I certainly hope not, because I've been playing this CD over and over ever since I got my greedy little hands on it. So, slip on some ear buds, or sit quietly with a good stereo, and listen to a fresh new voice in contemporary music. Despite this limitation, Teng's voice fits most of her material, and the production engineers made sure her voice stands out. I had to listen to "Warm Strangers" on headphones for both my listenings, or else her voice would have gotten lost in road noise in the car and the rustle of everyday noise at home. Her voice is high and whispery, with some punch in the middle of her range. Teng's vocals are both an asset and a liability on this CD. Nothing earth-shaking in the songs' messages, but the songs are two cuts above the standard "I love you, baby" and "follow your bliss" songs. These are up-tempo pop songs with catchy hooks and intelligent lyrics. Combined with starkness of just Teng's voice, Passage is a powerful lyrical and emotional experience.īoth "Harbor" and "Hope on Fire" just might find their way to your local adult contemporary music station. The vision of people incompletely patching up their lives rocked me. Most of the people I know who've thought about what would happen to loved ones after they die consider only the near-term impact. What sat me back in my chair was the look four years and decades after a death. Passage, an a cappella reflection of the lives of those most dear to you after death, both soon and a long time after, is a fresh and daring approach to a topic many consider in their bleak moments. On the second listen, I felt tears well up. The Atheist's Christmas Carol's sentiments are spiritual without being religious, focusing on the healing that we can all give to each other at an otherwise bleak time of year. And as another reviewer noted, the spare use of a muted trumpet at just the right times is a thing of beauty. I can almost hear the Hispanic street sounds that Teng alludes to, and the introspective musing sounds right in line with the drift of thought you might indulge in while cradling a warm cup of tea or coffee in your hands, looking out the window of a restaurant or coffee shop. Since I live in the Bay Area of California, Mission Street is my sentimental favorite. Harbor and Hope on Fire for their musical accessibility. Mission Street, Passage, and The Atheist's Christmas Carol for their lyrics Snatches of lyrics and motifs from "Warm Strangers," on the other head, linger in my head for days after I hear them.įrom my perspective, there are five standout tracks on the CD: The first, from the throaty contralto Mary Fahl, was a severe disappointment. My experiences of the two were on opposite ends of the spectrum. This was the second CD this year I purchased on the basis of an NPR interview with the artist. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click "Continue without accepting" to reject, or "Customize Cookies" to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Your choice applies to using first-party and third-party advertising cookies on this service. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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