Miles From Our Home - 9909

Amazon.com On their seventh album, the Cowboy Junkies hitch their pony to producer John Leckie (Radiohead, Verve) and inch closer toward the mainstream. As a result, Miles from Our Home's title track might be the group's most upbeat and infectious song ever. Unfortunately, it also means Miles is frequently too pretty and pleasant for its own good. Think more Sarah McLachlan, less Velvet Underground. Still, gloom reigns supreme. The atmospheric "Blue Guitar" and, presumably, the slow, shattered "At the End of the Rainbow" (a hidden track) mourn the late singer/songwriter and Junkie hero Townes Van Zandt. "Those Final Feet," a lilting, Band-like tune, marks the passing of the 94-year-old grandfather of the Timmins siblings, who comprise three fourths of the band. Translated through Margo Timmins's endlessly haunting vocals, such sentiments keep the Cowboy Junkies' cloudy mystique alive. --Neal Weiss Product description Cowboy Junkies ~ Miles From Our Home Review The Junkies have made a career out of singing songs of love, loss and loneliness, and this album is no exception.... Miles From Our Home could prove to be a good litmus test for separating the longtime Junkies addict from the more recent convert.... You can still hear the band's somber, country-folk heart beating on this album, but it's well camouflaged at times. -- No Depression Wistfully sad yet resiliently hopeful, the Toronto quartet s delicate country and blues-infused pop is as atmospheric as ever on its eighth album. -- The Los Angeles Times
ASIN: B000007S8J
VSKU: GGV.B000007S8J.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:Cowboy Junkies
Binding: Audio CD