.

Jay Bennett did not simply "have a hand" in writing "My Darlin'.'' Rather he WROTE the song. Our version (the one which appears on P4AM) is the original, and Summerteeth's is the cover, in spite of their flip-flopped order of release.

As for "Shakin' Sugar" and "Venus," we have always been very clear right from the start that these songs were Tweedy/Bennett collaborations ("check your fileshares" suggests cloak-and-dagger antics). If "Sugar" sounds like Wilco's "Alone," it shouldn't be surprising because the basic tracks are the same. WHY are they the same? Because Jay Bennett played EVERY instrument on the Wilco version. We simply added some more stuff to it and put it on our record.

As to whether people like our record better or Wilco's records better, I do not really care. I make records because I enjoy it. I just wanted to clarify a mis-informed opinion.

Thanks,
Edward Burch

Drinking On Your Dime.......2003-07-11

I purchased this disc mainly for the song "Drinking On Your Dime" which i heard in a movie which I do not recall the name of. Great melodies are all through the songs and was so happy that this did not turn out to be one of those cd's you buy for one song and it turns out that nothing else is worth listening too. The song mentioned however is worth the price of the disc, great tune.

This isn't Wilco...but that's good!.......2003-06-16

I suppose it's natural for the breakup of a band (or one musician's removal as was the case with Jay Bennett being forced to leave Wilco) to cause fans to take sides and proclaim one side the victor. This happened when Uncle Tupelo broke up and people took sides either with Jay Farrar or Jeff Tweedy. Personally, I couldn't care. They are both stellar musicians and I've enjoyed their respective work over the past several years.

This album by Jay Bennett is surprisingly good and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Son Volt/Jay Farrar, Wilco, Ryan Adams, or any other singer-songwriter who sings with passion. No, it's not Wilco, but for that I'm thankful. If he had left the band and tried only to repeat what Wilco was doing, he would be bashed left and right. Give the man some props for doing his own thing and enjoy it for what it is...Great music.

The truth about Wilco's talent..........2003-04-14

Admittedly, one could have gotten very nervous upon learning Jay Bennett was leaving Wilco; his pop sensibilities helped make "Summerteeth" one of the best records of the '90s and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" the best record thus far of the new millennium. However, we may have been wrong: Jeff Tweedy, Wilco's leader and perhaps the more creative of the two, is where Wilco's big steps and successes have come. Disagree? Listen to some of the Wilco tracks in comparison to the Bennett/Burch ones...
"My Darling," from "Summerteeth," outweighs dramatically the one presented here in terms of both production and singing ability (Tweedy has matured greatly as a singer since his Uncle Tupelo days while Bennett seems to have gotten even worse since debuting on Wilco's 1996 masterpiece "Being There").
That being said, there are a couple absolutely brilliant tracks on here, "Shakin' Sugar" and "Venus Stopped the Train." Wait a minute! Check your fileshare programs, everybody! Find a song called "Alone" from the "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" demos, and you'll see it bears a striking resemblance to this song--it IS, in fact, the same tune. Same is true of "Venus Stop the Train" from the same sessions. The fact is that Bennett had a hand in writing all three mentioned songs. All are brilliant songs, but most will likely find Wilco's versions better mainly because of Tweedy's involvement. Jeff has also proven that he can create well-crafted pop tunes without Bennett's involvement (see the great "Chelsea Walls" collaboration with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche); Bennett has a long way to go to live up to that (especially if he keeps singing, which isn't highly recommended).

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