Glen Campbell - Ghost On The Canvass (2011)

Glen Campbell - Ghost On A Canvass 2011

  Here is Glen's FINAL album (unless he pulls a WHO!) and if this is his last musical statement then what a way to go out !  EVERYONE needs to buy this album !   Ghost On The Canvas is a truely personal and heavily inspired album (you were right Douggie and Suzzie!) and features a couple of absolutely stunning tracks that defy label and totally surprised me.      I have lots of Glen Campbell vinyl records and would never have thought that he had a last album in him as good as this !    I have always loved Glen's voice and on this album you get to hear it as an elder gents who just wont let go quite yet !   This album also features some of Glen Campbell's finest work ever !   The opening 2 tracks give me shivers and bring me to places that I never would have expected.     "A Better Place", "Ghost on the Canvas" and "There's No Me........Without You" will send you to the stars!
   An absolute essential album

   

Gram Parsons - GP (1973)

Gram Parsons - GP, 1973 Remastered - The Complete Reprise Sessions

   Gram Parsons had just one of those voices that made a perfect cross over ......folk country rock you name it!   GP and Grievous Angel are both absolutely essential folk albums !   On his debut album after leaving The Flying Burrito Bros, he teamed up with his lover Emmylou Harris who sings harmony with Gram on this album.  The folks at Rhino did a great job in assembling this 3 disc set and offers Gram is vivid sound quality!   these CD`s sound amazing
   ``Streets Of Baltimore`` and `She` are just two of the greatest songs Gram ever did......it just takes me places ... ``She` could have easily been taken from the Beatles `Let It Be`album if it had been sung by Paul instead.   Gram puts a little twang on the song too so that it fits a bit more with the feel of the album.
Absolutely essential album !.......

Shania Twain - Up! (2003)

Shania Twain - Up !  (2003) SACD

  Well I am not sure what happened to me......but I am in love with Shania Twain.........wait......i mean her music!     Up!   is a great pop album.....and way better then her "Come on Over" album which I found a little too "New Country" for me, but this album really is solid from start to finish!
  I could not believe my ears when I heard her obvious allusion to Pink Floyd's Money on "Ka-Ching!" which is a very powerful song that really makes you think about the money and credit card world we live in.

   I am not sure what happened to me but this weekend I became a Shania Twain fan !

Uh Oh !

hey for all those who are laughing at me ....take the Up! Challenge......put this album on your stereo and watch what happens......

I am definitely UP !

Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost (2009)

Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost (2009)

  I had only heard one song from this acclaimed album when I picked this beauty up and almost had a mid-life crisis as I found myself buying and liking "New Country".....yikes....  However don't fret it kids,,,,,,this is not really "New Country" (phew !) and is as much rock and roll and it is country.   Brandi's vocals are strangely and beautifully rough as is her range.   The other striking feature of this album is the fit of her voice to that of the music.   "Give Up The Ghost" is an honest not overly produced album (which is surprising considering Rick Rubin was the producer) that blends country flavors with that of rock and pop genres.  Elton John makes a guest appearance as well and the end result is an excellent album that I have played a lot.