T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett

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Texas native T Bone Burnett is celebrated for his production efforts on the behalf of Gillian Welch, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. His solo albums released in the '80s and early '90s on Warner Brothers and Columbia didn't sell, but they generated a fair share of mostly positive press (doubters are put off by the righteous air of some of his songs). This self-titled country-folk gem from 1986, however, is as good as anything in Burnett's extensive oeuvre, even if few people have heard it. Exceptional originals (the ought-to-be-classics "River of Love" and "I Remember") are expertly sequenced with faultlessly chosen covers (Tom Waits's "Time," Bob Neuwirth's "Annabelle Lee," the country standard "Poison Love"). Sidemen David Hidalgo and Dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas shine without showboating and Burnett has never sounded so guileless and relaxed. --Steven Stolder

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The True False Identity
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Really enjoyed this unusual CD
  • Middle age, white, goofy-looking Texan guy raps (and rocks!)
  • Grammys - best album (CD)yes0
  • 11th Commandment
  • 5 stars, 5 times over!
 The True False Identity
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ASIN: B000E6UWEE
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Zombieland
  2. Palestine Texas
  3. Seven Times Hotter Than Fire
  4. There Would Be Hell To Pay
  5. Every Time I Feel the Shift
  6. I'm Going On A Long Journey Never To Return
  7. Hollywood Mecca Of The Movies
  8. Fear Country
  9. Baby Don't You Say You Love Me
  10. Earlier Baghdad (The Bounce)
  11. Blinded By The Darkness
  12. Shaken Rattled And Rolled

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T-Bone Burnett has been hard at it since his last record of original songs in 1992: nominated for a songwriting Oscar, winning a production Grammy, composing movie soundtracks, and serving as one of his trade's most valuable studio musicians. But with those most fascinated by his remarkable resume, it's all about the songwriting, and on The True False Identity, Burnett substantiates his role as a composer and performer steeped in traditional American music. Backed by a scrupulous cast of players and drawing on his candidly innovative wordplay, Burnett not only has put the world on notice, he appears far from content with the outlook. "The cat's out of the bag/And it ain't going back," he pleads wearily over a machine-gun drum in "Fear Country," one of several tunes where Burnett enunciates more as dustbowl rapper than west coast songster. His relevant narrations include an undercurrent of religion in law ("Blinded by the Darkness"), the modification of history ("Every Time I Feel the Shift") and a cadenced appraisal of Frank Sinatra and his running buddies ("Palestine, Texas"). Teaming a Dylan-like poetry scheme with a searing guitar lead, "Palestine" begins as a mis chievous nursery rhyme, until Burnett aims his invective at the nation's leaders: "When you come out of this self-delusion/You're gonna need a soul transfusion." Listening to The True False Identity, we've already got ours. --Scott Holter

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed this unusual CD.......2007-01-05

I don't know Burnett but really liked this CD. It is thought provoking and also satisfying musically.

4 out of 5 stars Middle age, white, goofy-looking Texan guy raps (and rocks!).......2006-11-21

You probably will not like this album when you first listen to it.

I didn't.

... and I literally own every record he's ever made. No kidding.... everything. I'm a huge T-Bone fan and have been since his Alpha Band days.

But this album is different than anything he's done before. Heck, it's different than anything I've ever heard before.

It's kind of genre-bending... it strikes me as either a kind of Texan folk rap or maybe it's just one of the best poetry slams ever. But it's not really folk music and it's not really rock and roll. He doesn't sing a melody in most of the songs... he raps. But this isn't hip-hop rap -- it's white guy rap.

Like with most innovative music, it took me awhile to figure out what he was even trying to do. It doesn't help that I don't really like most rap, because I like a melody to my music.

But I do like a good bluesy jam sessions and he does a lot of that behind his "rapping." Don't think normal rap, though. Burnett isn't trying at all to pretend he's a gangsta rapper -- not that he ever could pull it off!

Instead he "raps" about middle age liberal white guy stuff. Well, that me! So after a bunch of listenings, I figured out the album and now I really like it. It's not my favorite, all-time Burnett album but it is better than his average.

I am deducting one star because -- well -- this is simply not a five star album. Pioneering and brilliant? Yes. An all-time classic? No.

(I should add that my six year old daughter likes it too! I have no idea why. She also likes Raffi.)

So, should you buy this album?

If you're looking for "comfort zone" folk, rock and roll or even rap, you should probably look elsewhere.

If you're a free thinker and looking for something different and innovative -- then this is a CD for you. Who knows? This might be the start of a whole new genre of music and you can say you were on the first floor of the movement.

3 out of 5 stars Grammys - best album (CD)yes0.......2006-11-14

this is potent for an artist who says "i am not important".all Burnett's music has been astounding & important to many (who are comfortable in their own "skin-teeth or otherwise).excellent writing-musicianist-wonderful & think about it songs.I qoute him in everyday speech.Great."Fear Country" & "Paradise are so far the ons I play often.there is no better songwriter in the country in an era of dull w/ the exception of Dylan & Morrison sporadically.Best CD-of thje years in the Grammys-I voted long ago when ya could deny anythin' ya said-I'll stick w/ the T B works.

