Out of My Hands

O'Riley's new album differs from his previous takes on Radiohead, or even Elliott Smith and Nick Drake. On this album, Mr. O'Riley shows his deliberate taste in music and his incredible skill in creating masterful arrangements for a diverse array of musical artists. His Pink Floyd arrangements are rich and fully mesmorizing, while Mother shows the amazing production quality while celebrating another pianist and composer, Tori Amos, who inspired him to start these arrangements. Classics from the new Radiohead album give radiohead fans some new arrangements to keep their collection filled, while NIrvana's dynamic track "Heart Shaped Box" rattles the piano like never before. You feel as if the piano might break during the heavy chorus and smoothly, O'Riley transitions to a delicate almost Chopin like virtuosic playing that could put babies to sleep and back again into the heavy distorted power that is NIRVANA! If you enjoy O'Riley's work in the previous albums, this will really hit home with you. If you don't know O'Riley, try a track, there must be something here you love, and listen to a newly imagined piano interpretation! You will be pleasantly surprised! This Album flows all together and is worth listening to as a whole. I strongly recommend it.

Cheeky arrangements. O'Riley made his overly pretentious point a few albums ago but does that mean that we need to hear more? If he had focused on making better arragements he might have made a better case in playing fluff. Will Bland did a theme and variations on a tune from Limp Bizkit but this just beats the bland ness into the ground. O'Riley is a good pianist but I wish he'd play more real music.