Painted Desert Serenade Joshua Kadison

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  • Release Date: 05/18/1993
  • Sales Rank: 25,894
  • Label: CAPITOL
  • UPC: 077778092025

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Painted Desert Serenade

1LISTENJessie 5:18
2LISTENPainted Desert Serenade 2:56
3LISTENBeau's All Night Radio Love Line 4:26
4LISTENInvisible Man 4:57
5LISTENMama's Arms 3:00
6LISTENBeautiful in My Eyes 4:07
7LISTENPicture Postcards from L.A. 4:33
8LISTENWhen a Woman Cries 3:31
9LISTENGeorgia Rain 4:03

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Pianist Joshua Kadison's debut is chock full of odes to finding romance, longing for romance and losing romance. Propelled mostly by the enormously popular adult contemporary hit "Jessie," about the searching title heroine and the hopeful, needing narrator who gets sucked into her longing, he paints vivid portrayals of troubled and hopeful dreamers. With lyrics like "Jessie, paint your pictures/'bout how it's gonna be/by now I should know better/your dreams are never free," Kadison taps into the wanderer in all of us. His strength is much like that of the best country music songwriters: Each track brings to life and tells a story about unique characters, whether it's Lady Jane in the title song, Rachel in "Picture Postcards from L.A." or Jessie making a recurrent visit in "Georgia Rain." With Kadison being an unabashed romantic, none of these songs rock out or even come close to being edgy, but that works to their advantage because he also steers far from the middle of the road with his strong songwriting skills, yearning lyrics, pretty melodies and simple production. The best cut is "Painted Desert Serenade," a swooningly romantic song about a senior citizen trying to convince a fellow senior that it's not too late to find love. His follow-up, 1995's Delilah Blue, had no hit singles and disappeared soon off the charts. ~ Bryan Buss, All Music Guide All Music Guide

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January 27, 2005: This was a few years ago when I bought the CD after hearing the song "Jessie" and never have I loved a CD more after hearing just one song. Every song is great. Kadison is truly talented. The piano playing is inspirational and the lyrics are honest and heartfelt.

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March 25, 2004: If stranded on a desert island this is the one CD I would want. Kadison is a troubadour of romance. His mixes his strong "Elton John-like" voice and beautiful piano compositions with sweet enteratining lyrics, all-the-while telling a very good story. From the huge adult contemporary hit "Jessie", to the definitive love ballard "Beautiful in My Eyes", to the awesome final track, "Georgia Rain",and every song in-between; Kadison spins great yarns about longing for, enjoying and losing true love. These are songs of experiences that people from every walk-of-life can really relate to.