Jim Messina - Messina (1981)

Wonderful songwriting, great vocals and in-sync arrangements and musicianship, Messina performs every word of every song like he means it. Break the chain has such an exalted message for troubled planet Earth; and Whispering water is like a return to the times when our world was a wonderland, and magic could happen any time - magic, like an enchanting lady on the sands of the beach, with the waves of the sea whispering enchanted, wordless words, to cast a bewitching spell - the plucked guitar, ambient sounds and the love-struck lyrics... search everywhere and there is no music like this happening today. Precious, priceless, Messina!