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- Transfiguration Of Vincent
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M. Ward
Released 2003

Vincent O’Brien
02:38
8,342 plays

Let’s Dance
05:00
8,267 plays

Sad, Sad Song
03:10
7,783 plays

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- 1
- Transfiguration No.1
- 02:41
- 6,155 plays

- 2
- Vincent O’Brien
- 02:38
- 8,342 plays

- 3
- Sad, Sad Song
- 03:10
- 7,783 plays

- 4
- Undertaker
- 03:33
- 6,333 plays

- 5
- Duet For Guitars No.3
- 01:52
- 5,233 plays

- 6
- Outta My Head
- 02:52
- 5,990 plays

- 7
- Involuntary
- 04:03
- 4,974 plays

- 8
- Helicopter
- 03:51
- 6,334 plays

- 9
- Poor Boy, Minor Key
- 03:28
- 4,799 plays

- 10
- Fool Says
- 01:49
- 4,775 plays

- 11
- Get To The Table On Time
- 01:30
- 4,155 plays

- 12
- A Voice At The End Of The Line
- 02:14
- 4,245 plays

- 13
- Dead Man
- 03:23
- 4,182 plays

- 14
- Let’s Dance
- 05:00
- 8,267 plays

- 15
- Transfiguration No.2
- 02:05
- 3,752 plays

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album review

M. Ward's Transfiguration of Vincent is nothing less than spectacular. From the buoyant, late-Beatlesque "Vincent O'Brien" to the dank, shuffling, south of the border groove on "Sad, Sad Song," the troubadour manages to capture a timeless folkiness and match it with a surreal and sparkling sense of nostalgia that clearly echoes Tom Waits. Recorded with the Old Joe Clarks as the backup band, Transfiguration is rooted firmly in old-time Americana, yet M. Ward's take on country and particularly his vocals somehow fit perfectly with Giant Sand, Sparklehorse, and California's surreal, pastoral psych-pop outfit Grandaddy (whose Jason Lytle contributed some field recordings). Just check M. Ward's stunning transformation of Bowie's "Let's Dance," which proves there's some deeply buried pop beneath these honest folk tunes. Transfiguration is a quiet record and might lose some listeners in it's sleepy summer melancholy, but M. Ward is the real deal -- and he's surely worthy of heaps of attention and acclaim. ~ Charles Spano, All Music Guide