4 out of 5 stars 11th Commandment.......2006-09-13

T-Bone Burnett shares a place with a handful of artists who have strong and devoted followings, but whose music is perhaps too thoughtful to sell huge quantities. Quality is often more important that quantity. Burnett burns on his new set. My favorite track is "Seven Times Hotter Than Fire" with its driving electric guitar and the mesmerizing tromp of T-Bone's burning footsteps, "If I was dead & buried in the cold hard ground, I would rise from the grave & come & track you down." Another favorite is "Baby Don't You Say You Love Me" with a similar tribal beat pulsing and T-Bone's voice emotionally raw, "Every day you haunt me, first you hex me then you taunt me, then you leave me in this twisted misery." These tunes rank with his best work. From T-Bone's early days with the B-52 Bombers to the Alpha Band, T-Bone has pushed the limits with experimentation. On "Blinded by the Darkness" we experience Burnett's talk-sing as the guitars create a wall of chaos in the way he views the current political landscape, "Shouldn't sin be left to the laws of God & to the laws of nature; Can we trust this to the legislature." Similarly on "Every Time I Feel the Shift" Burnett talk-sings his frustrations about popular culture's shallow nature that could forget an 11th Commandment, had there been one. When Burnett rocks as he does on "Zombieland" & "Palestine Texas," his music is cutting edge. "The True False Identity" is an excellent set. Set against the backdrop of his classic catalog, it may shine slightly less. However, on its own merits, it's worth the exploration. Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars 5 stars, 5 times over!.......2006-07-19

"Disappointed" wrote a review giving 1 star after listening only twice? C'mon buddy, I wasn't sure of it after 2 listens either - give it a go. Quite a few listens later, my opinion of this wonderful recording is that it's stupendously good. Highly sophisticated musicianship, amazingly detailed and layered production, every song full of interesting sounds, melodies, rythyms and thoughts. Some rasping, blues-fuelled steamrollers live amongst these songs. Other tracks, just as arresting provide the space to breathe again. The closing song "Shaken Rattled And Rolled" sounds like an awakening disguised as a lament. This is exhilarating stuff and I don't expect there will be a better album in 2006. As classic as Bob Dylan's "Time out of Mind".
Twenty Twenty - The Essential T Bone Burnett
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • T-Bone Is A Bone-Head!
  • Should get wider acclaim
  • 20/20 hearing with unnecessary corrective surgery
  • Idiosyncratic document of an idiosyncratic career
  • Did T-Bone lose his masters?
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ASIN: B000F8DBDU
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Humans From Earth
  2. Born In Captivity - Alpha Band
  3. Primitives
  4. Power Of Love
  5. Fatally Beautiful
  6. Monkey Dance
  7. The Long Time Now
  8. River Of Love
  9. Shut It Tight
  10. Tear This Building Down
  11. The Murder Weapon
  12. Image
  13. Kill Zone
  14. Hula Hoop
  15. Criminals
  16. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
  17. No Love At All
  18. When The Night Falls
  19. Over You
  20. The Bird That I Held In My Hand

Tracks:

  1. Every Little Thing
  2. House Of Mirrors
  3. The Dogs - Alpha Band
  4. Shake Yourself Loose
  5. Kill Switch
  6. I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance
  7. Hefner And Disney
  8. Drivin Wheel
  9. Boomerang
  10. Euromad
  11. Strange Combination
  12. East Of East - Alpha Band
  13. The People's Limousine
  14. Trap Door
  15. I'm Coming Home
  16. It's Not Too Late
  17. Song To A Dead Man
  18. After All These Years
  19. Man, Don't Dog Your Woman
  20. Bon Temps Rouler

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Nobody writes better about surface and depth, illusion and essence, through parable and paradox, than T Bone Burnett. Though he's had more influence as a producer and catalyst (from his days with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review to his visionary masterminding of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack), this two-disc, 40-song retrospective dating back to 1977 celebrates his accomplishment as a unique recording artist. Burnett's range extends from the purest of plain-spoken country songs ("No Love at All," "River of Love," "The Bird That I Held in My Hand," "I'm Coming Home") to spoken-word enigmas such as "House of Mirrors" and "Hefner and Disney" (with the two switching identities as soulmates in Never Wonder Land) that challenge the listener to resolve the complexities. Among the other standouts are the surging rock of "I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance" and "Boomerang," the roadhouse rockabilly of "Driving Wheel," the teaming with Elvis Costello (as the Coward Brothers) on "The People's Limousine," and the deadpan reading of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Rather than following a chronological or musical progression, the anthology dares fans to connect the dots and risk stylistic whiplash in the process. With the simultaneous release of The True False Identity, Burnett's first album of new material since 1992, listeners can discover where he's been as well as where he's going. --Don McLeese

Album Description

40-song retrospective spanning Burnett's entire career of music-making. This 2-CD set is released simultaneously with The True False Identity, T Bone's first album of new original songs since 1992. It is no coincidence that T Bone is releasing both a retrospective and a new album on the same day. In his liner notes for Twenty Twenty, he writes "This is they way I wanted to close the book on these songs from a dead man, and open the book on the new life I am beginning after forty years of wandering in the desert."

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars T-Bone Is A Bone-Head!.......2007-03-25

I agree wholeheartedly with the T. Davis review. This is one of the worst compilations I've ever bought. What a shame, because I truly enjoy T Bone's music. The sound quality is horrible and to add insult to injury the "New" versions are simply God Awful!

