Steve Earle - El Corazon
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Free Music Notes for El Corazon
Free Music Review: Within the random sequence, there IS a theme...
Hit: 5 Stars
And that theme is the fact that when it comes to matters of the heart (hence the title of the record), feelings come out in random dribs and drabs. Be it political (Christmas In Washington), social (Taneytown), or love (I Still Carry You Around, Poison Lovers, If You Fall), or paying tribute to a friend and mentor (Fort Worth Blues), all of these are matters of the heart, which come out in random, sometimes messy statements of song.
This is why you hear a record containing folk-rock, old-school country-music, rock and roll, and a genre I can only describe as a music that is a love-child of country and garage rock (i.e. Here I Am).
It may not be as "unified" as his record before this (I Feel Alright), but it is the disarray that makes this record shine.
Free Music Review: One of the best I've ever heard. Period.
Hit: 5 Stars
For what it's worth, I think this is one of the greatest CDs ever made. I'm not a Steve Earle scholar, in fact I only own a few of his albums, but this one easily fits into my top ten ever.
There's not a clunker here. Ft. Worth Blues is beautiful, Telephone Road will make you want to go have a beer with friends, and NYC is one of most chill bump-inducing songs I've ever heard. This is the perfect blend of rock, country, and folk.
I'll put it this way: I've got a friend whose favorite artist is Prince. Another's is Rage Against the Machine, and another basically listens to pop music. They all agree that this is one of the best they've ever heard.
This is "real" music by a "real" person, and in my opinion, it doesn't get much better.
Free Music Review: The album I keep coming back to
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a big Steve Earle fan and I like all his albums but this is the one I come back to first when I want to hear some Steve Earle music. Every song is great and every song is different.
Starting and ending with softer acoustic pieces (Christmas in Washington and Ft. Worth Blues, respectively), the songs in between run the gamut between the raucous N.Y.C. (with the Supersuckers) and Here I Am to the muscular Taneytown (with Emmylou Harris) and If You Fall to the bluegrass I still carry you around (with the Del McCoury band) to the traditional (including the sound of vinyl record scratches at the end) country song, The Other Side of Town. The rest of the songs (Telephone Road, Somewhere Out There, You Know the Rest, Poison Lovers) are also great.
Free Music Review: This is a masterpiece-A great songwriter
Hit: 5 Stars
Buy this album. I can't add much to what's been said here but I want to comment on "If You Fall". This fellow righteously implores his best friend to let the girl be because he'll only get hurt. He's looking out for his bud, right? Fine, good song, but then Steve gives us this funny, stunning final stanza
There she is again
She sure looks fine
Boy, I know you're walkin'
On a very thin line
So I guess it's up to me
'cause your heart's not as strong as mine
Well just this one time
Taking one for the team (not), our boy goes for the girl himself. This song, these words, are the essence of this great, great album:
Ain't no accounting for the heart, baby!!!
Free Music Review: This album has heart and soul.
Hit: 5 Stars
I have listened to El Corazon so many times that I may have to go back for a second copy. I just don't tire of it because there is such a diverse mixture of styles, sounds, and ideas captured here. It is one of my all time favorite albums, but I am not sure that I can explain why that is true. I think it may be that Steve Earle just captured a feeling through words, sounds, and emotion that draws you into the story he is telling. "Somewhere Out There" just grabbed me, and "Poison Lovers" is another one about a couple who are bad for each other. Only Steve Earle could make "Telephone Road" sound like a place you would like to see and "Taneytown" a place you would never want to visit. Great Album.