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Comments were:</div> <bR> <div> If this song is any indication, Charlie West has a future in the songwriting business. The opening is simple yet it expresses what the song's going to be. And West has a competent voice, sounding as though he'd be comfortable in both the folk and bluegrass genre. It's an expressive sound, even when he keeps it really low key. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.php?id=The Captain" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.p"><U><B>The Captain</B></U></A><B> </B>gave a score of 6.41 / 10. Comments were:</div> <bR> <div> Folk has both advantages and shortcomings built right in. The advantage is that the lyrics can be heard; this is an advantage as long as the lyrics are worthy of hearing. In the case of 'What You'll Find' what you'll find is they aren't bad - not great, but not bad. The major shortcoming of folk is that the voice is nearly naked, save for the light tracery of an acoustic guitar. This is only a shortcoming when the voice needs covering or the tracery is poor. Neither is the case here. What you'll find with 'What You'll Find' is that the voice and playing are both very pleasant - above average. Short story: nice song, not exceptional, but altogether pleasant, nicely played.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.php?id=chrisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.p"><U><U>The Goat</U></U></A> gave a score of 7.66 / 10. Comments were:</div> <bR> <div> Either this song cuts off abruptly at under two minutes, or it is edited to be under two minutes ... either way ... this folk song has some interesting elements to it. I am really not sure how to react to it. It's simple, unfettered and uncluttered. It speaks to a different time, but somehow is as fresh to this day, as perhaps it was once - yesterday. It's on auto restart ... it's easy to listen to alot. Okay, there is sound following the 1:51 mark .. good ... I thought I was trippin' again. ;)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.php?id=Xanitra" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.c0nsensus.com/memberDetails.p"><U><U>Christian Lowensprung</U></U></A> gave a score of 7.37 / 10. Comments were:</div> <bR> <div> A nice and comfortable folk / pop song. Kind of reminds me a little of Crowded House's easy style. Both vocal and guitar fit well together, and help to bring "What you'll find" to where it should be: Calm, floating, dreamy, and solid. Highly recommended download.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="confuse_my_fuzziness_reviews"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B><B><U>Confuse My Fuzziness reviews:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Verdana" >Member: shadow </FONT>(Profile) (All Album Reviews by shadow) </div> <div> Date: 10/9/2006 </div> <div> Format: CD (Album) </div> <bR> <div> Personnel: </div> <div> Charlie West: acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals, bass, mandolin, asstd. percussion, keyboards</div> <div> Lincoln Cross, Duane Ferrel: Drums</div> <div> Terri Moss Backing vocals</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A communications specialist by day, at the 5 o’ clock whistle Charlie ducks into a phone booth and is transformed into the psychedelic folkster. A child prodigy, Charlie first picked up guitar at age 11 and began composing original material soon thereafter. Under the moniker “Chazz”, he made his debut recording, 1988’s Wasted Time whilst barely out of his teens. This exceedingly rare LP is a hot ticket on the underground collectors’ circuit and usually commands a $50 starting bid.</div> <bR> <div> Songs are Charlie’s bag, and his primary tools are his battery of acoustic guitars and his quite English sounding voice, which can be favorably compared to founding Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist Danny Kirwan’s fragile lilt, especially the Second Chapter solo album. West arranges his deeply personal vignettes with skillfully applied splashes of electric and real percussion, hooky electric riffs, and spare, low-flyby keyboards. His dutiful spouse Teri proves she is no slouch as a lyricist, as she serves as an able conduit for his vision on about half the material.</div> <bR> <div> Delivered with the poetic metaphorical invective of John Prine, the catchy, melodic, ironically cheery bounce of REM, and the occasionally over-ripe earnestness of Roy Harper, Charlie paves life as a long highway littered with petty embroilments, lost and found hopes and loves, betrayal, stagnation and renewal, as well as the necessity of picking up the pieces, and with a wistful last glance over one’s shoulder, carrying on. Look for a review of West’s most recent release, I Must Be in the Wrong Place on PE soon.