Wayward Angel | 
| Artist: Kasey Chambers
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 12210
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 48811
UPC: 009362488112
EAN: 0009362488112
ASIN: B0002SPPI2
Release Date: September 14, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Pony | | • | Hollywood | | • | Stronger | | • | Bluebird | | • | More Than Ordinary | | • | Wayward Angel | | • | Paper Aeroplane | | • | Like A River | | • | For Sale | | • | Follow You Home | | • | Mother | | • | Guilty As Sin | | • | Lost And Found | | • | Saturated |
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On her third album, Chambers has weathered a storm of publicity and expectation by clinging to her deeply southern--as in Australian--roots. She stands by her Dead Ringer Band kin (brother Nash Chambers produces and father Bill Chambers plays lead guitar), and her delicate songs continue to celebrate the innocence and wonder of loving and being loved. The slight adult-contemporary sheen never outshines the blues and bluegrass flourishes--indeed, "Follow You Home" rips like a Del McCoury breakdown--as she explores all the poetic potential of the conditional voice. "If I were lost would you shout my name out loud?" and "If you were a river run dry, well I'd sing you sweet by and by" are more than coy conceits. They're unforced glimpses of grace, earned by remaining faithful to who she is. Even in a holding pattern, the sweet strength of Chambers's voice and songs find room to soar. --Roy Kasten
Album Description
Kasey Chambers' third solo album, Wayward Angel, debuted #1 (and remains so over a month later) in her native Australia, where she is a huge star. In the U.S. she has built a solid fan base thanks to touring, critical acclaim and word-of-mouth. Partly born of tradition, partly of the times, more than a little country but with a healthy dose of rock 'n' roll, Wayward Angel is a singersongwriter album for those who find their musical heaven off the beaten path.
Album Description
Kasey Chambers' third solo album, Wayward Angel, debuted #1 (and remains so over a month later) in her native Australia, where she is a huge star. In the U.S. she has built a solid fan base thanks to touring, critical acclaim & word-of-mouth. Partly born of tradition, partly of the times, more than a little country but with a healthy dose of rock 'n' roll, Wayward Angel is a singer/songwriter album for those who find their musical heaven off the beaten path.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
Consistently Close to Excellence January 15, 2005
MZ (Novinger, MO United States)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I will say this upfront about Kasey Chambers: she consistently creates great albums that are only a few songs away from being excellent. Such is the case with her newest release. When sticking to the Americana-style of roots music, she approaches genius. But her occasional musical journeys into soft pop weigh the entire collection down. Two or three of the songs (including Paper Aeroplane) are bland, and bring nothing new to the listener; at least not this listener. That's fine though; the ten terrific songs are well worth what I paid for the CD.
 "Wayward Angel" Soars to New Heights of Pleasure November 5, 2004
T. Yap (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
47 out of 54 found this review helpful
Prime Cuts: Pony, Bluebird, Like a River
Former lead singer of Australian country band Dead Ringer Band, singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers returns with her third solo album, "Wayward Angel." Once again, this Aussie native serves notice by her insightful lyrics and her keening vocals, often compared to a more angst Emmylou Harris with a trace of Iris Dement's nasal tinge. Like all her solo albums, "Wayward Angel" defies any genre categorization: there's a dose of country-pop, a splash of folk, a pinch of rock and definitely a noticeable slice of bluegrass. Nevertheless, regardless of styles, Chambers has an affecting elan and she is never one to be emotionally peripatetic. Rather, you can hear and feel her heart as she sings with her seasoned nuance through these sylvan tunes.
The album opener, "Pony," an understated pop ballad, finds Chambers putting her best foot forward. Unlike her previous self-depreciative hit "Not Pretty Enough," "Pony" finds a femme fatale making her seductive come-ons performed with a confident and enthralling undertone. "Like a River," the first Australian single, is an effervescent country-pop number with a love struck Chambers basking in the euphoria of love. With an infectious melody and Chambers' fervent performance, "Like a River" stands toe-to-toe with any major country product from Music Row. Clamorous for authenticity, sophomore single "Hollywood," a popish mid tempo number, is a desperate and vulnerable plea; you can almost Chambers' heart breaking as she sings, "This ain't Hollywood this is my heart." While traditionalists may feel querulous, "Guilty as Sin" finds a zesty Chambers kicking up her heels on her most rock number to date bolstered by some delightful sounding jaunty guitars.