5 out of 5 stars Should get wider acclaim.......2007-03-14

T-Bone presents some unique views of the world. All of his songs make great lyrical points, and they musically outstanding.

3 out of 5 stars 20/20 hearing with unnecessary corrective surgery.......2007-02-01

I have been a fan of T-Bone Burnette since my college days, from the Alpha Band's "Spark in The Dark" on. Since many of his albums have - and probably will - never seen the light of CD, I was excited about getting this double disc. Imagine my disappointment then when the selections from "Proof Through The Night" turned out to be remixed unnecessarily. According to the liner notes, T-Bone made the decision to keep that album (and I would suppose, the "Trap Door" EP) from getting to CD. That's a shame, because there are those of us who consider "Proof" to be a masterpiece. Otherwise, I'd say this was a four star collection. I was happy just to finally get "I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance" on a CD at last.

And to that extent, you get some superb songs. T-Bone is one of America's musical geniuses; had he stopped after producing Los Lobos, The BoDeans and Elvis Costello's best works in the 80's, he'd rate Hall Of Fame nominations. But he is also a world class songwriter, combining sly wit and roots music (long before it had a name) over some 30 years of recording. There are more than a few masterpieces in his discography if you want to seek them out ("The Criminal Under My Own Hat," "The Talking Animals" and - even if he doesn't like it - "Proof Through The Night"). If you're a neophyte, I strongly suggest getting this CD as a starter kit.

But if you're a long-time fan, be prepared for a few let downs. And we can only hope that T-Bone will give those of us that have stuck by him all these years the undiluted "Proof" one of these days.

4 out of 5 stars Idiosyncratic document of an idiosyncratic career.......2006-11-10

The multitalented Burnett released this 40-track career retrospective on the same day he released his first new album ("The True False Identity") in fourteen years. He's on record as imagining this collection as the summation of a musical period from which he's now somewhat estranged. Having put his solo career on hold in 1992, Burnett expressed himself for over a decade as a producer, sideman, record label executive and soundtrack composer, and revisiting his older catalog wasn't apparently always a comfortable situation.

Burnett cherry picks from his six previous solo releases (1980's "Truth Decay," 1982's "Trap Door," 1983's "Proof Through the Night," 1986's "T Bone Burnett," 1988's "The Talking Animals," and 1992's "The Criminal Under My Own Hat"), as well as two of three earlier albums by The Alpha Band (1976's "The Alpha Band" and 1977's "Spark in the Dark," but nothing from 1978's "Statue Makers of Hollywood"). Also included is "The People's Limousine" with Elvis Costello (as The Coward Brothers), the Wim Wenders soundtrack contribution "Man, Don't Dog Your Woman," and a trio of previously unreleased tunes ("The Tooth of Crime," "Song to a Dead Man," and "Bon Temps Rouler'").

Burnett's selections go especially deep on the hard-to-find EP "Trap Door" (including a terrific stripped-down, half-spoken cover of "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend"), the unreissued "Proof Through the Night" and the last LP of his original run, "The Criminal Under My Own Hat." Other highlights include the Everly-esque "I'm Coming Home" (from "Tooth Decay"), the original "Song to a Dead Man," recorded with Norman Blake, Dennis Crouch, Jerry Douglas and Stuart Duncan in Nashville, and an oddly modern take on the second-line rhythms of "Bon Temps Rouler'."

As has been noted by many others, Burnett took the opportunity to "newly produce" five of the seven tracks included from "Proof Through the Night," leaving only "Shut it Tight" and "After All These Years" in their original form. It's an ill-conceived vanity, and a disappointment to those hoping to finally hear the original album in digital form. In addition to new vocals, overdubs and remixes that drop some of the original instrumentation, fans are still missing the album's middle four tracks, including "The Sixties."

At 40 tracks and nearly 2-1/2 hours of non-chronologically arranged music, the depth may be overwhelming to those who've only recently discovered Burnett. Still, this is an impressively cohesive set, with the most recent tracks from 1992's "The Criminal Under My Own Hat" sounding like close relatives of the earliest tracks from 1976's "The Alpha Band." In between these folk- and country-tinged efforts, Burnett t out some slicker, rock-oriented ground, but always with a rootsy pulse.

Those already familiar with Burnett's solo catalog will find the extras and rarities on this set fall short of the sort that a true box set would include. And those simply waiting to get "Proof Through the Night" on CD are still left waiting by Burnett's rewriting of aural history. Still, this set makes a compelling case for the consistency of Burnett's artistry, and Bill Flanagan's lengthy profile (augmented by Burnett's own song notes) are worth squinting at. [©2006 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

2 out of 5 stars Did T-Bone lose his masters?.......2006-10-24

Not bloody likely! He's done more work as a producer than he has as a recording artist. Yet here he butchers his own songs!

These rerecordings sound like they've been filtered through gauze. The instrumentals are muddied by heavy reverb, and they bury the vocals in many instances. Everything just seems off-kilter and out of balance.

What earthly reason could be motivating his refusal to rerelease "Proof Through the Night" and "Trap Door"? Perhaps he's waiting for most of us to tire of waiting and buy this mangled mishmash instead.

