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Play Dead (Amanda Richards Album)
''Play Dead'' is the third full-length studio album released by Amanda Richards. It was recorded at Digital MX Studios in Portland, Oregon. It was initially slotted for a short run of 400 CDs in 2011, but was later reissued in LP format in the summer of 2012. Press releases from Richards and her band, the Hardly Hards, describe the concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ... as "a collection of old-school country songs about the zombie apocalypse written from the perspective of the soon-to-be last person on Earth who happens to be a country singer and a feminist". Concerts in the Portland area in support of the album often feature the band dressing up as zombies, with Richards doused in fake blood and playing what appears to be a damaged guitar, and various ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Richards
Amanda Richards (born April 25, 1983) is an American filmmaker, producer, director, writer, actress, and singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. Richards is best known as the creator of the film and theatrical production of ''Whiskey Dixie & The Big Wet Country'', a raunchy outlaw-country musical. Biography Amanda is the granddaughter of Rusty Richards, who was a 21-year member of the Western singing group The Sons of the Pioneers, and she began writing songs herself when only 12 years old. By 2002, she had produced and recorded an EP entitled ''Last Train'', which is no longer in print. This EP featured several of her early songs as well as a cover version of Van Morrison's " Wild Night". In 2004, while still attending Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, Richards released her debut album, '' Not Always Sexy'', to considerable regional acclaim. She followed this up with a live album entitled '' Live at Mississippi Studios'' in 2006, and her second studio LP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concept Album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Sometimes the term is applied to albums considered to be of "uniform excellence" rather than an LP with an explicit musical or lyrical motif. There is no consensus among music critics as to the specific criteria for what a "concept album" is. The format originates with folk singer Woody Guthrie's ''Dust Bowl Ballads'' (1940) and was subsequently popularized by traditional pop/jazz singer Frank Sinatra's 1940s–50s string of albums, although the term is more often associated with rock music. In the 1960s several well-regarded concept albums were released by various rock bands, which eventually led to the invention of progressive rock and rock opera. Since then, many concept albums have been released across numerous musical genres. Definiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
