There's A Rugged Road/The Kiss/The Pearl/Down Where The Valley's Are Low/The Vigilante/Soldier Of The Heart/The Phoenix/When The Bridegroom Comes/The Donor
Heart Food was the second and final album from the American singer songwriter Judee Sill. Her songs were critically acclaimed but she failed to make any kind of commercial breakthrough.
“This really is something else. Judee Sill has a wonderful voice, very pretty and clear as a bell. Her songs are complex and lovely. This is one of the most moving albums I've heard in some time.”
“Heart Food is a supremely gentle album that breaks over you like the first rays of sunlight in the morning. It deals in shades of softness and warmth and a certain fuzzy contentedness.”
“Everything is based primarily on guitar and piano, but other stringed instruments get added to the music, giving her otherwise personal and intimate songs a grandiose sense. Sill's singing has a unique quality, often starting her verses at a quieter, softer timbre before baring her teeth and singing as though she is making a plea to God.”
“This legendary artist is so far not really inciting legendary feelings in me. I also don't get how this is supposed to be really heart wrenching since this album is actually filled with upbeat songs. That said, her voice is really beautiful, so clear and rich.” “Judee Sill has a very clean and emotive voice, and she really makes the best out of it. She also manages to write some really memorable melodies and lyrics, at times a bit corny but never without honesty.”
“Her voice is eerie, almost unreal, I've never heard anything quite like it. The musicality of the songs holds little interest for me, it is perfectly alright Californian seventies folk of a sort that is immediately familiar with nice steel guitar and very clear production, but it is the voice at the centre of that stands out and captivates.”
“What strikes me most is the sheer variety she takes on and, most importantly, performs well. From the opener, with its country-tinged folk, through to the blues-rock hybrid of Soldier Of The Heart, to Judee's takes on traditional tracks.”
“The music here is hard to describe and must be heard, carefully, to understand. It shares the multi-tracking vocal and harmonic style of early to mid-period Joni yet the music is organic, unique, utterly real and ethereal.”
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