I say: No thanks!
The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A lost masterpiece
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ASIN: B0000AKP32
Release Date: 2003-09-01

Tracks:

  1. Over You
  2. Tear This Building Down
  3. It's Not Too Late
  4. Humans from Earth
  5. Primitives
  6. Criminals
  7. Every Little Thing
  8. I Can Explain Everything
  9. Any Time at All
  10. I Can Explain Everything
  11. Long Time Now
  12. Kill Switch

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A lost masterpiece.......2006-05-11

Like the reviewers below, I consider this to be a masterpiece. When it came out in 1992, I rated it the best album of its year (not the best Americana, or the best singer-songwriter, or the best in a specific category - it simply rated as the best album in any category of music that I heard that year - and I listen to lots).

Yet it sank without trace. I saw just one (pathetic) review of it, and it never made any critical lists or best albums of the year summaries that I ever saw. In fact, I have only ever seen two copies of it (one at a friend's, and one in the shop, which is the one I bought). Why? It is not as if T-Bone is an unknown quantity.

But let me put this album in perspective. There are folk songs on here that Bob Dylan wishes he could have written - and I am a big Dylan fan. Any fan of guitar based singer-songwriting simply needs to hear this album. And above all, this album has what far too many singer-songwriter albums do not - it is profoundly exciting. Not just bombastic histrionics on the guitar, but the excitement that comes from soulful engagement and revelation.

As the songs lift sequentially from one level to the next, and as the soul of the material is progressively revealed, the effect is totally mesmerising. I find the sequencing of songs to be as strong as any that I have ever heard. And I still play the songs regularly, in sequence, 14 years later. For in addition to being a set of great songs, this also a great production - minimalist, sometimes piercing, sometimes reflective, but never banal.

Maybe its time has finally come. T-Bone is about to release the follow-up, and we will see what he has been keeping under his hat for the last decade. And hopefully he will now take his rightful place in the pantheon of American singer-songwriters, as the soulful master that he is. But if you like edge, wit and sensitivity, informed by American folk and country idioms, do not overlook this one.

5 out of 5 stars A stunning album.......2005-10-31

I already know the world is completely mad, so it comes as absolutely no surprise that not one person appears to have ever heard this excellent album (apologies to both reviewers who obviously have heard and thoroughly enjoyed the object of this review). T-Bone does not have the voice of a siren (thank God) but it's hardly neccessary with these songs as they are full of sharp insight and thoughtful observation, delivered with pathos and wit. The music itself on each and every song is oustanding, the musicianship impeccable and apart from encouraging you to taste and enjoy this for yourself, I can only say that I will be buying the very next T-Bone steak available. Rumour has it that there is a new album in the pipeline.

5 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorites.......2005-06-28

There's nothing like this record. Buy it. If you buy it but don't like it, then you've got no taste. No way to describe it very well, though imagine if "Union Station" tried their hand at punk rock themes and pulled it off blazingly well.

Every couple of years I pull this back out and wonder why I haven't listened to it more often. Some of it really, really hits me where I live and it does so in an edgy, raw way that could have only come out of the USA.

5 out of 5 stars a criminally overlooked masterpiece.......2004-07-29

THE CRIMINAL UNDER MY OWN HAT was released in 1992 to nearly universal indifference. Just another example of the fact that there is no justice. Actually, the title cut did get some airplay on the short-lived *adult alternative* stations of the time, which is how I first heard it. CRIMINAL is a brilliant, powerful album -- it is T-Bone Burnett's masterpiece, and is among the finest albums of all time, I believe. The songs are superb, and their overall effect is stunning. This is truly an *album* and not just a collection of songs. The musicians are top-notch -- Jim Keltner on drums; Jerry Scheff, Roy Huskey, Jr. and Edgar Meyer on bass; Marc Ribot on guitar; Mark O'Connor on violin and mandolin; Jerry Douglas on dobro. Most of the songs are acoustic, but several are very electric, with driving bass and drums, and ferocious electric guitar (Criminals, Tear This Building Down, Humans From Earth, I Can Explain Everything).

The lyrics range from the sincere and poignant to the sardonic to the hilarious. The overall mood, though, is serious -- intensely serious. I suppose this probably has something to do with why it was not more popular. The title track, for instance, goes 180 degrees against U.S. trend of "getting tough on crime":

"There is no other I can blame, no other I can judge, no other I can cast in shame and require blood."

A great line from "Primitives" is: "The frightening thing is not dying -- the frightening thing is not living."

The "Humans from Earth" are:

"...out here in the universe buying real estate ... looking for a planet where the air is fresh and the water clear ... you have nothing at all to fear, I think we're going to like it here..."

"Tear This Building Down features the chorus from the old public domain song Sampson & Delilah over a Bo Diddley beat. A lying politician is indicted by the people and pleads pitifully "I can explain everything." The most chilling moment comes last. Over a pretty melody with mandolin and dobro the singer says:

"We killed them at the palace, Babe, and we murdered them in Rome. We knocked them all dead, Babe, then we brought it all back home. There are those who play for money, Babe, there are those who play for fame, there are still those who only play for the love of the game."

Quite a game to love.

