Jayhawks - Blue Earth (Dlx)
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Artist: JayhawksEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-04-22
Music Label: Restless Records
Soundtracks:
- Two Angels
- She's Not Alone Anymore
- Will I Be Married
- Dead End Angel
- Commonplace Streets
- Ain't No End
- Five Cups Of Coffee
- The Baltimore Sun
- Red Firecracker
- Sioux City
- I'm Still Dreaming, Now I'm Yours
- Martin's Song
- Fingernail Moon
- Two Minute Pop Song
- Nightshade
Free Music Notes for Blue Earth (Dlx)
Free Music Review: the Jayhawks' first was the best...
Hit: 5 Stars
When I saw these guys live in a bar in Minneapolis back in 1988 (I was there organizing an anti-war protest, and was taken to see "the best band in town" by an anarchist friend) there was no fashionable alt.country movement to join. And unlike Uncle Tupelo and some others, Olson, Louris & Co. never played punk rock as far as I know. They just heard a sound, up there in the North Country.
Eight of these songs are by Mark Olson, and four are co-written by Olson and Louris. This is absolutely beautiful, melodic, poignant country rock. My favorite tracks are "She's Not Alone Anymore," "Commonplace Streets," The Baltimore Sun," and "Sioux City." BLUE EARTH was to be followed by just two more brilliant albums, HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL," which has a uniformly downbeat tone, and TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS, which has a more "Beatles-esque" pop feel, and a greater diversity of mood. Both are present in BLUE EARTH. It was the template for all that was to follow. And in my view, you cannot have the Jayhawks without Mark Olson -- it would be kind of like trying to have the Beatles without Lennon OR McCartney! He was the soul of the band, the main singer and songwriter, and he gives the group its distinctive, sweet sensibility. More power to Louris and the others for wanting to continue, but the post-Olson recordings lost the magic for me.
I'm glad to see Mark and Gary have reunited as of 2009.
Blue Earth (Dlx) Poster
2003 reissue of album originally released in 1989, includes three bonus tracks, 'Fingernail Moon', 'Two Minute Pop Song' & 'Nightshade'. Digipak. Restless.In the mid-'80s, the last thing the world expected from the frosty hometown of Prince and the Replacements was a band that perfectly captured the spirit of Gram Parsons. Long before anyone had heard of alt-country, the Jayhawks redefined the Minneapolis sound and damn near perfected it on this 1989 sophomore effort. From the evocative pop of "Two Angels" to the hauntingly resonant "I'm Still Dreaming, Now I'm Yours," it's less rock-centric than the group's subsequent George Drakoulias-produced albums, but no less memorable. All in all, a perfect showcase for Mark Olson and Gary Louris's songwriting and harmonies. --Bill Forman
Originally released in 1989, Blue Earth collects early Jayhawks demo recordings made between 1986 and 1989. While the band had produced a very limited run of their self-titled debut in 1986, this was the first mainstream release to provide a showcase for the songwriting tandem of Mark Olson and Gary Louris--a kind of Midwestern Lennon and McCartney who brought their bittersweet vocal harmonies and opaque lyrics to a nascent alt-country scene. Still rough around the edges, Blue Earth shows the young band very much in the thrall of the Byrds ("Five Cups of Coffee") and Gram Parsons in particular ("Commonplace Streets," "The Baltimore Sun," "Sioux City"). But also here are two impeccable songs that point the way forward: the sublime "Two Angels" and "Martin?s Song." Both would resurface in more polished form on their masterful follow-up Hollywood Town Hall. This 2003 reissue includes three previously unreleased tracks--"Fingernail Moon," "Two Minute Pop Song," and "Nightshade"--that are effective examples of the band at this formative period. Sure, greater things were just over the horizon, but no serious Jayhawks fan will want to overlook Blue Earth. --Mark Walker
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