Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man
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Free Music Review: OPUS FOUR
Hit: 5 Stars
After THE TRINITY SESSION, BLACK EYED MAN is a second masterpiece in the Cowboy Junkies' career. Like BLONDE ON BLONDE for Bob Dylan, the album marks a new frontier for the canadian band ; " Let's go electrical " whispers the Timmins family between two guitar solos of brother Michaël and Ken Myhr. The three songs composing the tribute to Townes Van Zandt, COWBOY JUNKIES LAMENT, TOWNES BLUES and TO LIVE IS TO FLY are simply perfect. And you will even have the pleasure to hear Margo swing (yes!) in TOWNES, a song written by Michaël Timmins.
A HORSE IN THE COUNTRY is a beautiful melancholic song and IF YOU WERE THE WOMAN AND I WAS A MAN an instant standard that will haunt your room for many nights. I just cannot understand why the songs of the Cowboy Junkies are not played more often at the radios, Michaël Timmins has the not so frequent gift to be able to add soulful words to great melodies.
A CD for your library. Warmly recommended.
Free Music Review: Easy listening country blues
Hit: 5 Stars
IMHO, this is the most consistent production from the Junkies', and the disc that got me to explore the rest of their catalog. Notable songs include the mid-tempo rocker "Southern Rain"; the romanticism of "A Horse in the Country"; the gritty "The Cowboy Junkies Lament"; and the uplifting "To Live is to Fly".Free Music Review: One of two must-own Junkies discs
Hit: 5 Stars
As an admitted Junkies devotee, I've listened to everything they've put out that I can get my hands on. Despite many good albums, Black Eyed Man is the one to which I consistently return when I want to hear the best of the Junkies. Although Trinity Session -- the other must-own -- is fantastic for its sparse arrangement, Black Eyed Man features the two most underappreciated qualities the Junkies possess: Michael Timmins's writing and Jeff Bird's awesome mandolin. How often is it that you hear a performance that defines an instrument? Jeff Bird has that kind of effect on me with his mandolin on "Murder Tonight in the Trailer Park," as do Timmins's lyrics. As for Timmins' lyrics, his perceptiveness and storytelling ability are present from the lyrics in other Junkies material, but none are as captivating or interesting -- although perhaps less introspective than in later recordings -- as on Black Eyed Man. For the best of the Junkies, buy and listen to them in this order: Trinity Sessions, Black Eyed Man, and then, at 4.5 stars, Pale Sun Crescent Moon. It rocks in a way that the others don't, and moves in a more edgy direction.Free Music Review: A purely superior trail of songs
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't quite get the pure CJ fans fixation with Trinity Sessions or Caution Horses as the such great works. Melancholy and haunting, yes, they are but too much so. The melodies on this CD are very captivating, right off the buzz of Southern Rain and Oregon Hill. And I like the bounce of the Trailer Park, Cowboy Junkies Lament. The haunting voice? This Street and Last Spike both got it. I keep listening to this CD of theirs maybe because it has more polish than the CJ faves. I covet my 5 stars, so I won't review those others and tarnish the record.Free Music Review: A Little Sun In The Gloom
Hit: 3 Stars
Cowboy Junkies try to mix things up a little by opening up the drawn shades just a crack and letting some sunlight in. The result is a decidedly uneven affair. Some songs are pretty great, others are just plain boring and nondescript. They still have not matched the melancholy brilliance of The Trinity Session, and it looks like they probably never will.