Track Listing

1. Be Here Now
2. Gentlest Hammer
3. If You Ain't Got Love
4. Some Say I'm Not
5. Moon Sailing On The Water
6. Jackson Square
7. If You Need A Reason
8. Which Way Your Heart Will Go
9. Where The Sun Had Been
10. Jesus Are You Real

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32620 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-16
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
After four independent label releases, Mason Jennings became one of the first signings to the major subsidiary label of Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock. His naturally articulated, mid-range vocals bring to me the equally inviting Donovan, especially on "Some Say I'm Not," with its exotic rhythmic bed. The songs are full of a sort of optimistic searching, both romantic and spiritual. With the songs anchored by a first person vantage point, Jennings' friendly timbre makes for an utterly believable narrator. The arrangements are spare, but smartly constructed. The gentle piano flourishes and evocatively descending chords of "Moon Sailing on the Water" help to cast longing and dislocation in the hopeful glow of the restorative powers of the natural world. These ten songs by Jennings are like chamber music, each one given its own quietly powerful setting. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews

Soooo glad I bought this cd
This is my first Mason Jennings cd, I love it, it is original, beautifly arranged, it flows like honey, and makes you feel good, buy it, love it, and tell yer friends about it.

Peace,
Jesse in Vermont

Sonic Jewels
Mason Jennings' "Century Spring" was an impressive recording. "Boneclouds" is a good set. Jennings' voice is thin, which probably precludes his doing a set of cover tunes. But given his vocal idiosyncrasies, the material on this set rises above the usual. On "Some Say I'm Not" Jennings talk sings overlaid with a funky percussion and cymbals in an unusual but excellent track, "I've been to Egypt, I've been to Rome, I was a young man when I left my home, Looking for something I couldn't find, Now I'm back where I started, it was here all the time." His wife Amy joins him with subtle background vocals on "Moon Sailing on the Water." "Which Way Your Heart Will Go" is an acoustic love song that is gentle with Mason's fragile vocals, "Where would I be right now if all my dreams had come true? Deep down I know somehow I'd have never seen your face; this world would be a different place." "Be Here Now" that opens the CD has a melody that labors gently with Jennings' sincere vocals making an emotional connection, "All the doubts that linger, just set them free & let good things happen, let the future come into each moment like a rising sun." "Gentlest Hammer" is also a distinctive track with David King's original percussion. "Boneclouds," recorded in Minnesota, is a good set offers some sonic jewels. Enjoy!

One of the 10 Best Albums of 2006
This album will knock you over if you give it one chance. Simple as that.