Fred J. Eaglesmith [Import]

Fred J. Eaglesmith [Import]

Track Listings

1. Take Her in Your Arms

2. Comes and Goes

3. Town of Clarkson

4. Someday It Will All Be Gone

5. Rainy Day Blues

6. Old Coach Driver

7. Through the Motions

8. Take Your Things

9. Do You Love Me Now

10. Highway Callin'

Tracks:

18 Wheels
Kansas
Summer Is Over
Thinkin' 'Bout Her
Rocky
Milly's Cafe
Tired
Mrs. Hank Williams
Sign On The Wall
The Rains
Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

more variety required.......2007-01-12

as the title suggests I was a little bit put off by the sameness of the songs
not the lyrics or topics just the delivery
the best of a type stood out against others
e.g. best songs : mrs hank williams
thinkin bout her
the rains

Not suitable for airplay.......2006-12-13

I'll be honest: I'm not a fan of Fred Eaglesmith but since I am a researcher for a local community radio station (which means I get to preview the music and make suggestions) I had to listen to it. I held off reviewing it for as long as I could for obvious reasons. There wasn't a single cut that didn't make me want to slash my wrists with a rusty spoon. All the selections are too long, the subject matter from beginning to end is only suitable for consuming alcholic beverages while carrying loaded firearms and there is just too much going on on the background all the time.

It could be that I'm just an old geezer that refuses to change with the times and to an extent you're right. But when the opening cut on ANY album is five minutes long and sets the overall tone with such a dark image it's hard to be impressed.

a bittersweet gem.......2006-11-19

old and smoky,sweet and tangy;like the best bbq and bourbon whiskey ;millies cafe,the newest fred eagleton release is a primary pleasure.i have only just heard him and could notbe happier with both his incisive lyrics and his classic country melodies.every song is good and several are gems.for all you john prine and townes van zandt fans,get this record now,you will not be sorry.

gruff, romantic, real country rock.......2006-09-02

I bought this on impulse with the new Toby Keith and I gotta say, it's a find. Eaglesmith has a heart-tugging way with a song. It's not lite music at all, it's real roots country and it hits hard. It's moving and has lots of great instruments playing like mandolins and harmonicas and guitars and piano and they're all really good and with the vocals, awesome. I like his powerfil voice and how the guitars all move the songs along, and I like the twangy stuff like "Hank Williams" and the southwestern title track. It's fun finding a new singer to love! I'm going to be singing "Summer is Over and My Baby's Gone" all week! I'm not a good reviewer but this whole CD reminds me of taking a great vacation to a little place in Texas and stopping into some bar and finding the best music.

melancholy cowboy trucker.......2006-08-18

Another fine CD for those who like the hauntingly melancholy songs of this Ontario crooner.

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The Truth as I see It
Give Masterpiece A Chance
Workingman's Poet
This Canadian is a true Texan
Fred Eaglesmith- Dusty

Dusty
Fred J. Eaglesmith
Manufacturer: Aml Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00065U0QS
Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

Dusty
Tunnel
J 75
Ship
Rainbow
Whichita
Crowds
Hey Baby
Codeine
Carne Del Toro

Customer Reviews:

The Truth as I see It.......2006-02-25

I was surprised to see only good reviews, so I feel I owe it to those that are reading the reviews to get my take. This album definitly hasn't grown on me yet. I have all of Fred's Albums and this is his worst. If you don't own any albums, do not buy this first...it is definitly not a musicians favorite album of Fred's either. Generally his music is full of Willie Bennett and cool fills and fast driving train tunes and farm losin' music, but this is like the soundtrack to a funeral. Nothing more boring than listening to keyboard drums.
Maybe the day will come when I like it too, not today though...and I feel I wasted 20$ on this album??
One bright spot is Codeine. If you see the song LIVE though and are expecting a similar version on the CD...don't buy this album...its a completely different version.

Give Masterpiece A Chance.......2005-09-26

When I first listened to this album, I thought it was a bit dry. But that changed. It just took a few listens to get my head around what was going on here. The arrangements are simultaneously sparse and lush. Majestic in simplicity. More intricate than is apparent. Great beauty all around. The songs are brilliant.

Fred Eaglesmith continues to evolve and defy expectations. I wouldn't want it any other way.

Workingman's Poet.......2005-02-18

Fred Eaglesmith's newest CD is a small affair. But like many small affairs, it's more intimate & immediate. My favorite track is the upbeat "Tunnel" with the little xylophone sounds giving it a sparkling feeling, "Now she's standing in the darkness, a shattered world, she's broken hearted, I light the light at the end of the tunnel." It's hopeful & cheerful. "I 75" is another great song that stands up with the best of Fred's work, "His gearshift is stuck & he can't move his truck & he's lost between low & high & the river of cars, they fall like stars down on I 75." Lyrically, Fred's a workingman's poet. "Hey Baby" is another utter delight, a lustful urgency puts an edge in Eaglesmith's vocal as the track builds with a delightful percussion and then the high-pitched organ almost jumping out of its skin, "You say you love me, you're thinking of me & that you'll always be true; And then you're gone, I'm all alone & you're with somebody new & it makes me blue." The other tracks are also good with "Rainbow" and Fred's 7-minute "Wichita" that is the centerpiece of this set of particular note. Another great set from one of North America's best! Bravo!

