What About Regret
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Folk, pop | |||
| Label | Bar/None Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Kate Jacobs, Dave Schramm, James MacMillan, Charlie Shaw, Gary Arnold | |||
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What About Regret, stylized as (What About Regret), is an album by the American musician Kate Jacobs, released in 1995.[2][3] Jacobs promoted the album with two tours, one with a full band and one with just a bass player.[4]
After an editor at Hyperion Books heard Jacobs perform "A Sister" on the radio, the song was adapted for an illustrated children's book.[5]
Production
The album was produced by Jacobs, Dave Schramm, James MacMillan, Charlie Shaw, and Gary Arnold.[6] As on Jacobs's first album, Schramm played guitar and many other instruments.[7]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [9] |
| MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide |  [10] |
Stereo Review considered that "while there's great warmth in Jacobs's songs, and a nice homemade quality, many of her offerings have an off-putting vagueness and an eccentricity-for-eccentricity's-sake quality about them."[11] The Indianapolis Star opined that "Jacobs' voice is light and lilting, but unwavering ... Musically, she's akin to Nanci Griffith and Iris DeMent, but she's no clone."[9] The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that Schramm "decorates each tune beautifully with whatever acoustic or electric touches the songs demand."[12]
The Chicago Tribune concluded that the "brilliant lyrics continue to detonate long after these lovely, sometimes meandering, folk-pop tunes have finished."[13] Trouser Press wrote: "A moderately demanding emotional experience, (What About Regret) rewards careful listening with details and empathy, like a series of personal letters from close friends."[14] The Chicago Reader thought that "Jacobs sings her airy country-tinged folk rock with a slippery warble, sliding over clearly defined melodies with a palpable shyness."[15]
Will Hermes, in City Pages, listed the album as his fifth favorite of 1995, writing that "of all the country-rock sets this year, Jacobs's moved me the most ... In a word, it was her stories—tales not of vague ennui, but of people I knew intimately"; The Star-Ledger also listed What About Regret among 1995's best albums.[16][17] MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide praised "some of the richest, most complex songs written during the [1990s]."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "George Says" | |
| 2. | "See the Moon" | |
| 3. | "Be Brave" | |
| 4. | "No Question" | |
| 5. | "My Old Haunts" | |
| 6. | "Oh Vagabond" | |
| 7. | "Indiana" | |
| 8. | "Love Comes and Goes" | |
| 9. | "In the Country" | |
| 10. | "3 Years in Nebraska" | |
| 11. | "Don't Watch Me Sleep" | |
| 12. | "A Sister" | |
| 13. | "Made My Bed" |
References
- ^ Rosen, Steven (December 22, 1995). "Like Freedy Johnston, who also started his career...". The Denver Post. p. F15.
- ^ "Kate Jacobs Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Robbins, Ira (19 Mar 1995). "Yes, Virginia, There IS Music For Grownups". Newsday. Fanfare. p. 8.
- ^ Nelson, Rick (June 23, 1995). "MUSIC: KATE JACOBS USES SONGS TO TELL SOME TERRIFIC TALES". The News Tribune. p. SL5.
- ^ Crouch, Lisa Marie (17 May 1996). "A CHILDREN'S STORY TO SING ABOUT: KATE JACOBS TURNS LYRICS INTO A BOOK". The Record. Lifestyle/Previews. p. 18.
- ^ "Album reviews -- (What About Regret) by Kate Jacobs". Billboard. 107 (13): 56. Apr 1, 1995.
- ^ Caligiuri, Jim (Apr 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (20): 37.
- ^ "What About Regret - Kate Jacobs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Penner, Diana (24 Apr 1995). "Kate Jacobs 'What About Regret'". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
- ^ a b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 400.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (May 1995). "Popular music -- What About Regret by Kate Jacobs". Stereo Review. 60 (5): 85.
- ^ DeLuca, Dan (31 Mar 1995). "GRANT MCLENNAN/KATE JACOBS". The Philadelphia Inquirer. FEATURES WEEKEND. p. 15.
- ^ Dickinson, Chris (10 Mar 1995). "Kate Jacobs, The Schramms". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. P.
- ^ "Kate Jacobs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Margasak, Peter (March 9, 1995). "Kate Jacobs". Chicago Reader.
- ^ Hermes, Will (January 24, 1996). "FF/Rewind". City Pages. Cover Story.
- ^ Lustig, Jay (December 24, 1995). "HARVEY TO HARRIS: THE BEST OF '95". The Star-Ledger.
