--- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://tinyurl.com/yq4ms6 > > That's a blast from the past. I was a big fan and used to have a few > of his albums, World of Wonders, Dancing in the dragons jaws, > Stealing fire. A mate of mine brought them back from Canada, > brilliant lyrics I seem to remember. I went and lost them all in a > house move twenty years ago and they were never on sale in England. > Hmmm might have to mosy on over to amazon for a perusal. Can you > recommend a recent album of his Barry? Is he still doing good stuff?
You're asking a fanatic, so beware. :-) The answer to your last question above, unfortunately for the collector, is Yes, he is still doing good stuff. The albums of the era you liked (cited above) had a specific sound quality to them that reflected not only Bruce's influences and taste at the time, but also the band at the time. Since then, he's easily had six or seven different sounds, tastes, and bands. Not everyone (even fanatics) like all of them equally. To get an overview of the various sounds, I can actually recommend a "best of" album called Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. It's a collection of the singles from 1079- 2002 and has some great stuff on it. Of the newer releases, my favorite is The Charity Of Night. Dart to the Heart is a lovely album IMO, but a lot of people didn't like the different (for him) sound. Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu has some great songs on it as well. I love the two newest albums (You've Never Seen Every- thing and Life Short Call Now), but they have some new sounds and tonal experiments on them that, again, not everyone likes. My best advice would be to go to a site that allows you to listen to samples and try to get a feel for the albums before buying. Here are a few resources list on http://cockburnproject.net: # Sonic Net hosts the "Night Train" and "Last Night Of The World" video - http://www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_video.jhtml?ai_id=4688 - Sonic Net's offers the "Night Train" video from "The Charity Of Night" album, and "Last Night Of The World" from the "Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu" album in its Bruce Cockburn feature section. Format: RealVideo. # Sputnik7.com hosts the "Night Train" and "Last Night Of The World" videos - http://www.sputnik7.com/vod/ - Sputnik7.com also has the two videos above.Formats: both RealAudio and WindowsMedia. # Bruce Cockburn Lyric Library - http://www.stealing-fire.com/BCLL/Default.asp - Marie Westhaver's archive of lyrics, fully searchable or browsable by album, has short clips of all released songs. Format: RealAudio
