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Rehearsals for Departure
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Track Listing
- Ohio
- Tragedy
- Curbside
- Honey Baby
- Eyes for Windows
- Letters & Drawings
- Love the Same
- Saturday
- Tornado
- Rehearsals for Departure
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #171899 in Music
- Released on: 1999-03-09
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Dimensions: .21 pounds
Customer Reviews
A truly wonderful album
Having bought this LP on a whim I had no idea what to expect. I can honestly say that it is one of the finest albums I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.
Opener 'Ohio' is a wonderfully constructed country tale of woe, and sets the scene for the rest of the album. What quickly becomes evident is that Jurado is one of the finest purveyors of 'one man and his acoustic guitar' music working today.
The entire album glistens with brilliance, but the stand-out tracks are the aforementioned 'Ohio', 'Letters and Drawings' (a tale of lost love) and 'Love the Same' (an especially melancholic song about unrequited affection).
It won't be to everyone's taste, if you don't like acoustic music this won't change your mind. If, on the other hand you do, I recommend you pour yourself a bourbon, sit back and listen to half an hour's worth of pure majesty.
Good, not great
After liking "Ghost Of David" I worked backwards to this, the proper predecessor. Just as the opener "Medication" was the best thing on "Ghost..", the first thing you hear here "Ohio" is again the standout track. It may have been over-exposure to Dylan in the womb, but those harmonicas just do something to me. For the remainder of this record Jurado walks pretty close to the line dividing him from more traditional singer-song writers. For me this is not as good as his latest work.
Will be a great lost album in years to come
Having bought this on it's release after Steve Lamacq played "Ohio" on Radio 1, I have never been dissapointed with it. Mr.Jurado has a voice that makes each song 100x more emotive than just the melody or words themselves - which are very emotive in the first place.
It's always great to find an artist who escapes the hub-ub and hype of the british press to release albums that are pure gold. Call me a rock-snob (see current issues of Word magazine for definitions), but to own an all time classic album that isn't owned by anyone else in your circle of friends is always a good feeling.
