Josh Rouse - Best Of: Rykodisc Years
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Artist: Josh RouseBrand: ROUSE,JOSH
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Music Label: Rhino / Rykodisc
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Free Music Review: Josh Rouse - Brings you sunshine and laughter
Hit: 5 Stars
Josh Rouse is a massively underrated artist and a songwriter who produces music of huge charm and top notch quality. His back catalogue includes such gems as "1972" and the truly fabulous "Nashville" which are albums so full of great songs that Rouse could have passed them off individually as a "Best of". Thus some advice if you are to jet off while the cold winds of winter blow to sunnier climbs or are staying put but want to lie back on the September Grass, watch the sky and clouds go by this is the ideal soundtrack. At minimum do something that you will never regret and download at least 5 songs from this splendid career spanning retrospective compilation (although no "Sparrow from Birmingham" is a blow).
While all the songs are gems perhaps starting with the following is the entrance to the Aladdin's cave -
"Winter in the Hamptons" - A sheer unadulterated joy and a classic pop song where he admits that we "Never know, Americans seem such a bore, Embarrassed and still we are hanging on, We have stayed too long". This sentiment probably prefigures a later move when he would decamp lock, stock and barrel to live in Valencia in Spain.
"Streetlights" - A sort of Paul McCartney sad ballad but underpinned by real warmth
"Laughter" - This song from the album "Home" has figured in a number of film soundtracks and you may have heard it. Hugely commercial and should have been a hit
"Its the night time" - A brilliant countryish song from the non country album entitled "Nashville".
"65" - A great double up with Lampchop's Kurt Wagner from the "Chester EP" although "Something You Could Always Tell" could also challenge for this spot."
And look I left "Sad Eyes" and "100m Backstroke" off this list. The point being that Josh Rouse is a veritable jukebox who you can dip into and be richly rewarded. This is a great and very reasonably priced Retrospective of his early career containing humongous amounts of music and a smorgasbord of styles. More than this if you do find enchantment here go back to the earlier albums and delve deeper where you will be richly rewarded.
Best Of: Rykodisc Years Poster
Nebraska-born Josh Rouse started out on Rykodisc where he released five albums and two EPs of literate and engaging guitar pop, which garnered him both critical raves and a devoted following. Now, a decade after his debut, The Best Of The Rykodisc Years collects together highlights from those Rykodisc albums as well as treasures from Josh's own personal vaults, including 7 previously unreleased tracks, to produce over 2 hours of sublime music spanning 1998-2005. The Best Of The Rykodisc Years distills the essence of what Rouse calls his "first stage". Years and musical styles may separate these songs, but ultimately they are linked through the warmth of Rouse's vioce, the conversational ease of his singing and his unfailing melodic gift. From the folk-rock of 'Late Night Conversation' to the knowing country of 'It's The Nighttime', from the smart pop of 'Feeling no Pain' to the rhythmically sly white-boy soul of 'Comeback (Light Therapy)' - each bears Rouse's unmistakable musical fingerprint. Disc 1 features 19 favourites from Rykodisc releases - debut Dressed Up Like Nebraska (1998), EP collaboration with Lambchop's Kurt Wagner Chester (1999), Home (2000), Under Cold Blue Stars (2002), 1972 (2003) and Nashville (2005). Included are 'Directions', a song from Rouse's second album that also appeared on the soundtrack for the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky and '65', referring to the highway that runs through Nashville, which is where he and Wagner recorded Chester when the two were neighbours. Disc 2 opens with the six songs that comprised Rouse's 2001 EP Bedroom Classics, Vol. 1, (pressed in a limited edition of only 750 copies and now an impossible-to-find collectable) and continues with 7 previously unreleased recordings including the demos for "Suburban Sweetheart" and "Christmas With Jesus" and outtake for "Cannot Talk":Country Music CDs
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