</div> <bR> <div> Proglydite’s Child</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.progressiveears.com/asp/reviews.asp?albumID=3713 " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.progressiveears.com/asp/revie"><U><U>www.progressiveears.com</U></U></A><A HREF="http://www.progressiveears.com/asp/reviews.asp?albumID=3713 " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.progressiveears.com/asp/revie"><U> </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Charlie West's music is a fusion of rock, country, new wave and psychedelia -- or, if you prefer, a mixture of pre-sellout Fleetwood Mac, Love and Rockets, Lloyd Cole and Robyn Hitchcock. His songs are very pop-focused, but he doesn't follow the pop formula, <I>per se</I>. The harmonies are too complex, the melodies a little too intricate, the mixing too strangely skewed and the orchestration is a bit upside down, ensuring that radio will find it too intellectual for air. This is unfortunate (and radio's loss), because we could certainly do with a return to this sort of material -- stuff that was once called "alternative" and "college radio". But I digress. </div> <div> Anyway, "Give Me This" is an intriguing song, dark and intimate at the beginning, aggressive and forceful during the brief four-bar choruses. West plays everything (very well, I might add) except drums, tastefully overdubbing little guitar licks and textures to add enough to supplement the track without gilding the lily. You'll half-expect Lindsey Buckingham to pipe up after "Never Gonna Miss It"'s delicate guitar pickin' into, and when West <I>does</I> sing, you'll realize just how similar his timbre is to Buckingham's. "Smile and Wait" lightens the mood a bit with optimistic lyrics ("now you're walking my way / now you're resting your head / it's lying safe on my heart") and a driving tempo under a minimal chord progression. West continues on throughout the disc, cranking out one interesting song after another and making good use of his minimal ensemble, favoring quality over quantity and giving the DIY sound a good name as he goes. </div> <div> West writes that he once followed the musician's path, living day to day for his art, scrounging from gig to gig, but changed his ways once he got married. Thankfully, the dream didn't die. I hope that West keeps traveling the reborn path he's found with <I>Confuse My Fuzziness</I> -- sorry Mrs. West, but your man needs to follow his calling.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Dave Madden</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT>-<A HREF="http://splendidezine.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://splendidezine.com"><U><B>SPLENDID</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>May 2004</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="314" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="310"><div> ARTIST: CHARLIE WEST </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="310"><div> SONG: LITTLE FLAMES </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Put your headphones on and slide your sunglasses over your eyes. Watch the first rays of the sun. </div> <div> As the song unfolds... </div> <bR> <div> Reminds me of the more ambient Stones type of material. Little Flames is a very strong song. The key to it however isn't what it has it's what it doesn't. It never tries to go for the big radio chorus instead focusing on the raw emotion and feeling of the song. The solo compliments instead of embellishes. Very reminiscent of Jesse Malin solo work. </div> <bR> <div> The recording quality of this track isn't perfect, but songs like these thrive off of raw emotion. Not technical perfection. Not to say it's not studio quality because it is very good. The lyrics are par for the course they fit the song and compliment it well. As the song fades out it's worth listen after listen. </div> <bR> <div> Slide the sunglasses off and feel the last notes fade into the back of your headphones. Take your headphones off and it was well worth the trip... </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Neil Jones- </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.godsofmusic.com/gom/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.godsofmusic.com/gom/index.php"><U><B>gods of music</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>July 2004</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><U>Confuse My Fuzziness</U></I> features a collection of 14 original songs in an acoustic, psychedelic “lava lamp mixed with lithurgic acid” domain. Lots of `70s style songwriting reminiscent of Ziggy Stardust, Greatful Dead, and later Beatles, mix together to create a very unique sound of his own in his songwriting. Charlie West with the exception of Tracks 1,2, writes all music and lyrics 10,12, and 13 of which are collaborations between himself and lyricist Teri Moss. As a solo singing guitarist/songwriter he manages to cut with his main instrument being the acoustic guitar. He also plays most of the instruments on the CD along with a bit of help on several of the drum tracks. Lincoln Cross is the featured drummer on track 2 while Duane Ferrell plays on tracks 4,5,6,11, & 14. Teri Moss squeezes in backing vocal tracks on several cuts. On this disc clean acoustic guitar picking and vocals in assorted moods are decorated with guitar hooks, mandolin playing, and miscellaneous guitar effects.</div> <bR> <div> The opening track “Living A Lie” features some clean acoustic guitar that is later joined with a cool mandolin part somewhat reminiscent of the early Fleetwood Mac days. But all in all the song has it's own distinct sound. Of the many cuts on the CD the next one that stands out to me is “Never Gonna Miss It'. This one reminds me a bit like Traffic within the verses but takes an interesting turn at the chorus…. “Your Place” is a sort of a Grateful Dead type of acoustic guitar tune that flows into an upbeat chorus making it one of the best on the CD. “Without” has shades of U2 in that it features Edge guitar feel along with a slow build up throughout it's entirety. “Wonderland” has a British invasion vibe to it and is very enjoyable…. “All Awhile” is my favorite cut on the disc. I like the phrasing of the vocal along with the melody line on the chorus. It puts you in a great state of mind. It segues into the second half of the tune “Glorified” in a kind of odd way….