The Ways We Try, Birdie Busch, Music CD

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The Ways We Try


1	The Cup 2:27
2	South Philly 2:29
3	Gigi 3:22
4	Secret Hour 3:31
5	Drunk by Noon 3:36
6	Old Fashioned Way 4:51
7	The Ways We Try 4:55
8	Lightest Whitest 3:36
9	Zeros 2:28
10	Keys to the Car 3:11
11	Room in the City 4:38

Biography

Editorial Reviews

Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Birdie Busch has one of those voices that draws you in on the first phrase and breathes you out at the end of the record. It's not devastatingly beautiful, brimming with venom, or capable of coaxing small birds from their nests, but it's as familiar as storm clouds in July and as easy to ingest as a small-town milkshake. Busch and her slightly funky, sometimes quirky, and always-relaxed backing band blow through 11 slices of East Coast humor, pathos, and earnest observation that treat the word "pretense" as if it never existed. From the gentle swing of "Cup" to the bluesy Randy Newman-esque closer "Room Above the City," The Ways We Try is so subtle in its execution that it may get lost among the bevy of louder, lamer, and more opulent acts of 2006, but if the business were fair, and the cream really did rise to the top, there would be one less employee doing the serving. Reverend Lee Power, All Music Guide

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The Ways We Try


1	The Cup 2:27
2	South Philly 2:29
3	Gigi 3:22
4	Secret Hour 3:31
5	Drunk by Noon 3:36
6	Old Fashioned Way 4:51
7	The Ways We Try 4:55
8	Lightest Whitest 3:36
9	Zeros 2:28
10	Keys to the Car 3:11
11	Room in the City 4:38

All Music Guide

Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Birdie Busch has one of those voices that draws you in on the first phrase and breathes you out at the end of the record. It's not devastatingly beautiful, brimming with venom, or capable of coaxing small birds from their nests, but it's as familiar as storm clouds in July and as easy to ingest as a small-town milkshake. Busch and her slightly funky, sometimes quirky, and always-relaxed backing band blow through 11 slices of East Coast humor, pathos, and earnest observation that treat the word "pretense" as if it never existed. From the gentle swing of "Cup" to the bluesy Randy Newman-esque closer "Room Above the City," The Ways We Try is so subtle in its execution that it may get lost among the bevy of louder, lamer, and more opulent acts of 2006, but if the business were fair, and the cream really did rise to the top, there would be one less employee doing the serving. Reverend Lee Power

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 02/21/2006
Label: BAR/NONE RECORDS
Catalog No.: 178
UPC: 032862017827
Sales Rank: 147,539

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Birdie Busch		Primary Artist, Guitar, Vocals
Jerry Klause		Percussion
Joe B		Guitar, Slide Guitar
Devin Greenwood		Organ, Bass, Harmonica, Percussion, Piano, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Snare Drums, Lap Steel Guitar
Ivan Funk		Drums, Lap Steel Guitar
Neil Simpkins		Drums
Emily Zeitlyn		Background Vocals
Matt Muir		Drums
Matt Muir		Drums
Jerry Klause		Percussion

Technical Credits
Jerry Klause		Executive Producer
Devin Greenwood		Producer, Engineer, Audio Production
Darcy Ataman		Vocal Producer
Alex DaCorte		Artwork
Christopher Luxton		Artwork