T-Bone hasn't been playing the singer-songwriter game since CRIMINAL, focusing instead on producing other people's records. THE CRIMINAL UNDER MY OWN HAT is going to be hard to top, but I hope T-Bone will try. I hope he's working on a new album after all these years, after the smash success of his soundtrack album OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? The world is full of "broken structures and false idols," but "it's not too late."
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ASIN: B000002QWR
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

  1. River Of Love
  2. Poison Love
  3. Shake Yourself Loose
  4. No Love At All
  5. Annabelle Lee
  6. I Remember (Instrumental)
  7. I Remember
  8. Little Daughter
  9. Oh No Darling
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Texas native T Bone Burnett is celebrated for his production efforts on the behalf of Gillian Welch, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. His solo albums released in the '80s and early '90s on Warner Brothers and Columbia didn't sell, but they generated a fair share of mostly positive press (doubters are put off by the righteous air of some of his songs). This self-titled country-folk gem from 1986, however, is as good as anything in Burnett's extensive oeuvre, even if few people have heard it. Exceptional originals (the ought-to-be-classics "River of Love" and "I Remember") are expertly sequenced with faultlessly chosen covers (Tom Waits's "Time," Bob Neuwirth's "Annabelle Lee," the country standard "Poison Love"). Sidemen David Hidalgo and Dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas shine without showboating and Burnett has never sounded so guileless and relaxed. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLE piece of music.......2006-02-14

At this price, you should buy 3 and keep them in storage for future generations. The musicianship on this CD is awesome, the sound is pristine, the songs are very well written. It's old-fashioned folky country, no drums to speak of, no electric instruments. It was recorded live to 2-track in the studio. My one caveat. When this originally came out on LP record, it was shorter, without the extra "instrumentals" and such. Actually, it was better that way! (6 stars instead of 5) Also, the album, when it was recorded direct, was recorded simultaneously to analog and digital, so the master for the two of them is slightly different. Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but the analog master that the LP is based on sounds better. Keep in mind that in the 80s digital recording technology was not where it is before, no matter what anybody says...

So... if you can find the LP in great condition, get that too! But this CD is a classic and then some.

5 out of 5 stars Good album.......2005-08-16

If you like country music, or if you want to explore T-Bone Burnett's music, either way, it is very well written and recorded.

5 out of 5 stars A Timeless Classic.......2004-03-31

This album is my favorite from an artist better known for producing others music than making his own. I first heard this back when I was still into bluegrass, jazzgrass, Dawg music, etc. some 15 years ago. I've moved on from most of that type of music. But the songs on this album still hang in there with anything else you'd care to listen to. It is on par with Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as being a perfectly produced work. No matter how many times you listen to it, you just can not wear this music out.

4 out of 5 stars Not the T-Bone that I Knew.......2003-12-27

...don't get me wrong. This is a decent-enough record. Good songs, well played. But "good" is not enough from the guy who out-quirked Dylan during the Rolling Thunder tour. When, oh when is somebody going to rerelease "Truth Decay" and "Proof Through the Night"? The guy's got a Grammy, for criyiyi.

5 out of 5 stars Not just a great producer.......2003-01-20

T-Bone Burnett the performer/song writer is a victim of his own success as a producer. He is arguably one of the best half dozen producers on the planet, and in 2001 managed to produce the only album to win the Grammy for Best Album of the Year with absolutely no air play whatsoever (the soundtrack for O BROTHER! WHERE ART THOU?). But he is also a very good song writer, managing to blend a strong moral sense from his own religious beliefs (he is a Christian, but a Christian on the edge, not unlike a fellow traveler like Bono). Tragically, most of his best studio work is out of print, like the incredible PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT and the great BEHIND THE TRAP DOOR, featuring an absolutely chilling version of "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend," which he sings with none of Marilyn Monroe's playfulness, but with the utmost seriousness, as if he were articulating a philosophy of life. One of the scariest songs ever recorded.

Of all his albums, T-BONE BURNETT is by far his most mellow, filled with less moral combativeness. His albums are usually ironic and sardonic, but this one is peaceful and calm, as if he was have an extraordinarily good day when he recorded it. The arrangements are minimalistic, and the sound utterly uncluttered. It is almost impossible to listen to this album without feeling calm and peaceful. Burnett by background is a rocker, but this album seems almost folky in contrast.

This is not Burnett's best album, but it is very nearly his best. And until PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT or BEHIND THE TRAP DOOR become available again, this is probably the best T-Bone Burnett album one can find.
Proof Through the Night & the Complete the Trap Do
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • T-Bone Burnett's Best Recordings in Limited Release
  • Interesting Backwards Glance in Terrible Packaging
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ASIN: B000NO1SPE

Album Description

Limited edition two CD set from the singer/songwriter and producer. Disc One features the entire Proof Through The Night album (1983) plus one bonus track ('Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw') while Disc Two contains the six track Trap Door EP (1982) and all six songs from the Behind The Trap Door EP (1984). 24 songs total. Rhino Handmade.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars T-Bone Burnett's Best Recordings in Limited Release.......2007-06-16

This Rhino Hand-Made compilation (limited to 5000 copies) collects T-Bone Burnett's two Warner Bros. releases - the 1982 six-song EP "Trap Door" and the 1983 LP "Proof Through the Night", along with the 1984 Demon Records six-song EP "Behind the Trap Door" and an unreleased song, "Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw".

The "Trap Door" EP was a wonderful and concise collection of pop and rock songs that was recorded when Warner Bros. rejected Burnett's initial idea of recording an entire LP of Broadway tunes - of which his perfectly unique take on "Diamonds Are Girl's Best Friend" is the only refugee.