</div> <bR> <div> …With a talented engineer and talented producer thus guy could really have something because the writing is very innovative and Charlie explores moods that I've never heard before. Charlie has succeeded in creating and capturing his own identity in his songwriting, but needs to complete the final process by finding his own version of a “George Martin” type producer to further bring his songs to life.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Dan Mudd </B><I><B> </B></I></FONT><I>-</I><A HREF="http://www.musicmonthly.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.musicmonthly.com"><U><B>Music Monthly</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>April , 2004 Vol. 21, No. 4 Issue # 235</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Charlie West</B>'s style sees him combining elements of psych (spacey guitars, psych-y melodies) and folk (largely acoustic format, 'troubadour' atmosphere), and on many of the tracks this is very successful.  The first four songs are especially pleasant, and will likely be enjoyed by many listeners, especially those turned on by inoffensive, simple pop music.  "Feel Not," one of the album's best tunes, is a terrific acoustic pop song that anyone will enjoy - it uses his simple, basic formula, and the results are unspectacular but very enjoyable.</div> <div> Though this album is likely geared more at adults than anyone else, its terrific songs deserve a full audience. <I>Confuse My Fuzziness</I> contains fourteen very catchy folk-pop tunes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Matt Shimmer-</B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.indieville.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.indieville.com/"><U><B>Indieville.com</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B><B>Jan. 12</B><B>th</B><B> 2004 </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Ahh. Folk music with bite.  That's the good stuff and Charlie West delivers it with fries on the side on his new disc <I><B>Confuse My Fuzziness</B></I><I>.</I>  Duane Ferrel and Lincoln Cross lend help on this disc playing the drums on a few tracks. This music twists you up and is difficult to nail with any appropriate verbiage. It lends itself well to college radio, but it should be coming out of your speakers from your own copy.  This man is a gifted songwriter and his experience flows through each track in a humble way.  Acoustic, electric, hell it's just damn good music of the people for the people.  That's the heart of the folk sound and Charlie's got his fingers strummin' on its pulse…</div> <bR> <div> <B>Laurin Wollan,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><I>-</I><A HREF="http://www.musicmonthly.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.musicmonthly.com"><U><B>Music Monthly</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><I><B>, </B></I><B>September, 2003 </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Symbol" ><B>·</B></FONT><B> Vol. 20, No. 9 </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Symbol" ><B>·</B></FONT><B> Issue #228</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Temporary AM Band reviews:</U></B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Charlie West Temporary A.M. Band may seem like a mouthful, but the music is something that you won't forget. Charlie West has a great acoustic rock sound that portrays hypnotic imagery and feeling. Charlie is the self proclaimed Psychedelic Folkster and for very good reason. I couldn't have said it better. The music does have a unique psychedelic feel to it that is very infectious. The lyrics are remarkable and paint a landscape of colors in your mind. I did myself the honor of listening to this CD more than a few times. In fact, I spent the entire day with it. Attempting to get a true feel for the music and to try to get an idea of where the music was going. I found the music to be complex in some ways and simplistic in others. That's the beauty behind this sound. It seems to know when to turn off the artistic beauty and simply smoke. I think that a lot of artists could learn a thing or two from Charlie West, and a lot of music fans will fall head over heels for his music. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> Michael Allison</B></FONT><B> -</B><B> </B><B>THE GLOBAL MUSE</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> "This is a great name for this group! But, it may be a bit of a misnomer since this "group" consists of only one man-Charlie West. He is a solo operation, playing all instruments as well as singing, although Teri Moss assists on backup vocals. It is always impressive to see one person take on the whole enchilada to DIY. And, on the whole, the music backs up the ambition.</div> <bR> <div> The first tune "Try To" is preceded by one of those old-fashioned Hollywood soundtrack music pieces that announces the band.  Fast-paced rhythmic acoustic guitars then set the pace for the tune to follow.  The song has a real mid-60's feel to it, which gets a lot of its power from the acoustics.  A high-sounding electric guitar interjects, at times resembling a flute, giving the tune a melodic flavor that keeps going in your brain long after the tune is done.</div> <bR> <div> "Darker Now", with its foreboding lyrics, actually reminds me of Fleetwood Mac, circa 1976.  Again, very fast acoustic strumming keeps pace with the drums the way that Lindsay Buckingham used to in some of his composition with the Mac. It's very hypnotic and easy to like.