1212 (Barbara Manning album)

May 2025 1212 studio Barbara Manning File:1212 - Barbara Manning.jpg 1997 Matador Barbara Manning, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Craig Schumacher, Jim O'Rourke Barbara Manning Sings with the Original Artists 1995 In New Zealand 1999 1212 is an album by the American musician Barbara Manning, released in 1997.https://www.allmusic.com/artist/barbara-manning-mn0000148150/biography Barbara Manning Biography, Songs, & Albums AllMusic 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150732/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/barbara-manning-mn0000148150/biography livehttp://www.mtv.com/news/1139/album-review-barbara-mannings-1212/ Album Review: Barbara Manning's 1212 MTV News 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/http://www.mtv.com/news/1139/album-review-barbara-mannings-1212/ dead The title of the album refers to Manning's birthday.Milano Brett Barbara Manning: 1212 Stereo Review Nov 1997 62 11 127 Manning supported the album by opening for Yo La Tengo on a North American tour.Sherr Sara Yo La Tengo The Philadelphia Inquirer 27 June 1997 Features Weekend 15 Production Manning's backing band was anchored by the rhythm section of Joey Burns and John Convertino, of Calexico.Terrell Steve Also Recommended The Santa Fe New Mexican 19 Sep 1997 Pasatiempo 38Fired Up The Columbus Dispatch July 10, 1997 Weekender 8 The album begins with a four-part song suite about a young arsonist, his parents, and the consequences of his actions; Jim O'Rourke worked on its mix.https://www.salon.com/1997/06/13/sharps970613/ Barbara Manning – '1212' June 13, 1997 Salon October 31, 2021 October 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/https://www.salon.com/1997/06/13/sharps970613/ liveBruno Franklin Best New Music CMJ New Music Monthly Jul 1997 47 11 1212 was recorded in Tucson, with additional work done in Chicago.Pan Arnold Manning Celebrating Her Oneness San Francisco Chronicle June 8, 1997 Sunday Datebook 48 Among 1212'''s covers are songs by Amon Düül, the Bevis Frond, Tom Lehrer, the Deviants, and Richard Thompson.https://www.furious.com/perfect/manning.html Barbara Manning interview Perfect Sound Forever 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/https://www.furious.com/perfect/manning.html live "Blood of Feeling" adds new lyrics to a song Manning wrote with her first band, 28th Day.O'Neill Mike Barbara Manning, 1212 The Tampa Tribune 27 Jun 1997 Friday Extra! 17 Critical reception AllMusic 4.5 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/1212-mw0000594464 1212 AllMusic 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/https://www.allmusic.com/album/1212-mw0000594464 live Chicago Tribune 3.5 4Kot Greg Album reviews Chicago Tribune 11 July 1997 Friday 27 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4 5Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2006 MUZE 5 482 Entertainment Weekly B+https://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/1212/ 1212 Scott Schinder Entertainment Weekly 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/https://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/1212/ live Lincoln Journal Star 4.5 5Moser Daniel R. Rock Lincoln Journal Star 21 Sep 1997 H4 The Tampa Tribune 3.5 4No Depression thought that "key to the disc’s excellent musicianship is Manning’s collaboration with Joey Burns and John Convertino of Giant Sand and Calexico, whose multi-instrumental backup is typically innovative and free of grandstanding."Barbara Manning – 1212 https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/barbara-manning-1212/ No Depression 31 October 2021 31 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150732/https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/barbara-manning-1212/ live Salon concluded that, "unlike gloomsters like Nick Cave, Manning doesn't distance herself from the misery of the characters in her songs—she collapses that distance, moving right in like a zoom lens to show us what makes these people tick." Entertainment Weekly opined that "material by such fellow iconoclasts as Richard Thompson and ’50s satirist Tom Lehrer show off Manning’s considerable interpretive gifts." The Lincoln Journal Star stated that "a take on the Deviants' 'First Line (Seven the Row)' gets much of its ominous tension from Manning's deadpan vocals and the Moog synthesizer." The Hartford Courant praised "the desperate, evocative 'Isn't Lonely Lovely'. 'You wanted to be alone/Now you are ... it's a fine life, really,' she sings mournfully. She can't even convince herself of that, but Manning does prove yet again that she's expert at revealing the richness of sorrow, and digging through the shadows in the dark."Daley David 1212 — Barbara Manning Hartford Courant 28 Aug 1997 Calendar 7 The Chicago Reader thought that Manning "sings with assured ease; and although there are some pretty flourishes, such as the mariachi horns on 'Stain on the Sun', the album favors spare, efficient production."https://chicagoreader.com/music/barbara-manning/ Barbara Manning Peter Margasak July 10, 1997 Chicago Reader October 31, 2021 October 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150731/https://chicagoreader.com/music/barbara-manning/ live Nashville Scene determined that, "harmonically, the music resembles the garage folk-rock of the mid- to late ’60s; to post-punk ears, it comes off as an amalgam of ’80s neo-psychedelia and New Zealand guitar-pop."https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/barbara-manning-brings-her-burning-fascination-to-the-fore/article_68d151b6-52cf-5553-a619-41914b2e33f2.html Barbara Manning brings her burning fascination to the fore Bill Friskics-Warren Nashville Scene 2021-10-31 2021-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031150732/https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/barbara-manning-brings-her-burning-fascination-to-the-fore/article_68d151b6-52cf-5553-a619-41914b2e33f2.html live The Chicago Tribune declared that, "with horns and keyboards tastefully filling out the arrangements and the Giant Sand rhythm section of John Convertino and Joey Burns in peak form, Manning has made one of the strongest albums in her 12-year career." AllMusic wrote that "the achievement of 1212'' isn't simply that it's made up largely of Manning originals, but that chief among them is her most ambitious creation to date, a stunning four-part mini-rock opera known collectively as 'The Arsonist Story'." Track listing The Arsonist Story" 1. "Fireman" 2. "Evil Plays Piano" 3. "Evil Craves Attention/Our Son/10 X 10" 4. "Trapped and Drowning End of the Rainbow Blood of Feeling Rickity Tikity Tin Stain on the Sun Isn't Lonely Lovely? That Kid First Line (Seven the Row) Marcus Leid Stammtisch References Category:Barbara Manning albums Category:1997 albums Category:Matador Records albums