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Joe Henry - Scar

Joe Henry
Scar

On Scar, Joe Henry makes lounge music that sounds like it should've come from the decaying slums of some Eastern European dictatorship during the last days of the Cold War. What's frustrating is that much of the instrumentation here is more engaging than the songs; Scar's parts add up to more than its whole. Guitarist Marc Ribot provides some quietly majestic playing throughout, and there is an inspired sax solo from guest Ornette Coleman on the opener, "Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation." On that song, Henry invokes perhaps the ultimate saloon moment: "Excuse me while I disappear," he sings, echoing Frank Sinatra's famed ending on "Angel Eyes." Like that misery classic,
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Scar's songs mostly sputter about an unnamed "you" whose persecutions have left the narrator stuck in besotted melancholy. "I look at you as the thing I wanted most/You look at me, and it's like you've seen a ghost," moans Henry. But where Sinatra found grandeur in this sort of thing, Henry turns from lovelorn to irritatingly existential. "You left me with everything, knowing it would never be enough," goes a typical lament on "Rough and Tumble." It's a moving enough sentiment when the bar is propping you up at 3 a.m., but you don't have to worry with Scar: The morning light will show it's just a paper cut. (RS 869 - May 24, 2001)

RICHARD ABOWITZ

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Artist	Title	Condition	Format	Price USD [Change]	Seller	Location
Henry Joe	Scar Henry,joe - Scar Upc: 720616550729 Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation< Fontana Mammoth...	Brand New	CD	$7.34	BetamOnline	USA
Henry Joe	Scar Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nationstop< Pmam, 5/15/2001	Brand New	CD	$7.35	MusicImport	USA
Henry Joe	Scar Mammoth/fontana	NEW	CD	$10.45	GrooveNet	USA
Henry Joe	Scar E	NEW	CD	$10.78	HARD TO FIND	USA
Henry Joe	Scar Fnmm165507.2 new Copy/ Barcode: 720616550729 Releasedate: 05 15 2001 Style:rock Title: Scar Special Order		CD	$22.33	CDExpress	Netherl
Henry, joe	Scar	New	CD	$8.57	CDQuest	USA
Henry, joe	Scar 2001 Mammoth		CD	$8.63	apexcd	USA
Henry, joe	Scar Cd. Release Date: 05/15/2001. Us, Pmam, 720616550729, 05/15/2001	NEW	CD	$9.11	SilverDisc	USA
Henry, joe	Scar Rock/pop	NEW	CD	$10.72	GrooveNet	USA
Henry, joe	Scar Usa, Mammoth Special Order	New	CD	$13.29	CD Euroxpres	USA
Henry, joe	Scar Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, Records…): 1. International... Special Order	NEW/NEU! (	CD	$42.68	Total Recall	Germany
Henry, joe	Scar Press Kit, Henry, Joe: Scar, Shot In White Jacket, Patterned Wallpaper Backdrop, Pic By Melanie N...		Press Kit	$12.60	Music Obsess	USA
Henry, joe	Scar 10 Tracks Full Length Cd, Henry, Joe: Scar 10 Tracks, Mammoth 65507/stock/booklet Ps/hibc/'01... Richard P...	LIKE NEW	CD	$8.40	Music Obsess	USA
Joe Henry	Scar Brand New From A Seller With A High Star Rating 05/15/2001	Brand New	CD	$7.50	EverCheap	USA
Joe Henry	Scar Year: 2001; Label: Fontana Mammoth	Very Good	CD	$8.86	SSM Music	USA
Joe Henry	Scar Status: Available Label: Mammoth Catalog: 165507 Genre: Rock / Pop Subgenre: Rock / Pop Format: C...	New	CD	$11.39	VibrantSound	USA
Joe Henry	Scar Uk	EX/EX	CD	$20.39	Ear of the	UK

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