Wayward Angel Tracks
1. Pony
2. Hollywood
3. Stronger
4. Bluebird
5. More Than Ordinary
6. Wayward Angel
7. Paper Aeroplane
8. Like A River
9. For Sale
10. Follow You Home
11. Mother
12. Guilty As Sin
13. Lost And Found
14. Saturated
Wayward Angel Review
On her third album, Chambers has weathered a storm of publicity and expectation by clinging to her deeply southern--as in Australian--roots. She stands by her Dead Ringer Band kin (brother Nash Chambers produces and father Bill Chambers plays lead guitar), and her delicate songs continue to celebrate the innocence and wonder of loving and being loved. The slight adult-contemporary sheen never outshines the blues and bluegrass flourishes--indeed, "Follow You Home" rips like a Del McCoury breakdown--as she explores all the poetic potential of the conditional voice. "If I were lost would you shout my name out loud?" and "If you were a river run dry, well I'd sing you sweet by and by" are more than coy conceits. They're unforced glimpses of grace, earned by remaining faithful to who she is. Even in a holding pattern, the sweet strength of Chambers's voice and songs find room to soar. --Roy Kasten
Wayward Angel Review
Kasey Chambers’ third solo album, Wayward Angel, debuted #1 (and remains so over a month later) in her native Australia, where she is a huge star. In the U.S. she has built a solid fan base thanks to touring, critical acclaim and word-of-mouth. Partly born of tradition, partly of the times, more than a little country but with a healthy dose of rock ’n’ roll, Wayward Angel is a singersongwriter album for those who find their musical heaven off the beaten path.
The first track, "Pony" offers us a sweet and coy version of Kasey Chambers, which is the first time we have heard her this giggly and fun. This simple joy tracks through the album on songs like "Mother" "Follow You Home" and "Guitly As Sin." The last of these finds Kasey embracing a deliciously naughty Wanda Jackson vibe. There are still plenty of the heartwrenchingly sad songs that we have all come to expect from Kasey--including two of her best yet "More Than Ordinary" and "Lost and Found" which finds her ruminating "I am still here/there's no where else to go." This album also finds a new vulnerabilty for Chambers, in the deeply personal songs like "For Sale" and "Saturated." But perhaps the best song on the entire cd is the one which spawned a thousand Patty Griffin comparisons, the piano laden "Paper Aeorplane."
Anyone who has enjoyed Kasey Chambers in the past will find this album more than satisfying and it serves as the perfect intoduction to this delicately perfect artist.