1983's full-length "Proof Through the Night" followed in the same robust production style as the EP, with an expanded musical range and even more insightful and cynical lyrics about a wide variety of unhappy characters. Every song on the album is strong and articulate with dynamic, inventive, and full production values. Guest musicians The Williams Brothers, Ry Cooder, Stan Lynch, Mick Ronson, Richard Thompson, Pete Townshend, and Masakazi Yoshizawa each (at one point or another) augment the lineup that had recorded the previous EP.

When the 2-CD collection, "Twenty Twenty - The Essential T-Bone Burnett" was released in 2006, the songs included from "Proof Through the Night" were radically remixed with new vocals and sometimes apparently re-recorded entirely. A hint as to why this was, and why Burnett has not really wanted the original album to be issued on CD, can be found in the liner notes to this Rhino set. The closing track of the record, "Shut It Tight", and the sole bonus track on this collection, "Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw", were recorded first, and are in a bluegrass/country style that was apparently Burnett's initial concept for the entire record. Warner Bros. then added an outside producer for the recording of much of the rest of the LP, perhaps leading to T-Bone's public unhappiness with the result.

The result is actually an amazingly written and tremendously well-produced record - one of the best of the 1980s.

At that point Burnett and Warner parted ways and, interestingly, he recorded an EP for Demon Records, "Behind the Trap Door", in much the same style as the earlier tracks compiled on this collection. The record may not have been as arresting as the Warner recordings, but it was still fairly strong, if a bit disappointing.

It's great news that these recordings are finally all available on CD, but the bad news is that it's been limited to 5000 pressings as a part of Rhino's Hand Made reissue series. Rhino has done a very good job of bringing the vinyl tracks to CD, although there is some slight background hiss, which might indicate that they didn't have access to the original master tapes. The booklet included with this set contains a fairly lengthy essay on the recording sessions, included in a carboard CD package featuring the original album covers.

3 out of 5 stars Interesting Backwards Glance in Terrible Packaging.......2007-06-12

I was really looking forward to Rhino Handmade's release of 'Proof Through the Night & the Complete Trap Door'. Sadly, the cheapness of the packaging really reduced my admiration for the treatment that Rhino gives its Limited Edition releases. The two discs were not placed in protective sleeves, and the cheap cardboard sleeves made me feel nervous that I would end up scratching the data sides just from removing it.

Oh, and speaking of the cardboard sleeves, when I carefully tried to remove one of the discs, the cardboard ripped. Perhaps the whole point to this really bad packaging concept was to make sure that no one bothered to open the item in the first place. Good for pure collectors, but really bad for T Bone Burnett fans. And not so nice for the artist, come to think of it.

Perhaps in future, Rhino Handmade will put a bit more care into its Limited Edition releases and actually spend more than twenty-five cents on the packaging. Because of this problem alone, a four-star recording got demoted to three stars. This past work from a talented artist of Burnett's stature deserves much better treatment than this.
The True False Identity
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • T Bone gives steak again
 The True False Identity
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ASIN: B000F8DBDA
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

  1. Zombieland
  2. Palestine Texas
  3. Seven Times Hotter Than Fire
  4. There Would Be Hell To Pay
  5. Every Time I Feel the Shift
  6. I'm Going On A Long Journey Never To Return
  7. Hollywood Mecca Of The Movies
  8. Fear Country
  9. Baby Don't You Say You Love Me
  10. Earlier Baghdad (The Bounce)
  11. Blinded By The Darkness
  12. Shaken Rattled And Rolled

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T Bone Burnett likes to keep his listeners off balance, as his first album of new material in 14 years attests. As a producer, Burnett has been responsible for the commercial breakthrough of emerging bands (Counting Crows, the Wallflowers) and the renewal of venerable artists (Ralph Stanley, Tony Bennett), but mainly he's been renowned for the rootsy Americana he brought to the soundtracks for O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Walk the Line. Here, Burnett extends his musical range across a wide expanse--from tracks that mix the percussive throb of reggae dub with the angular clang of a Tom Waits album ("Zombieland") and spiritual rants on the nature of sin over a heavy metal-blues guitar ("Blinded by the Darkness") to the comparative lilt of a Caribbean rhythm ("Hollywood Mecca of the Movies") and a couple of numbers that suggest the mysterious atmospherics of film noir ("There Would Be Hell to Pay," the politically conscious "Fear Country"). Even when a country tune, "I'm Going on a Long Journey Never to Return," finds him in more comfortable musical territory, the fatal dread of the lyrics belies the warmth of the music. The band--featuring guitarist Marc Ribot and drummer Jim Keltner, long Burnett's instrumental accomplices--sounds capable of taking this music wherever he envisions. It's as if Burnett wields music as a weapon against complacency: his own, the listeners', the culture's. Though this is rarely easy-listening music, the results are never less than challenging. --Don McLeese

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Album Description

CD AUDIO SIDE: * Entire album

DVD SIDE: * Featuring intimate live music and spoken word performances by T Bone, marking the first time T Bone has performed his own material on camera in more than 15 years.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars T Bone gives steak again.......2006-08-30

