Where It Goes is the second solo album by the American musician Lori Carson, released in 1995.[1][2] Carson supported the album with a solo acoustic tour as well as a tour with the Golden Palominos, of which she was a member.[3][4] "You Won't Fall" was included on the soundtrack to the film Stealing Beauty.[5]

Where It Goes
Studio album by
Released1995
StudioPower Station
Length44:14
LabelRestless
ProducerAnton Fier
Lori Carson chronology
Shelter
(1990)
Where It Goes
(1995)
Everything I Touch Runs Wild
(1997)

Production

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Recorded at Power Station, in New York City, the album was produced by Anton Fier; Carson had considered working with him on her DGC Records debut.[6][7][8] Unlike their work on Golden Palominos albums, Carson and Fier chose spare arrangements and instrumentation.[9] Most of the songs are about the dissolution of a romantic relationship.[10]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [11]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution    [12]
Rolling Stone     [13]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music     [5]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "is grave and serious, sung with aching intensity and arranged with drawing-room sophistication."[14] The Sun Sentinel noted that "Carson has pared down the music to low acoustic levels so that her delicate voice and vision pierce through... It's a beautiful downer."[15] The Washington Post deemed Where It Goes "polished and pretty, if a bit commonplace."[16] Rolling Stone said that "this is an intimate late-night album of amatory post-mortems, with elegant ballads and art songs surveying the debris with a sharp, unforgiving eye."[13] LA Weekly determined that Carson's voice is "rather small but blessedly free of soul-and-fire affectation."[17] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called the songs "internal landscapes as soundtracks to a larger consciousness".[12] The Rocket labeled Carson's soprano "the voice of a slightly disturbed and weary angel".[18]

Track listing

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Where It Goes track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Down Here"4:18
2."Waking to the Dream of You"4:27
3."You Won't Fall"4:37
4."Petal"5:46
5."Twisting My Words"4:12
6."Where It Goes"3:06
7."Through the Cracks"4:21
8."Fell into the Loneliness"4:02
9."Anyday"5:24
10."Christmas"4:01
Total length:44:14

References

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  1. ^ Shuster, Fred (April 7, 1995). "Pop Beat". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L24.
  2. ^ Bambarger, Bradley (February 15, 1997). "Lori Carson primed for retail success with Restless set". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 7. pp. 1, 80.
  3. ^ Taylor, Dan (Jul 21, 1995). "Pure acoustics". The Press Democrat. p. D1.
  4. ^ Jaeger, Barbara (April 9, 1995). "The Golden Palominos, meanwhile...". The Record. Bergen County. p. E6.
  5. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 78.
  6. ^ Borzillo, Carrie (April 1, 1995). "Elegant Effort". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 13. p. 19.
  7. ^ McLennan, Scott (April 9, 1995). "Anton Fier saddles up the Palominos one more time". Datebook. Telegram & Gazette. p. 8.
  8. ^ Anderson, Andy (May 5, 1995). "Lori Carson Knows 'Where It Goes'". Weekend. The Tennessean. p. 22.
  9. ^ Snyder, Julene (June 4, 1995). "Lori Carson Exposes Hidden Feelings". Datebook. San Francisco Examiner. p. 39.
  10. ^ Pareles, Jon (1 Jan 2013). "The More Things Change, the More a Band Can Do". The New York Times. p. C12.
  11. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Where It Goes – Lori Carlson". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  12. ^ a b Townsend, Bob (May 20, 1995). "Pop". Leisure. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 19.
  13. ^ a b Mirkin, Steve (May 18, 1995). "Where It Goes by Lori Carson". Rolling Stone. No. 708. pp. 90, 92.
  14. ^ Zwirn, Michael. "Lori Carson". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  15. ^ Schulman, Sandra (April 30, 1995). "Carson's beautiful downer". Sun Sentinel. p. 3D.
  16. ^ Jenkins, Mark (April 7, 1995). "Lori Carson: Folkie Palomino". The Washington Post. p. WW15.
  17. ^ Payne, John (May 18, 1995). "Lori Carson at Luna Park". LA Weekly. p. 119.
  18. ^ Lewis, Scott D. (October 11, 1995). "Lori Carson Where It Goes". The Rocket. p. 32.