Tom Russell - The Rose of the San Joaquin (1995)
BAND/ARTIST: Tom Russell
- Title: The Rose of the San Joaquin
- Year Of Release: 1995
- Label: HighTone Records
- Genre: Folk, Country, Singer-Songwriter
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:41:26
- Total Size: 258 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Volver, Volver (Intro)
02. The Rose of the San Joaquin
03. Hand Carved Heart
04. Heartaches Are Stealin' (Come Sundown)
05. What Do You Want?
06. Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
07. Out In California
08. The Sky Above, The Mud Below
09. The Gardens
10. Strawberry Moon
11. Between the Cracks
12. Tramps & Hawkers
13. Volver, Volver
Tom Russell has grown consistently in the course of his many albums into one of the most articulate singer/songwriters on the country side of the tracks. His efforts with Barance Whitfield and earlier incarnations of the Tom Russell Band have guitar work by Tom's longtime partner Andrew Hardin. On this record, however, Russell has chosen, along with producers Dave Alvin and Greg Leisz, to create a more linear feel to the album, with each song set feeling like it takes place in the border town Russell has been so good at describing. Each song is a miniature film soundtrack, with characters clearly drawn. "The Sky Above and the Mud Below" is one of the key tracks that truly brings the listener a sense of despair in the middle of nowhere with its slow tempo and plain-spoken telling. It is ominous in the way it builds to the inevitable conclusion as potent after repeated listening as the tragic ending in Russell's earlier Gallo del Ciello. On the other hand, "Out in California" celebrates lust and longing of a different and no less universal loneliness, for that girl with the red dress, driven home by some high-octane playing. "Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son" (with Peter Case and Dave Alvin) is a hobo's waltz. The album also has some soft lovers ballads. The liner notes include Russell's reminiscence about the appearance and subsequent disappearance of a long lost relative that is perfectly in keeping with the tone of the album's songs. He has carved out a place for himself as a compelling storyteller, and this is one of his strongest albums of the '90s.
01. Volver, Volver (Intro)
02. The Rose of the San Joaquin
03. Hand Carved Heart
04. Heartaches Are Stealin' (Come Sundown)
05. What Do You Want?
06. Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
07. Out In California
08. The Sky Above, The Mud Below
09. The Gardens
10. Strawberry Moon
11. Between the Cracks
12. Tramps & Hawkers
13. Volver, Volver
Tom Russell has grown consistently in the course of his many albums into one of the most articulate singer/songwriters on the country side of the tracks. His efforts with Barance Whitfield and earlier incarnations of the Tom Russell Band have guitar work by Tom's longtime partner Andrew Hardin. On this record, however, Russell has chosen, along with producers Dave Alvin and Greg Leisz, to create a more linear feel to the album, with each song set feeling like it takes place in the border town Russell has been so good at describing. Each song is a miniature film soundtrack, with characters clearly drawn. "The Sky Above and the Mud Below" is one of the key tracks that truly brings the listener a sense of despair in the middle of nowhere with its slow tempo and plain-spoken telling. It is ominous in the way it builds to the inevitable conclusion as potent after repeated listening as the tragic ending in Russell's earlier Gallo del Ciello. On the other hand, "Out in California" celebrates lust and longing of a different and no less universal loneliness, for that girl with the red dress, driven home by some high-octane playing. "Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son" (with Peter Case and Dave Alvin) is a hobo's waltz. The album also has some soft lovers ballads. The liner notes include Russell's reminiscence about the appearance and subsequent disappearance of a long lost relative that is perfectly in keeping with the tone of the album's songs. He has carved out a place for himself as a compelling storyteller, and this is one of his strongest albums of the '90s.
Country | Folk | FLAC / APE
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