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Hannah Cranna was a bit anachronistic during the 90’s – they sounded
nothing like the Seattle bands that so dominated the music scene, in
fact, their music harkened back to the then ultra uncool pop of The
Beatles, The Kinks, Badfinger, Big Star and Buffalo Springfield – pure
pop sounds that have enjoyed a great resurgence after the noise-drenched
’90’s. Their songs had strong, original melodies in a decade pretty
much bereft of them. The first album, “Better Lonely Days” received a
lot of praise for its unique pop sound, in fact the Ventura County &
Coast proclaimed their songs could, “stand with anything Buddy Holly or
those Beatles ever wrote”. Hannah Cranna’s packed showcase at the South
by Southwest that year was one of the Austin Chronicle’s picks for the
festival. Better Lonely Days was a well-received, critical
success…”Hello” was picked up by about 80 radio stations and was even in
regular rotation on WPLR in New Haven, CT – a major FM classic rock
station. The eponymous second outing featured legendary Badfinger
guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Molland (also guitar player for George
Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Star in some of their solo work) as the
producer. A somewhat darker tone pervaded this record, evoking a sense
of melancholy reminiscent of Neil Young’s “Tonight’s the Night” or
George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” – even still, there was always a
thread of humanism running through their music and in the end it was
the uncompromising devotion to making great music that really set them
apart.
Tracklist
| 1 | In The Sky |
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| 2 | Better Lonely Days |
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| 3 | Let The Rain Fall |
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| 4 | Mystical |
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| 5 | Angeline |
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| 6 | Paul McCartney and Wings |
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| 7 | Hello |
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| 8 | Supercal |
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| 9 | She Loves Me |
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| 10 | When I Am With You |
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| 11 | Waterloo Sunset |
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| 12 | Far Away |