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No Other (CD)

By: Gene Clark (Artist)

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Gene Clark Artist Snapshot:

A key member of the classic original line-up of the Byrds, Gene Clark helped invent folk-rock in the mid '60s and wrote several of their classic songs, including "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Eight Miles High." After his 1967 departure, Clark recorded masterpieces with Doug Dillard and the Gosdin Brothers that pioneered the fusion of country and rock. He perfected this highly poetic, layered country-rock as a solo artist on 1971's underappreciated WHITE LIGHT and 1974's baroque NO OTHER. He later collaborated again with his former Byrds bandmates in McGuinn, Hillman & Clark, and with singer Carla Olson in 1987. He died in 1991 due to alcoholism.

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DISC 1 for No Other (CD) Album By Gene Clark (Artist)
1   Life's Greatest Fool
2   Silver Raven
3   No Other
4   Strength Of Strings
5   From A Silver Phial
6   Some Misunderstanding
7   True One, The
8   Lady Of The North
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (3/14/03, p.67) - "...A missing link between '60s folkie Fred Neil and Beck's SEA CHANGE..." - Rating: A-
Q (11/03, p.127) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A long-lost gem, this 1974 affair mixes loping rhythms with gospel and funk tinges, innovative studio effects and tastefully extended playing..."
Uncut (9/03, pp.120-1) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Clark's lyricism was lashed to his finest vocal performance....It's the best album any Byrd ever made..."
Mojo (Publisher) (8/03, p.108) - 5 out of 5 stars - "...It's Clark's writing and the rough beauty of his voice that make NO OTHER so compelling..."

Title Note

Personnel: Gene Clark (vocals, guitar); Michael Utley (keyboards); Leland Sklar (bass instrument); Butch Trucks (drums); Cindy Bullens, Clydie King, Ronnie Barron, Timothy B. Schmit, Venetta Fields, Claudia Linnear, Shirley Matthews, Carlena Williams (background vocals).

Liner Note Author: Matt Greenwald.

Recording information: The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California.

Ex-Byrd Gene Clark's early-'70s solo efforts, which rank alongside the recordings of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in terms of quality, vision, and appeal, have been unjustly overlooked. This is particularly true of NO OTHER, Clark's 1974 coup de grace. While the focus of NO OTHER's excellent predecessors WHITE LIGHT and ROADMASTER was on stripped down, passionate country-rock, NO OTHER pushes Clark's aesthetic to another level entirely. A cadre of female backing vocalists lend gospel-drenched color to the album, taking Clark's excellent compositions to church, and giving the whole a sanctified feel.

Amid the strummed acoustics and weeping pedal steel of songs like "Life's Greatest Fool" and "The True One," there is also the expansive, orchestral feel of "Strength of Strings" which sounds like the Moody Blues by way of the Delta, and the exceptional title track, which encompasses sinuous blues, a light, synthesizer-touched groove, and gospel dreaminess. An unbeatable team of session musicians gives the record a solid backbone, while producer Thomas Jefferson Kaye adds a high gloss that puts NO OTHER with best of radio-ready '70s rock. Still, it is ultimately Clark's unique, superior songwriting and reflective lyrics that make NO OTHER a treasure worth seeking out.

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