</div> <bR> <div> Rhythms also play a part in "Think" with its choppy stop/go beat and on "To Go Home" which intersperses a very fluid electric guitar solo with all the other instruments. Most of the other tracks follow the same principle-letting the acoustics do the hard work. It is very impressive to hear all the intricate fretwork that layers these songs, as well as all the energy that Charlie has put into the recording.</div> <bR> <div> This CD is very easy to embrace, especially in light of our recent tragedies. This is music to put on the player and just enjoy for its own merits. It has wonderfully crafted tunes that are good to relax to.</div> <bR> <div> Right now, we all need to contemplate that the power of music can help soothe our souls at the present time.  This CD does just that."</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Karen Liebowitz</B>-</FONT><A HREF="http://www.musicmonthly.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.musicmonthly.com"><U><B>Music Monthly</B></U></A><B> </B><I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Oct. 2001, Vol. 18, No. 10 Issue #205</B></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Charlie West a.k.a. "The Psychedelic Folkster" Is a fantastic singer-songwriter for our generation. Unique in his views and styling, but true and mindful to his art. Charlie's music is breathe of fresh air.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Colorfull Music.com</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> "The Charlie West Temporary A.M. Band" is a love project completely rendered by Chazz himself. He plays it all, and this folksy transpsychedelicalicious album is just what it takes to jump start a bright sunny day. This man has something to say and he says it very well.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Laurin Wollan</B></FONT><B> - </B><A HREF="http://www.musicmonthly.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.musicmonthly.com"><U><B>Music Monthly</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The lyrics for Charlie West's solo project, mostly sung over acoustic guitars, often seem to dip into too many different genres. "Think" repeats the line "I want to be in love and talk about it," in a very Southern, country-esque way. The next track, "Stop Sign", sounds almost like a Radiohead throwaway, with an emotionless female voice repeating "Never have I aspired to achieve greatness / Nor attempted mediocrity." "Brilliant", which starts with the line, "Drinking, so I'll write drinking till I die," reminds me of Elliott Smith. It's West's guitar skills that make these songs uniquely his; alternating between northern folk and southern country, his style is entirely his own. Electric guitar adds a tinge of rock and roll to his raw, bluesy sound, making this the sort of album that becomes a jukebox favorite in off-the-beaten-trail bars. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>JK</B></FONT> -<A HREF="http://splendidezine.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://splendidezine.com"><U><B>SPLENDID</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> I like Donovan Leitch (aka simply ‘Donovan’) about as much as any heterosexual man should rightly like another heterosexual man. I see much of my man Donovan in our little Charlie West, who wears it well and with taste. </div> <div> At this point the audience should shout, “What does it taste like?” </div> <div> He creates this haunting tune with an acoustic guitar and his voice (there’s some other stuff in there too, but those form the foundation), dubbing his style “psychedelic folk.” While I'm not sure most people would use the same label, that is neither here nor there (in fact, it’s in downtown Brooklyn right now, eating a pastrami on rye). The texture is breathtaking (the song, dingbat, not the sandwich) and the lyrics are ‘deep,’ to coin what so many underage smokers have said before about the likes of 3 Doors Down as they sat at a party getting stoned. Don't feel that you'll need to get stoned to listen to Charlie West. High or low, you may or may not get what he’s trying to say ever so simply on this track. Does Charlie even get it? We can only hope. </div> <div> Imagine you are in a dimly lit room reading a book of children’s poems as illustrated by H.R. Giger . Now, image you are downloading this vaguely disconcerting track and playing it on your choice of mp3 player. Which is a more appealing reality? I hope you know the answer to this one. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Gary Arthur Brown</B>-<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="http://www.godsofmusic.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.godsofmusic.com"><U><B>GODS OF MUSIC</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Charlie West Temporary A.M. Band - S/T (Indie)</B> </div> <div> This was a pleasant surprise to hear again. I know I played this album a bit when I last had a radio show, but I took a whole new outlook on it when I put it in my boombox for review. The songs could almost be called mellow, but in the way Led Zeppelin had mellow songs. The guitar on here is stunning, I find myself listening to it as much as the vocals. This is truly an album to enjoy from beginning to end, it's just such a listenable album. Good job. </div> <div> ***1/2 </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://indiecator.cjb.net/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://indiecator.cjb.net/"><U><B>INDIEcator:</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>