SAM BAKER: pretty world

Sam Baker

pretty world

© 2007 Sam Baker (750532055329)

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How beautiful are these days.

notes

So cold outside but inside...
A celebration
Dinner is ready they say
Come to the table
Come
These days
How beautiful...

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  • Pretty World
    author: Jerry Harville

    This guy has an almost haunting still. Shades of Hank Sr. and Roy Orbison! I bought the first one unheard this one is so good!

  • Pretty World
    author: Maurice A Cowden

    I went online to read the interview and listen to a couple of songs. I was very favorably impressed and ordered the cd. I was even more impressed when I listened to the complete album. I then played the interview for 2 of my children who also loved his sound. Keep up the good work Sam!

  • One of the best!
    author: Michael Satterwhite

    This is an amazing recording. I listen to, and seek out, many varieties of music. Sam's Pretty World pulled me up short and I've just had to listen to it time and time again. I love it and am purchasing copies for good friends. Keep up the good work Sam!

  • What a pretty world!
    author: Gerard van Mook

    This is the best cd I heard in months. Wonderful music, fantastic, moving lyrics. Sam Baker has become one of my favorits. I hope he comes to the Netherlands for a few concerts.

  • author: alex macneil

    received both albums fantastic the guy can write wonderful songs. hope to catch him live next time hes in scotland and im not even a country fan.

  • Fingers
    author: Ben Sutton

    Brilliant! But remember the Django could only use two fingers of his fretting hand.

  • author: Bert Batenburg

    beautiful lyrics, beautiful songs

  • Sam's his own man ...
    author: Andrew Hawkey

    It helps to know the extraordinary story of Sam Baker's brush with death and subsequent reconstruction - it explains his minimalist voice and oddly halting delivery, but these are themselves among his unique strengths; and when you factor in his literate and humanitarian writing, and the breathtaking instrumental arrangements, it's little wonder everyone's so excited. His melodies are often cut from the same limited template, but no more so than Van Zandt, Clark, and Prine, with whom he's been compared. But comparisons are lazy - after a few listens to this (and Mercy), you just know that Sam's his own man. Totally life-affirming.

  • Pretty World
    author: Ivor SMITH

    If you liked Mercy, you'll love this! Voice and half-spoken delivery remind me of Todd Snider, songwriting more poetic though (and that's not to take anything away from Todd, his songs have more humour I think). Anyway, another treasured item in my collection. Thanks Sam!

  • Pretty World
    author: Sue Bavin

    Another great album. This guy is very talented and I cant wait to see him perform live.

  • THE NAME THAT CANNOT BE NAMED
    author: Cynthia C. Fontenot

    The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu says "The name that can be named is not the eternal name"....Putting a label on Sam Baker's work "pretty world" is taking away from it. It is THAT GOOD!! It is nameless and is thus "the origin of all things." Thank you Sam for sharing these thoughts and stories with us!!

  • SAM STRIKES AGAIN
    author: REMO CORINTI

    HEY GUYS, THIS IS A GREAT MASTERPIECE, I THINK IT'S AS GOOD AS MERCY, SO BUY THEM BOTH, FIND TWO HOURS AND LISTEN TO THE ALBUMS TOGETHER. YOU WILL JUMP ON YOUR CHAIR AND SAY: SAM, YOU ARE THE GREAT SONGWRITER ON THE PLANET! I DID IT!GOOD LUCK FOR ALL, SAM. CIAO AMICO.

  • Pretty World
    author: Mick Beagley

    The problem with this album is that I decide which is my favourite track then play the album again ,and change my mind,again,again and again!The excellent music forces you to listen closely to the capturing words.All involved in producing this terrific experience should be proud and heartily congratulated.Next album??

  • pretty world
    author: the marimba belles

    I, as a teacher of instrumental music absolutely your arrangements. It proves one doesn't have to be noisy and unsubtle to capture the mood. Sensitive and moving. Thanks for posting it on the site so we can all enjoy your creativity.

  • Another gem.
    author: Bt Cat

    What can you say about Sam Baker? The best "dusty" songwriter in the business today. The comparison range from Prine to G.Clark but he's truly unique. It's only once every decade or so that we're fortunate enough to hear a new legend in the making and this guy is it.

  • Superb Storytelling
    author: Chris M.

    Pretty World is a work of art, absolutely beautiful. I cannot get enough of it.

  • you don't have to have a good voice
    author: music is life

    Music, like visual art is conceptual. This album demonstrates this admirably. You don't need a good voice to make a very compelling album. The concept, I find, is extraordinary, and the result... well, just alot of fun and eminently listenable.

  • Pretty Cool
    author: Eric Lehto
  • VERY VERY VERY PLEASANT CD
    author: Bert Visser
  • Amazing songs, technically brilliant, western ambient
    author: RstJ

    This is extraordinary--like Beirut, but in a western context with fantastic lyrics (check out the beginning of "Juarez") and a technique that really stands out. songsillinoismp3.blogspot.com turned me on to this. Glad they did. RstJ

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