專輯名稱：Dogs & Donkeys
歌手姓名：Christian Kiefer
唱片公司：Undertow Music
發行日期：2007-07-10
專輯流派：Indie
Broken homes. Sweeping landscapes. A castle. A yellow house. A steel bridge. A length of rope. Angels and devils. And of course economics. Always economics.
These are the images that flow through Dogs & Donkeys, Christian KieferÆs fifth full-length album and the first full-length project released by Undertow.
Like all of KieferÆs releases, the images in Dogs & Donkeys coalesce around a particular theme. This album is ôaboutö economics, although noting this fact so bluntly denies the subtlety with which the topic is addressed. Telling two narratives simultaneously, KieferÆs new album interweaves completely disparate lives into a single narrative thread, ultimately exploring the relationships between economic pressures from a variety of angles.
Of course, such concerns are risky. One can easily slip into Roger Waters territory: grandiosity or pretentious psychobabble or soapbox-style proselytizing. But KieferÆs concerns here are not to preach, but rather to explore, and his careful imagery speaks volumes of his background in the study of American literature (in fact, Kiefer recently completed a Ph.D. in the subject at the University of California, Davis).
Perhaps because of his interest in poetry and fiction, KieferÆs latest project (like his previous releases on Extreme) has a novelistic quality. The imagery bisects territory staked out by T.S. Eliot and Saul Bellow and mixes with the poetry of James Wright.
Kiefer has been fortunate enough to have worked with such fine instrumentalists as Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, and Joe Craven (all former or present members of the David Grisman Quintet) and Kronos Quartet-alum Joan Jeanrenaud.
01 Prologue
02 Pretty White Clouds
03 The Lovers
04 Economic Theory
05 Taxonomy
06 No Swan So Fine
07 Afterglow
08 Coronation Day
09 Stay
10 Fisher king
11 Lie Still
12 Slow Rivers
13 Epilogue
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