Joseph Arthur

Editor's Review:

Recorded on tour in support of the brilliant studio recording, Come To Where I'm From, Live At The Gypsy Tea Room presents a sonic glimpse of the amazing multi-layered richness of a Joseph Arthur solo performance.

Ten-minute versions of "Big City Secrets" and "Prison" show Arthur building, via tape loops recorded on the spot, a continuous musical bed of processed beats, guitar and vocals, over which he can play and sing the melodies of his darkly introspective songs. The sparse arrangements, however, of "Exhausted" and "In The Sun" — performed here with only raw voice and guitar — prove that the power of Arthur's performance does not rely on technology alone, but is founded on penetrating lyrics sung with wracked emotional intensity.

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Record Label Real World / Virgin Released May 2001

Tracks HISTORY BIG CITY SECRETS EXHAUSTED INVISIBLE HANDS I DONATED MYSELF TO THE MEXICAN ARMY IN THE SUN PRISON