T Bone Burnett finally has returned from his producing role to his role as the great roots musician/composer/singer that he is with his new studio CD "The True False Identity." While we were teased a few years back with the smell of a proposed CD of music from a Sam Shepherd play that T Bone wrote and performed some songs for (this project was inexplicibly shelved!), this time we actually get to chew and swallow. The DVD side is a great side dish as well. Finally, some steak after years of listening to other artist's hamburger!
The B-52 Band & the Fabulous Skylarks
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • T Bone Burnett's First Effort - From 1972 - Is A Winner
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ASIN: B000002R3W
Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

  1. We Have All Got A Past
  2. Bring Me Back Again
  3. Now I Don't Mind No Light Sermon
  4. Wouldn't You Think I'd Know By Now
  5. You Been Away For So Long
  6. Sliding By
  7. Hot Rod Banjo
  8. Mama, Please Don't You Lie
  9. Clarification Blues
  10. Money Changer
  11. I Don't Want To Hear You Cry No More
  12. Linda Lu

Album Description

1972 solo debut album.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars T Bone Burnett's First Effort - From 1972 - Is A Winner.......2002-12-29

Answers to questions: J. Henry Burnett = T Bone Burnett. No, the B52s, from Athens, GA are nowhere to be found. This B52 band predates that one by about seven years. Whomever found this masterpiece's original master tapes (circa 1972) should be given the solid gold cupie doll. This album ROCKABILLYS OUT! The inclusion of Linda Lu, the single not featured on the original album, makes this well worth the price of admission. T Bone Burnett has become famous, yet again, because of his "O Brother Where Art Thou" work. But, all of his solo material merits a close listen. With Columbia releasing the excellent live recording of the mid-70's, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue (with T Bone providing some tasty guitar licks despite the hinderance of welding goggles!) maybe we can gain hope that we'll see the CD (or DVD Audio) recordings of the Trap Door EP and the Best T-Bone recording of all time: Proof Through The Night. Please, someone, make it so! Oh, and GET THIS CD, NOW!

4 out of 5 stars Love it... Love it.. Love it..........2000-06-16

Upbeat and hip. Brings out the youth in me.
Bringing on the Weather
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • JP's best album hands down!
  • the weather looks good
  • It was a sad day when these two broke up!!!
  • Ecclectic
  • Cary Pierce just flat out Stinks on this album.
 Bringing on the Weather
Jackopierce
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ASIN: B000002G2G
Release Date: 1994-04-19

Tracks:

  1. Late Shift
  2. Forces
  3. Weather
  4. Along For The Ride
  5. Iron John
  6. Jacob
  7. Anderson's Luck
  8. Tree
  9. Capable Girl
  10. Witch In The Old Man
  11. Be Your Man
  12. Get To Know Me Better

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Dallas-based Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce aren't just another guitar-strumming duo who sing high and pretty. The difference is in their songs, which are just knotty enough to justify the lyric sheet. Add an understated production by T-Bone Burnett and guest turns by Benmont Tench and violinist Scarlet Rivera, and this screams quality, taste, and critical approbation. Weather and Iron John are classy starting points. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars JP's best album hands down!.......2002-12-17

If you're a fan of acoustic based music at all, this is a tremendous record. Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce were at their songwriting peak (in my opinion) with this, their first major label record (after 3 independent releases). Jack's songs are particularly strong, and his storytelling and lyrical descriptions are quite moving. Pierce's catchy "Get to Know Me Better" and very touching "Jacob" are a nice change of pace. This disc is a must if you've ever heard of JP or bands like them. You won't be disappointed.

4 out of 5 stars the weather looks good.......2001-03-05

Jackopierce play a wonderful collection of music and stories in this melodic effort of words and song. these concepts have been somewhat abandoned in recent years among musical groups, but "Bringing On The Weaher" gives the song priority over the person, talent, or sound. the CD does lag on the middle of the album, which is understandable because the body of music is not up-beat. however, this does not damage a good group playing and singing good songs.

5 out of 5 stars It was a sad day when these two broke up!!!.......1999-08-11

This CD is amazing. If you love an acoustic vocal sound mixed with a splash of electric you'll love this CD. I wore my CD out too many scratches and had to buy a new one. So much for CDs lasting forever. One of their better albums.

5 out of 5 stars Ecclectic.......1998-09-06

When I first heard this cd, I fell in love. Almost every song on here makes me feel something. Jacob and Late shift make me feel like I'm not the only one with problems. The lyrics are the perfect entity. They not only enhance the music, they make it. The perfect rainy day, leaving home, peaceful album.

1 out of 5 stars Cary Pierce just flat out Stinks on this album........1998-07-21

Jack and Cary do not do their musical talents justice on this album. Cary's antics on stage take away from the quality of their music. I would not recommend this album for anyone.
Behind the Trap Door
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Nice, But Where's The First EP 'Trap Door'?
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Manufacturer: Demon Records UK
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ASIN: B00000116Q
Release Date: 1994-07-05

Tracks:

  1. Strange Combination
  2. Amnesia And Jealousy (Oh Lana)
  3. Having A Wonderful Time Wish You Were Her
  4. The Law Of Average
  5. My Life And The Women Who Lived It (No.1)
  6. Welcome Home, Mr. Lewis

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Nice, But Where's The First EP 'Trap Door'?.......2005-06-27

