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Just Beyond the River
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Track Listing
- Heron
- Shipwreckers
- Surf Song
- Hermitage
- Hotel
- This Time Tomorrow
- Banjo #1
- We Flew Blind
- Edward
- Banjo #2
- The Snow It Melts The Soonest
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #25067 in Music
- Released on: 2004-09-20
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Warm, winsome and wonderful
What a great album this is! James Yorkston's songs are evocative and beautiful. The songs are slow-burning though, they seep into your consciousness quietly and gently without you noticing. "Heron" is a perfect example, and almost epitomises the whole album. Starting quietly, it gradually builds into a glorious wave of accordion, before gently resolving. The album on the whole is a quiet one, though "Banjo Number 1" and "Shipwreckers" are rather more rousing. Yorkston has also included a couple of traditional numbers, "Edward" and "The Snow It Melts The Soonest". However, the songs fit together as a coherent whole through the use of banjo, fiddle, accordion and guitar. The overall feel of the album is warm and occasionally melancholic, but always lovely.
Never too old to be blown away!
I have never before felt like writing a review, but this album is so beautiful it makes you want tell everyone.
The genre? Sort of folk/country, I guess. Guitar, violin, banjo all feature prominently. If that worries you, don't let it. I am not a country music lover - much of my collection features synths and samples only - but this album is something special.
Wonderful, warm, uplifting songs of love. I admit there are some here which raised the hairs on my neck and genuinely brought me to tears.
Why not give it a go?
Beautiful
What a lovely Album. I haven't yet heard his first album, but will be sure to check it out after hearing this. A beautiful alt/country album, which to me sounds like an unplugged beck with a bit of Nick Drake thrown in.
If you are thinking of purchesing this record though, I must recomend you search out for the limited version which comes with the free ep. The 6 tracks on the ep are some of the most beautiful I have ever heard and rival some of the album tracks. A shame they weren't all on the one album, as I don't think this ep is available seperately.
enjoi!
