Edible Darling

 ( Audio Product ) 

Edible Darling

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Specifications

• Edible Darling available on January 22 2016 from Amazon for 0.55
  
• UPC bar code 806117100127 ξ1 registered November 09 2014
  
• Product category is Audio
• Manufacturered by Bardic Records
  

• Product size is 6"x4"x8"
  
• Product weight is 0.2 lbs.
  

For fans of John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Jason Marasz, Jack Johnson, Ryan Adams, Lou Reed, Tom Petty and Neil Young. The album is rock/acoustic, progressive and will appeal to all demographics. In addition, it comes with the weird tomato on the cover! After kicking around the college circuit and self-releasing two albums the previous decade, Ben Arthur shrewdly adds enough electro-nervous, street-cred-savvy production sheen (courtesy of producer/engineer Mike Shipley, whose performed similar alchemy for everyone from Aerosmith and Def Leppard to india.arie and Shania Twain) on this boutique label third release to lure even the most jaded adult-alternative fan. Naked emotion and ambiguous states of mind have long been the genre's oft-conflicting stocks in trade, but they make for a compelling balancing act here as Arthur's dry, wry vocal tack informs everything from the savory, psych-pop bounce of "Mary Ann" to the equally hook-rich "Broken Hearted Smile" and "Mercy." The quiet, acoustic charms of "Instrumental #3" represents a sort of mid-set respite as Arthur kicks off his musical shoes for the infectious country-folk sing-along "Keep Me Around," the spare beauty of "Jesus," and the dreamy dirge "Wake." The brash jangle of "Sight of Your Tears" pushes the "Alt" part of the equation a bit too aggressively, but Arthur's effortless knack for wedding memorable hook to opaque reflection shines through virtually everywhere else. --Jerry McCulley

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References

^ Ben Arthur (2004). Edible Darling, Bardic Records. Amazon. UPC 806117100127 (revised Jan 2016)