This Canadian is a true Texan.......2005-02-06

Fred Eaglesmith is a masterful singer/songwriter.What he conveys in his songs revolves around loss,despair and loneliness and his voice aches of weariness.Take a listen to I75,Wichita,Codeine and Carne del Toro and you will think to yourself " how many miles has this guy traveled ?" The musical arrangements are rather sparse, but that only adds to the stories Mr. Eaglesmith shares with his listeners.The Texas reference is made because I saw Mr. Eaglesmith at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas and he put on a wonderful show! Greg

Fred Eaglesmith- Dusty.......2004-11-26

Fred Eaglesmith: Dusty

Do you know what a "mesa" is? If your answer is no, then words
like "rusty," "dusty," "leather boots," "cough," "flies," and "texas"
should clue you in. Right from the start of the record, the road
tested, listener approved Fred Eaglesmith makes it clear that he's
not from around here. He's from Canada. He was a hobo. He's
seen poverty, divorce, and pain pain pain...

This particular album, Fred's 12th? (maybe his 20th... who knows?)
is a willing victim of very stylized production. This kind of
production is a necessity if an album is going to pull the listener in
enough to make him/her listen to the whole disc all the way
through. It seems at first as though this producer decided to make
the theme, "Casio Keyboard Beats." This decision tells me, and
many others that he's just trying ot mix it up, and he's essentially
flushing the album down the toilet. But nope. It's far from being
flushed! The seemingly inexpensive beats lead your ear to the
other instruments and to the beauty of the melodies. There is
something quaint, and at the same time ballsy about using such
cheesy beats as the foundation for a song. Some numbers even
sound like he used a glorified metronome.

In any case, it makes for a fresh album, that will not find its way out
of the cd changer, or the head of its listener for a long time.

Perhaps there are those out there who won't be as enthusiastic
about "Dusty." But I'm willing to bet they are the ones who haven't
been deserted, and have never seen the predictable drama that
comes with poverty. In the second track, "Tunnel" Fred sings about
the way his lady can straighten his paths and be the inspiration for
living the good life, and fighting the good fight. There are two more
songs that lay between this song of devotion and thanks and the
sorrow-filled, moving break-up song titled, "Rainbow." Fred asks
in "Rainbow," '...what are you supposed to do, when your rainbow
breaks in two...?" In just two songs, Fred went from thankful, to
broken... and this change is justified in the songs sandwiched
between the two. In "I-75" (the third track) a picture is painted of
trapped souls trying to escape the personal hell and strain they are
in. They all try to drive down I-75 to get away, only to fade away
like falling stars. And in the next song (the fourth track), Fred is
further lamenting his tough situation and praying to the Lord for a
rest. So there you have it... life is tough, and when its as tough as it
is in tracks three and four, it can take its toll and cause the sad
break-ups we've all seen in track five.

Every song is different story. Each story with common threads:
being strung out, looking for an escape, heartbreak, alcohol, drugs
and the grime of life. This isn't the typical "Woe is me" album that
turns into a whining-fest from the start. This album is bitter sweet,
and it's that ability to mix two unorthodox things together that
makes Fred the talented artist he is. Who else can get away with
putting coedine and cattle in the first line of a song? The question
is important, and the answer is obvious...

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The Boy That Just Went Wrong
Fred J. Eaglesmith
Manufacturer: Sweetwater Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NWJN
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Living Out on the Road
Dawson Creek
Don't You Try to Change My Mind
Tell the Engineer
Yesterday's News
Boy That Just Went Wrong
Flowers in the Dell
Down the Line
I Wish I Was There Tonight
Bottom Dollar

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Fred J. Eaglesmith
Fred J. Eaglesmith
Manufacturer: Outside
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000520NX
Release Date: 2000-10-19

Tracks:

Take Her in Your Arms
Comes and Goes
Town of Clarkson
Someday It Will All Be Gone
Rainy Day Blues
Old Coach Driver
Through the Motions
Take Your Things
Do You Love Me Now
Highway Callin'

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Indiana Road
Fred J. Eaglesmith
Manufacturer: Sweet Canada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005O534
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Thrity Years of Farming
Last Six Dollars
Take It All Away
Her Heart or Mine
Why Darling Why
Sorry You Left Me
Caroline
Yellow Barley Straw
Indiana Road
Ninety-Nine Miles an Hour

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From the Paradise Motel
Fred J. Eaglesmith and Flying Squirrels
Manufacturer: Barbed Wire Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000FLV23I

Product Description

Country-folk singer/songwriter Fred J. Eaglesmith was one of nine children born to a farming family in rural southern Ontario. Often employing his difficult upbringing as raw material for his heartland narratives, he issued his self-titled debut LP in 1980. He recorded infrequently throughout the remainder of the decade, releasing only two more albums, The Boy That Just Went Wrong and Indiana Road. However, Eaglesmith gradually became an underground favorite in his native Canada, thanks largely to a relentless touring schedule in tandem with bassist Ralph Schipper and mandolinist Willie P. Bennett. In 1991, he released the double live collection There Ain't No Easy Road, followed two years later by Things Is Changin'. Another live set, Paradise Motel, appeared in 1994, and in 1995 Eaglesmith returned with Drive-In Movie.

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