LORI CARSON

EVERYTHING I TOUCH RUNS WILD

 Disc one :
  1/  Something's Got Me                         (Carson)                      5.30
  2/  Make a Little Luck                         (Carson)                      4.17
  3/  Black Thumb                                (Carson)                      4.54
  4/  Snow Come Down                             (Carson)                      4.34
  5/  Whole Heart                                (Carson)                      5.28
  6/  Fade                                       (Carson)                      4.38
  7/  Souvenir                                   (Carson,Chandler)             4.26
  8/  Train                                      (Carson)                      5.14
  9/  Greener                                    (Carson)                      3.20
  10/ I Saw the Light                            (Rundgren)                    3.50
  11/ Something's Got Me (original)              (Carson)                      5.00

 Disc two : Remixes
  1/  Something's Got Me                         (Carson)                      6.15	
      (Curse of the Voodoo Swamp Mix Ext. Vers.) Remix by Philip Steir
  2/  Something's Got Me                         (Carson)                      5.32
      (Think Slick Mix)                          Remix by Anton Fier
  3/  I Saw the Light                            (Rundgren)                    4.05
      (Homegrown Fantasy Mix)                    Remix by Anton Fier
  4/  Something's Got Me                         (Carson)                      6.16
      (Instant Drip Hop Mix)                     Remix by Philip Steir

          Recorded at Lori's apartment on Sixth Avenue in New York City
          Additional recording at Power Station, New York, Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn,
            New York and the Knitting Factory, New York City
          Produced by Lori Carson
          Tracks 3 and 7 produced by Lori Carson and Anton Fier
          Additional production and remixes on tracks 1 and 8 by Anton Fier
Disc one:
Lori Carson: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Bill Laswell (1): bass; Brian Gocher (1,8,11): programming, bass; Anton Fier (1,3,7,8): programming, drums; Chris Cunningham (1,2,3,6,7,9,11): sarod, acoustic guitar, ebow, electric guitar; Steve Bernstein (1,11): trumpet; Lydia Kavanagh (1,3,4,6,7,10,11): background vocals; Beth Sorentino (2,6): piano; Jane Scarpantoni (2,6,8): cello; Rachelle Garnier (2): accordion; Knox Chandler (3,4,5,7,8,9,10): bass, noise-boy guitar swells, ambient guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar; Rus Irwin (3,4,5): piano, Hammond organ, tambourine; Matthew Pierce (6): viola, violin; Juliann Klopotic (6): violin; Rueben Radding (6): bass; Alan Bezozi (10): drums, percussion.

Disc two:
Lori Carson: vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals; Brian Gocher (1,2,4): programming; Anton Fier (1,2,4): programming; Bill Laswell (1,2,4): bass; Chris Cunningham (1,2,4): sarod, ebow, guitar; Steve Bernstein (1,2,4): trumpet; Lydia Kavanagh (1,2,4): backround vocals; Knox Chandler (3): bass, ambient guitar; Beth Sorentino (3): harmony vocal.

String arrangement on disc one, track 6 by Jane Scarpantoni

          1997 - Restless (USA), 7-72923-2 (2CD)

REVIEWS :

Lori Carson is possibly best associated with The Golden Palominos, the ever- morphing group of Anton Fier. On her solo record, Carson displays that she, too, can play along with all those breathy girlie singers who emote over acoustic guitars and various instrumentation. Generally you can expect an entire album of non-offensive, safe material that seldom even approaches anything remotely out of the expected paradigm. Her voice isn't bad at all and these are the sort of songs that you might play late at night while reading a novel or as low background music to a pedicure. Tori Amos, she ain't. But at the same time, it might just appeal to those who get a kick out of breathy girlie singers.

John Chedsey (courtesy of Satan Stole My Teddybear website.)

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Both as a solo artist and as part of Californian [Fier is New York based by way of Cleveland -- SW] roots pop outfit Golden Palominos, Lori Carson has thus far rode in that murky undertow of receiving some critical, but little popular, acclaim. That might be because Carson also falls into both the sub-Amos and downer-core-whiny-chick genres. With a soft, fulsome voice of gorgeous clarity, Carson SOUNDS promising; however, on her third solo album, evocatively titled "Everything I Touch Tuns Wild", that voice remains on the same sonic level, just as the songs never leave a slow, to slightly less slow, tempo. Joined by such musical luminaries as bass player/producer Bill Laswell, Lounge Lizard's Steven Bernstein on trumpet, and Golden Palominos' singer Lydia Kavanagh, Carson's introspective songwriting is filled out - never fluffed up! - but the air remains spacious and languorous. "Everything I Touch Runs Wild" is a melancholic, hazy, ambient folk-pop record, both subtle and sensitive but requiring rather a lot of patience.

Linda Laban (courtesy of the Focus Magazine website)