SUSAN COWSILL: Just Believe It

Susan Cowsill

Just Believe It

© 2005 Susan Cowsill under license to Blue Corn Music (677967050524)

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Solo debut from former member of psych/pop band the Cowsills and the Continental Drifters.

notes

Here's what David Fricke had to say about "Just Believe It" in Rolling Stone:

"Long before there were teen divas, there was, in the late Sixties, Susan Cowsill:the junior chirping sister in the pop-psych family band the Cowsills, who resurfaced in the Nineties with Louisiana's alt-country answer to vintage Fairport Convention, the Continental Drifters. Just Believe It is Cowsill's first solo album, and it is the hardy, heartbreaking sound of a woman in the prime of her singing and songwriting life. "Palm of My Hand" and "Nanny's Song," a duet with Lucinda Williams, echo the healing melancholy and Cajun jangle of the Drifters. Cowsill also turns her inner Joan Jett loose, punching through "I Know You Know" and "Talkin'" like an avenging bar-band angel. The sole cover is a bayou-blues stroll through Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," an apt reflection on the good things that come to those who don't live by the clock."

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  • I'm in love again
    author: Brian Burrows

    Thank you Susan...again I can't help but be in love...I had a huge crush on you when I was 10 (1970)...now I'm head-over-heels again...this album is spectacular...bravo to You, Russ and all your band...Please don't ever stop making music...Best wishes always

  • Outstanding, Angelic and Astounding!
    author: Syra

    This CD is my gift to all my friends. I particularly love the Wawona interludes. The clarity of Susan's lyrics and her voice will take you to a place beyond time. Highly recommended! Thanks to Russ, Chris & Rob as well. :-)

  • Great Cd
    author: Marlene

    Susan, This is a wonderful CD. I just love it and am very impressed with your song writing and your beautiful voice. I hope you have much success with this cd. Thanks!!!!

  • a great cd
    author: cedric mosher

    every song tells a story great job susan!!!!

  • Fresh, friendly, rich and yet fun! Comfort food for the ears!
    author: Gary Holman

    One short listening made me believe it! Susan Cowsill is the real deal and this is music that major labels out to be putting out. This is a recording of substance. These are rich songs which are sung from life experience. Nanny's Song is a beautiful melody with a hauting refrain. These heartfelt words are sung with a daughter’s conviction. Gazebo reminds me of the Waif's and I love the Waif's. I personally would have preferred Crazy without the obligatory F word that seems so necessary these days, even then at least it is sung in context and one doesn’t get the feeling that is just sung for the sake of being Hip. The Palm of My Hand is perhaps my favorite cut on the whole CD. It’s a nice blend of great singing and wonderful musicianship. Christmastime and Just Believe are equally nice and fun to listen to. If you’re tired of rappers who cannot sing and posers who cannot write and pop music, which hast long lost its soul, this CD offers what weary ears have been waiting to hear. Let’s hope a major record label never get’s it’s hands on this recording, they would no doubt cut the heart and soul out of it and add it to shelves of pressings that they cannot give away.

  • FANTASTIC!
    author: Debbie

    I think this is a great cd. Susan you are a great artist. I've loved the Cowsills since the 60's and when I saw that you had a cd out now, I had to get it. I'm glad I did cause it is great!

  • author: Jeffrey

    I just recently became re-acquainted with the music of The Cowsills, as I remember listening them when I was a little kid. I've purchased a couple of their CD's, and it's refreshing to hear their fantastic music again. So I subsequently purchased Susan's CD - I love it! Susan is a true musical artist in her own right. Some of the songs remind me of music along the lines of The Eagles, Cowboy Junkies, Chris Isaak, Roy Orbison, etc. - this is a great CD Album. Highly recommended.

  • A beautiful, seamless, timeless masterpiece! A slam-dunk American treasure!
    author: Michael Clay

    This recording brings to the front a truly gifted singer- songwriter: Ms. Susan Cowsill. This is music for the ages. It has all the hallmarks of what will surely be regarded as a classic masterpiece. "Just Believe It" is a seamless and timeless recording from a true American treasure. She's ready for her close-up: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms. Susan Cowsill."

  • Fantastic
    author: Ed Goodstein

    This is a really fantastic album IMO, as good & in many ways even better than her work with Continental Drifters. There's a certain sense of 'hard won' optimism here, but by no means simplistic or clichéd. Her dramatic version of Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is great-- rivalled only by Denny's own interpretations I think. And her collaboration w. Lucinda Williams on "Nanny's Song" is just beautiful. The other songs are great too. It's true more pop gloss here than on the Drifters, but I think very well done. Glad to see this album more available now.

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