70 Faces

70 Faces
Studio album by Blue Fringe
Released	June 5, 2005
Genre	Jewish rock, pop rock
Length	50:26
Label	Sameach
Blue Fringe chronology

Last updated March 05, 2019

70 Faces is the second studio album by the Jewish rock band Blue Fringe, released and distributed by Sameach Music on June 5, 2005. The title is a reference to Bamidbar Rabbah, which uses the phrase to explain the multifaceted nature of the Torah.

Jewish rock is a form of contemporary Jewish religious music that is influenced by various forms of secular rock music. Pioneered by artists like Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and the Diaspora Yeshiva Band, the genre gained popularity in the 1990s and 2000s with bands like Soulfarm, Blue Fringe, and Moshav Band that appealed to teens and college students, while artists like Matisyahu enjoyed mainstream crossover success.

Blue Fringe was an American Jewish rock band from New York City. Formed in 2001 by lead singer Dov Rosenblatt, the band's debut album, My Awakening (2003), sold more than 14,000 copies, an uncommon feat in the limited Jewish market, and became a runaway hit. Since then, the band has released two more albums, 70 Faces (2005) and The Whole World Lit Up (2007), and has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, and Israel. They were credited, along with Moshav and Soulfarm, with advancing Jewish rock in the early 2000s.

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Style and composition

70 Faces notably departs from the pop and adult contemporary sounds of My Awakening , instead incorporating blues, jazz, and funk elements similar to Shaggy and Jamiroquai, as well as alternative rock influences like Coldplay, Muse, and Radiohead.^[1]^[2]

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Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music.

<i>My Awakening</i> (album) album by Blue Fringe

My Awakening is the debut album by American Jewish rock band Blue Fringe, released on September 7, 2003. It was one of the first Orthodox Jewish rock releases in the United States, and the band was subsequently credited with advancing Jewish rock alongside Moshav and Soulfarm.

Lyrically, the album features more original English lyrics than My Awakening, although Hebrew prayers and scripture are still invoked. "Lo Irah" and "Roll" deal with persecution, while "Modim" expresses thanks to God for life's successes. The R&B-influenced "Shidduch Song", which appeared on the previous album as a hidden track, satirizes the confusing customs of New York's shidduch scene. The final track, "Hineini", is a dark ballad about the binding of Isaac.^[2]

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. In some cases, the piece of music may simply have been left off the track listing, while in other cases more elaborate methods are used. In rare cases a "hidden track" is actually the result of an error that occurred during the mastering stage of the record's production.

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Track listing

"Lo Irah" – 2:32
"Av Harachamim" – 3:43
"Modim" – 5:23
"Lifnei Adon" – 5:01
"Generations" – 3:50
"Shidduch Song" – 4:36
"Ein Mayim" – 4:14
"Shir Hashirim" – 6:30
"Roll" – 3:14
"70 Faces" – 3:48
"Hineini" – 5:49

Personnel

Blue Fringe

Dov Rosenblatt – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriting
Avi Hoffman – lead guitar
Danny Zwillenberg – drums
Hayyim Danzig – bass guitar

Dov Rosenblatt is an American Jewish singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and teacher. Currently based in Los Angeles, California, he is best known as the lead singer of the Jewish rock band Blue Fringe, who were credited along with Moshav and Soulfarm with advancing Jewish rock in the early 2000s. He has also been a member of the indie rock bands Fools for April, The Wellspring, and Distant Cousins. His music has appeared in several films, television shows, and advertisements.

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References

↑ Jacobson, Ben (Nov 23, 2005). "New York Jew-Rock". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 25 December 2015.
1 2 Leibovitz, Liel (July 2005). "Rock Of Ages". The Jewish Week . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved 8 Aug 2013.

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[1] Jacobson, Ben (Nov 23, 2005). "New York Jew-Rock". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[JWeek-2] 1 2 Leibovitz, Liel (July 2005). "Rock Of Ages". The Jewish Week . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved 8 Aug 2013.