Track Listing

1. Opaline
2. Angels or Devils
3. Somewhere in the Middle
4. Every Little Thing
5. When Morning Comes
6. Home
7. Today, Tonight
8. Mad Life
9. Candleburn
10. Nashville Skyline
11. Drawn Out

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38548 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-23
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
J.R. Richards's tenor voice oscillates between the silky ease of one who knows the girls in the audience will be drying their eyes and the disgruntled ache of a teenager who's just been grounded. He plays both of these aspects well throughout Opaline, lending his voice greater versatility than it may actually possess. Though they often drift pleasantly, Richards's lyrics are never vague--they state with straightforward eloquence that this whole "life" thing is not easy, just worth it. The music complements the vocal work simply and well, creating an overall sound for Dishwalla that seems refreshed and reinvigorated rather than new or different. Do not expect flashy and surprising new musical work, but if you liked Dishwalla before--even if you never admitted it but secretly did--nothing here will disappoint. --Mark Huntsman

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Dishwalla
As good as some of their earlier albums. I know it's not new, but I didn't have the possibility to buy until now. You now, Dishwalla are not that big outside US, so I (livining in Sweden) didn't know it existed until I did some random web-searching some time ago. I've been in love with their music ever since my time in the US (studying). I'm glad that they are still going strong!

Best Dishwalla CD to date.....
All Dishwalla CD's have some great tunes, but this is their best work so far. The only semi-single is "Somewhere in the Middle," which is a great tune, but there are many others that blow it away. "Angels or Devils" may be one of the greatest musical secrets of all time.

Dishwalla...Every little thing
Dishwalla is quite big in the Philippines, but what prevents this band being great is the availablity of their stuff. My first sampling of this band, was of course counting blue cars. there are only about 2 or 3 radio stations in metro manila playing their stuff, and particularly one station klite1035 played stuff from this album in fairly good rotation. songs like every little thing, somewhere in the middle, angels and devils kept playing in my mind. and i said to myself, i gotta have this album no matter what. i've searched long & hard for this album everywhere, but to no avail. luckily , i have a sister in new jersey who i asked to send me the opaline album as a xmas gift back in 2005. eversince, this cd never left my playlist. you know what? this cd is quite rare in the country and there are only a handful who could lay claim they have an authentic copy. other notable great songs include, madlife, nashville skyline and a personal fave - home. thanks to amazon.com, i now have all their albums. looking forward to their next.