Behind the Trap Door, T-Bone Burnett's fourth recording (his second EP) following the breakup of the Alpha Band, is a varied collection of material that includes collaborations with Bono, Bob Neuwirth, and Richard Thompson. The record, with its stripped-down and decidedly uncommercial sound, along with the inclusion of a soundtrack instrumental and a cut recorded prior to 1980's Truth Decay sessions, has the feel of a career filler for Burnett (he was between major labels). This by no means suggests that Behind the Trap Door is without its charms. The opener, "Strange Combination," is pure Burnett, with its impressionistic spoken lyric over a chunky acoustic guitar and clanging percussion. "Amnesia and Jealousy (Oh! Lana)" and "The Law of Average" are infectious acoustic pop, while the winsome instrumental "Welcome Home, Mr. Lewis," written with Thompson, closes the record nicely. Fans of T-Bone Burnett's work will find pleasures throughout Behind the Trap Door, although it's by no means an essential piece of his catalog. - by Brett Hartenbach, AMG

3 out of 5 stars T-Bone isn't a DEMON. Fun With Record Speed Controls.......2004-06-21

In 1986, when this Import Only EP was released, a dear friend (and fellow Bruce Cockburn Fan) told me that T-Bone had finally gone too far. "This is junk. I don't know why he is on the Demon label. Maybe, it's because this experimental garbage sounds demonic." After listening to a little, having spent time in radio, I realized the problem. I corrected the pitch from 33 to 45 RPM and my friend's face turned an almost purple shade of red. If you have the Vinyl EP, note this is a 12" 45 RPM record. Past that oddity, there's little more than "Amnesia & Jealousy: Oh Lana" to suggest this hastily recorded hodgepodge of six songs. My wife's tired of me using the cleverly titled by Bono/Burnett "Having A Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her" line on my postcards when away from home. (With a great title like that as well as help from Bono, it seems it wouldn't seemingly drag at 33&1/3rd RPM even when you play it correctly. It does.) This EP is a hard find on CD as it was released in a small pressing on Demon in the UK. Completists: go for it. Everyone else, get the real Warner Brothers "Trap Door" or Warner's stunning "Proof Through The Night." Equally amazing are: The Criminal Under My Own Hat, The Talking Animals, J. Henry Burnett & The B52 Band With The Fabulous Skylarks, Truth Decay, The Acoustic Self Titled 1986 Dot release and T-Bone's lead in the supergroup "The Alpha Band" as chronicled on Edsel's "Interviews" CD. Everyone Else: Wait for the T-Bone Box Set for "Amnesia & Jealousy: Oh Lana" and buy the aforementioned T-Bone Burnett recordings while you can still find them.

5 out of 5 stars Behind T-Bone.......2001-11-26

Even though it was a commercial no-show in America, this album contains some really great material. I assume it is a follow up on his genius "Trap Door" album but I assure you, these songs are definitely not second tier out-takes. It is one of my most cherished LP's.
The Talking Animals
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B00005M9HC
Release Date: 2001-07-20

Tracks:

  1. The Wild Truth
  2. Monkey Dance
  3. Image
  4. Dance, Dance, Dance
  5. The Killer Moon
  6. Relentless
  7. Euromaid
  8. Purple Heart
  9. You Could Look It Up
  10. The Strange Case Of Frank Cash And The Morning Paper

Product Description

1. The Wild Truth
2. Monkey Dance
3. Image
4. Dance, Dance, Dance
5. The Killer Moon
6. Relentless
7. Euromad
8. Purple Heart
9. You Could Look It Up
10. The Strange Case Of Frank Cash And The Morning Paper

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The first "heretic" of the Christian music industry.......2006-09-11

When I first found Burnett's The Talking Animals on vinyl back in the 1980's, I really enjoyed this album, especially the song "The Wild Truth" without realizing that this album was about his faith and other human interests. Now that I share his faith, I enjoy it much more than the oh-so-obvious Christian rock that is popular today. The subtleties behind all the tracks of this album make this CD re-release worth the monetary price.

I particularly enjoy the tracks "Image" (with it's multi-lingual translations), "Purple Heart", "Relentless" (about God's grace, BTW) and the vastly underrated "Frank Cash and the Morning Paper", the latter of which is a wickedly subtle take on the "does God exist" debate with a dash of Rod Serling in the lyrics for subtlety's sake.

At the time this album was first released, Burnett was listed on the Christian charts. Now, he joins his subsequent brother-in-Christ Kevin Max as two of the "heretics" who chose more alternative songwriting styles over the more mainstream Christian artists' trend towards feeding the industry beast. Burnett refuses to hit listeners over the head with a cross-shaped two-by-four, preferring to let his lyrics sink in slowly in hopes the the seeds he sows may someday take root.

3 out of 5 stars Sporadically Brilliant but Bland by T Bone Standards.......2002-09-12

Sometimes T Bone is too smart for his own good; other times he tries to make a straight rock album and you get the sense he's just slumming. "The Talking Animals" doesn't quite gel, even though "The Killer Moon," co-written by his (then) six-year-old daughter, ranks up there as a Burnett classic. (It's also an amazing video.) "The Strange Case of Frank Cash..." is a wonderful story but works only for the first few listens. The rest is, it pains me to write, sort of generic. You know there's a genius behind it all but it sounds like he's trying to make a pop album. Though I heartily recommend all his other efforts, this one is just for the die-hards.

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