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- Date Released: January 1, 1996
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: 98 records / CD Baby
This Canada-centric outsider diva inspires big hugs.
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We Say...
B.J. Snowden is a prime example of a raw and somewhat awkward performer who radiates obvious talent. Her songs are instantly likeable and she captivates audiences of jaded hipsters. She lives in upstate Massachusetts, but her border-crossing love of Canada has sparked a half-dozen songs about the provinces. Her gigs are heartwarming and life-affirming. I've attended at least 25, and enjoyed every one. I've convinced plenty of skeptical friends to attend — and they always feel compelled to give her a hug after the last encore. Snowden doesn't know what "outsider" means. She's convinced she should be selling millions of CDs and earning big money on her music. (I don't disagree.) She gave permission to include her anthem "In Canada" on the first Key of Z compilation, but later told a mutual friend she was not happy about it — "Because," she said, "everyone else on the album is so terrible." Even among outsiders, there is disagreement about the value of each others' music.
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They Say...
A school teacher from Massachusetts, B.J. Snowden sings off-key and out of sync with her own drum machine backing, and offers stuff that's pretty personal, about her experiences living in Canada or her divorce. At her best, however, she sounds somewhere midway between Lene Lovich and Yoko Ono (much closer to the latter), and somehow she has attracted the attention of the B-52s' Fred Schneider, who introduced Snowden at her first New York show. Her first and, to date, only album, is very much an acquired taste, running the gamut from oddly attractive instrumentals (one with a vaguely folkish/calypso beat) to off-key homages to Canada and '50s pop parodies, but it may well appeal to anyone who enjoyed Yoko's Fly album.
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| 01. |  |
Us Navy Song |
2:40 |
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| 02. | |
Happy Beat |
2:43 |
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| 03. | |
In Canada |
3:31 |
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| 04. | |
La Luna Bella |
1:48 |
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| 05. | |
Ode to Lesley |
2:43 |
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| 06. | |
From the Chapel to the Courtroom |
2:21 |
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| 07. | |
The Sounds of Autumn |
1:53 |
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| 08. | |
98 |
1:46 |
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| 09. | |
Falling in and Out of Love |
3:24 |
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| 10. | |
From Phoenix to Yuma |
3:45 |
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| 11. | |
Living Is Easy |
2:40 |
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| 12. | |
Never Fear |
3:03 |
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12 Total Tracks, 32:17 Total Length
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