On the more rustic end, Chambers veers perilously close to Emmylou Harris territory with the heart wrenching "Bluebird." This plaintive country ballad tells the story of an unsavory Chambers questioning the reliability of her paramour's devotion. While the more philosophical "Lost and Found" may not be the best ballad Chambers has had written, but it's performed with verve. Taking a stab at bluegrass, "Follow You Home," boasts some delightful mandolin and banjo solos, resulting in a Rhonda-Vincent-reminiscent piece.
Overall, "Wayward Angel" though marketed as a country album, does not suffer from the Nashville radio gloss. Maybe part of the reason resides in Chambers' insistence that brother, Nash Chambers handles the production. With Nash's deftly touches and Kasey's firm deploy from Nashville's stringent style, "Wayward Angel" truly is an effort that soars well above the escarpments of country music's insipidness.
Kasey's life, music have grown for the better September 15, 2004
Anthony D. Perillo (Cantonment, FL United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
It's been three years since Kasey's last release, and anyone who has followed her knows how different her life is now than when she made Barricades and Brickwalls. The growth, nurture, and love that's followed since the birth of her son is quite evident in Wayward Angel. The songs, particularly the softer tracks, flow together marvelously and show a maturing artist. There was a complaint by one fan that the lyrics were "too biographical." First, I'm struggling to figure out how that could ever be a negative thing for a musician to convey. And second, Kasey's tales are extraordinary. I literally got chills at the peak of "Paper Aeroplane" and just hope I never hear it at a funeral, or I'll completely lose it. If you catch any interview with Kasey, you can tell that she just knows that she's progressed as a musician in the right direction. One listen to this record and you can tell too.
 A step in the wrong direction October 16, 2004
E. Kutinsky (Seattle, WA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
After the genre-bending joy of Chambers's last release Barricades and Brickwalls, I found myself a little troubled by Wayward Angel. Quite simply there are stretches of it that could've been made by any country-pop artist - "Mother," "For Sale," and especially the single "Hollywood" are watered-down, and dare I say, even a little boring, to the point that they could have been made by Faith Hill. Chambers is still a gifted artist, undoubtedly, and she proves it for a good portion of the album - the sexy come on of "Pony," the bluegrass assault of "Follow You Home," the magnificent tenderness of "Lost and Found." But when Chambers indulges her pop tendencies, the results get generic, and for someone as original as Chambers, that gets a bit scary to hear.
Angelic Music From Kasey January 14, 2006
Faithless Street (Austin)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
On her third album, Kasey Chambers steps into her sound. A lot closer to the stripped basics of The Captian, Wayward Angel finds her exploring styles with the same eagerness she employeed on Barricades and Brickwalls. Her writing has matured and Wayward Angel finds her pushing it into new arenas. Overall, her most satisfying album to date.
The first track, "Pony" offers us a sweet and coy version of Kasey Chambers, which is the first time we have heard her this giggly and fun. This simple joy tracks through the album on songs like "Mother" "Follow You Home" and "Guitly As Sin." The last of these finds Kasey embracing a deliciously naughty Wanda Jackson vibe. There are still plenty of the heartwrenchingly sad songs that we have all come to expect from Kasey--including two of her best yet "More Than Ordinary" and "Lost and Found" which finds her ruminating "I am still here/there's no where else to go." This album also finds a new vulnerabilty for Chambers, in the deeply personal songs like "For Sale" and "Saturated." But perhaps the best song on the entire cd is the one which spawned a thousand Patty Griffin comparisons, the piano laden "Paper Aeorplane."
Anyone who has enjoyed Kasey Chambers in the past will find this album more than satisfying and it serves as the perfect intoduction to this delicately perfect artist.
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