Garage Orchestra

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Garage Orchestra
Garage Orchestra.jpg
Studio album by
Cindy Lee Berryhill
Released1994
Genre Pop
Label Cargo Music
Producer Cindy Lee Berryhill, Michael Harris
Cindy Lee Berryhill chronology
Naked Movie Star
(1989)		Garage Orchestra
(1994)		Straight Outta Marysville
(1996)

Garage Orchestra is an album by the American musician Cindy Lee Berryhill, released in 1994. [1] [2] It marked a turn from the folk material of Berryhill's past, to a more orchestral pop sound. [3] [4] Berryhill was working in a San Diego bookstore when Cargo Music suggested that she record an album. [5] Berryhill subsequently named her band after the album. [6]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Berryhill and Michael Harris. [7] [8] It was recorded in San Diego, over six 10-hour days. [9] "Song for Brian" is a reverie about falling in love with Brian Wilson. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Trouser Press wrote that "an army of instrumentalists—playing everything from clarinet and cello to banjo, vibraphone and tympani—helps Berryhill deliver inventive, thoughtful, entertaining songs that fully deserve the diverse junior Phil Spector productions." [12] Rolling Stone noted that, "to songs whose raw, free ecstasies recall Patti Smith, Berryhill adds strings-and-timpani flourishes that echo Brian Wilson." [13]

The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that the music is "filled with Kurt Weill-meets-Brian Wilson forays." [14] The San Diego Union-Tribune called the album "a delightful collection of pithy songs that are simultaneously earthy and evocative, lyrical and lilting." [15] The Herald & Review listed Garage Orchestra as the seventh best album of 1994. [16]

AllMusic wrote: "The massed backing vocals, buzzing string sections, woodwinds, and [Randy] Hoffman's tympani, vibraphone, marimba, and other noisemakers give the songs a sound that's big and rich with nuance, but the music still has a playful quality, just ramshackle enough to be loose but still painting the big picture she requires with the layers of sound at her disposal." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Father of the Seventh Son" 
2."I Wonder Why" 
3."Radio Astronomy" 
4."Gary Handeman" 
5."Song for Brian" 
6."UFO Suite" 
7."I Want Stuff" 
8."Every Someone Tonight" 
9."Scariest Thing in the World" 
10."Etude for Ph. Machine" 

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References

  1. ↑ "Cindy Lee Berryhill Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16.
  2. ↑ Conway, Jamie (May 28, 1994). "Albums — Garage Orchestra by Cindy Lee Berryhill". Melody Maker. Vol. 71, no. 21. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Levine, Robert (13 June 1994). "Singer-songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill...". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Mendoza, Manuel (January 16, 1994). "Plundering Pop's Past". The Dallas Morning News. p. 1C.
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 571.
  6. ↑ Varga, George (December 8, 1993). "Locals pool their diverse acoustic resources". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. E6.
  7. ↑ "Album reviews — Garage Orchestra by Cindy Lee Berryhill". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 22. May 28, 1994. p. 50.
  8. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 100.
  9. ↑ Leighton, Ken (Apr 1, 1994). "Berryhill's new wave overlay of sound comes to the Casbah". Go. The Californian. p. 10.
  10. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (13 May 1994). "Cindy Lee Berryhill's Beach Boys' Noise". The Washington Post. p. N14.
  11. 1 2 "Garage Orchestra". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16.
  12. ↑ "Cindy Lee Berryhill". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Evans, Paul (Aug 25, 1994). "Rollin' & tumblin' — Garage Orchestra by Cindy Lee Berryhill". Rolling Stone. No. 689. p. 90.
  14. ↑ DeLuca, Dan (13 May 1994). "Cindy Lee Berryhill". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  15. ↑ Varga, George (March 31, 1994). "No foolin': Berryhill's at lyrical, lilting best". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 18.
  16. ↑ Cain, Tim (January 12, 1995). "Can you top this?". Herald & Review. p. A8.
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