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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0015707984324 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Vanguard Records Manufacturer: Vanguard Records MPN: 79843 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Vanguard Records Release Date: September 25, 2007 Studio: Vanguard Records Editorial Review: Product Description: Nellie McKay returns with Obligatory Villagers, a 9-song odyssey and follow-up to Pretty little head, one of the best-reviewed records of 2006. Like its predecessor, Villagers produced, arranged, written and performed by Nellie, this time featuring an ensemble of jazz greats, including Phil Woods, Dave Liebman and Bob Dorough. An early review from Pitchfork testifies, from the cheeky ukulele-and-tap-shoes dance break! in the middle of album opener Mother of Pearl to the chorus of brain-hungry zombies on a finale titled, yes, Zombie , Villagers finds Nellie and her collaborators at their most lively and rambunctious. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - excellent!Great music and lyrics. Nellie McKay has phenomenal insight and style. Her music is diverse, validating, and inspiring! She has an amazing voice and wit, and her creativity knows no bounds. Rating:  - Peaks and ValleysMs. McKay has both a tremendous amount of talent and energy. Her voice is rather ordinary, but her musicianship is wonderful. Her lyric writing is sometimes brilliant and sometimes amateurish. often all within the same song. Obligatory Villagers is to my ear probably her best CD so far with less low spots and excess than her previous CDs. But I think and know she can do better. My view is that Ms. McKay needs someone like a modern day Norman Ganz to harness her immense ... Read More Rating: - Great Subversive PotentialNellie McKay has received a lot of positive press, but the further west you get of, say, Greenwich Village, the less well known she is. So I bought this c.d., way out west, with some degree of anticipation. And the anticipation was fulfilled, and then some, on the opening number, "Mother of Pearl." Is this a slap at feminism, or a slap at those who would slap at feminism? Judging by the tag line, "I'm Dennis Kucinich, and I approve this message," I'm guessing the latter. Whichever, it's ... Read More Rating: - A Heart PounderI never get tired of Nellie McKay. She is a delight with endless range humor, intelligence and glorious music. Rating: - Obligatory VillagersThis is a pleasant enough CD but not as good as the previous ones ' Pretty Little Head' and the superb debut ' Get Away from Me'. Moor of the same really with an eclectic mix of styles as usual. Don;t like the first track much but unlike most CDs it gets better as it goes on. I find it a bit over orchestrated at times and there is a lack of faster tracks this time. Well worth a listen though. Simon Fyffe |
