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How to Grow a Woman from the Ground
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0015891401720
Label: Sugarhill
Manufacturer: Sugarhill
MPN: 4017
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sugarhill
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Studio: Sugarhill
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Editorial Review:
What goes around, comes around. As the resident rock star in Nickel Creek (contrasting with the trio's more reserved Watkins siblings), mandolinist Chris Thile has sent his music soaring in surprising directions from its bluegrass base. Though this solo release finds him dipping into the songbooks of the White Stripes ("Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground") and the Strokes ("Heart in a Cage"), much of the music sticks closer to tradition than Thile has in recent years. Among the highlights are an uptempo romp through Gillian Welch's "Wayside (Back in Time)," a pretty fair yodel on Jimmie Rodgers's "Brakeman's Blues," the close harmonies of the bluesy "If the Sea Was Whiskey," and Thile's original "You're an Angel and I'm Gonna Cry," classic country weeper. Five of the fourteen cuts are instrumental, with the opening "Watch 'at Breakdown" combining bluegrass instrumentation and jazzy sophistication, and "The Beekeeper" giving Thile's fingers a chance to fly. --Don McLeese
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If This Is Your Stop, Maybe You Should Just Get Off...
Who is a musical expert? I don't have a degree. I've just been listening to music for some 35 years now. Folk, rock, bluegrass, jazz...it doesn't take talent to listen. But I think I can hear talent, creativity, and originality by now. If I'm right about that, you folks using the word "mediocre" better look it up. "Of moderate or low quality" is really your impression of this album? Forget the material, this album is played at a level equivalent to professional symphony orchestras and Broadway pit ... Read More
Rating: - The gap needs to be bridged
This album is another success from one of the world's greatest mandolin players. He has chosen an eclectic array of songs to create an album that hits at almost every emotion. The musicianship is inarguably topnotch, which only compliments the song writing and various covers.
As long as I have listened to Nickel Creek I have found only one constant in the musical stylings of Chris Thile... there is no constant. He has dipped into seemingly every genre of music. If it is unwavering clean ... Read More
Rating:  - Hey Thile, why the F-bomb?
I wasted my money. I was enjoying this until Thile found it necessary to drop an "F-bomb". One word ruined the entire album for me.
A big fan greatly dissapointed!!!
If clean lyrics are what you're looking for, look elsewhere.
Rating: - I really wanted to give it fewer stars
Even with the offensive F-bomb, and a couple songs that are ever so slightly boring... even at the risk of giving a bigger head to a "lost himself in stardom" young star; I simply cannot give this album anything less than 5 stars. I've been listening to quite a few greats like Grisman and Marshall and though they certainly deserve heaps of props, I sincerely believe that Chris is simply the best mandolin player ever. Not only that, he has uncanny prowess for composition and improvisation, the likes ... Read More
Rating:  - A Mix of Quality and Mediocrity
To be blunt, I haven't particularly cared for Thile's recent, not-quite-successful synthesis of jazz, bluegrass, folk and alt/indie rock. I was excited to hear that Chris was trying to get back to his roots with this album, but am slightly disappointed with the net results. The reintroduction of the banjo, fiddle and upright bass, as well as the integration of more traditional tempos and melodies establishes that unmistakable bluegrass sound. However, this album lacks the grace and charm of Chris' ... Read More
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