Title: Listening for the long run
Product review: Save for "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness," her first four albums were high songcraft. Lyric, delivery and melody in symmetry. "Ancient Heart" has the benefit of having her most recognizable song: "Twist in my sobriety," but other than that, any of her first three albums (Ancient Heart, The Sweet Keeper, Everybody's Angel) and find the same three elements executed consistently. These albums remind me of Van Morrison's "Poetic Champions Compose." A terrific album but not particularly differentiable from the records that came just before and after. Further, it's hard to identify a single song that speaks for the album. In other words, there is no hit single. Over time, Tikaram will be appreciated for the accumulated body of her work rather than any single song or album. I'm shocked to see several of her albums unavailable here in the US. A sad state of affairs that I hope will be fixed by numerous future releases of the quality of her previous ones.
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