 | SOPHIE B. HAWKINS LIVE
All songs written by
Sophie B. Hawkins
except "Feelin Good" by
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and "I Want You" by Bob Dylan.
All songs © The Night Rainbow Music/Broken Plate, Music inc. (ASCAP)
except Beautiful Girl, Walking On Thin Ice, Sweetsexywoman © Broken
Plate Music, Inc., Admin By Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.(ASCAP) and
Feelin' Good © Tro-Cromwell Music inc. (BMI) and I Want You © Dwarf
Music(ASCAP).
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Sophie's Live Double CD was recorded at the Triple Door in Seattle and The Basement in Sydney, "Down Under".
DISC 1
1. Mysteries We Understand
2. California Here I Come
3.Before I Walk On Fire
4. Saviour Childe
5. As I Lay Me Down
6. Did We Not Choose Each Other (Sydney)
7. Walking On Thin Ice (Sydney)
8. Sweetsexywoman
9. Lose Your Way
Enhanced Feature: Tour Diary
DISC 2
1. No Connection
2. Bare The Weight Of Me
3. Mr Tugboat Hello
4. Beautiful Girl
5. Feeling Good
6. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
7. I Want You
Bonus tracks:
As I Lay Me Down (Sydney)
Feeling Good (Sydney)
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Advocate Magazine Review
Unless you're a jam band like Phish or moe, a live CD is an endeavor fraught with risk.
Acoustics in performance spaces are rarely ideal, and the sound of coughs, shrieks, and "you
had to be there" artist-audience exchanges can distract from the music. Chanteuse and songwriter
Sophie B. Hawkins--best knows for '90s radio hit "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"--seems to have been
aware of these potential pitfalls, because she avoids them all on the soulful Sophie B. Hawkins Live.
Culled from two shows in Seattle and Sydney, Live flaunts Hawkins' gruff yet strong voice, an instrument
highly evocative of another bisexual talent: Janis Joplin. The songs are distinctive and catchy, ranging from
the scat-rap "Mysteries We Understand" to the Joni Mitchell-influenced "California Here I Come."
The New York City-born Hawkins, who has homes there and in Los Angeles's Venice area, comes off as
somewhat crunchy California type, albeit with a healthy sense of humor, especially with the missteps she's taken in her long career. Hawkins has matured into a self-assured, and quite sensual, musician. When she
proclaims that the tune "Sweetysexywoman" is dedicated to beautiful females over 45, it's easy to interpret that this consistently appealing talent could be singing autogiobraphically.
--Neal Broverman
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