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Bruce Cockburn - Speechless (2005)

Posted By: jclane
Bruce Cockburn - Speechless (2005)

Bruce Cockburn - Speechless (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | 365 MB | Complete HQ Scans, 300 dpi TIFF | 92.9 MB
MP3 CBR @320 kbps (LAME 3.98) | Joint Stereo | 166 MB
Label: Rounder Records. | Catalog#: 11661-3250-2 | Genre: Folk Rock | RAR 5% Recovery

So pronounced is Bruce Cockburn's reputation as a celebrated singer-songwriter that it's easy to overlook the fact that Cockburn is also an exceptional guitarist. Speechless should change all that. A collection of previously recorded and brand new instrumental tracks, the album puts the spotlight squarely on Cockburn's brilliant acoustic guitar playing. Despite its absence of words, Speechless is highly expressive. Ranging from some of his earliest numbers to three recent compositions, the album showcases the breadth of Cockburn's eclectic guitar style. There's a strong cinematic quality to much of the album, whether it's in pieces from the 1970s like the haunting "Islands in a Black Sky" and the cascading "Water into Wine," or else in 1990s instrumentals such as the emotional "When It's Gone It's Gone" and the ambient "Mistress of Storms."

- Amazon
Speechless is proof in the pudding that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Old dog? Take a look at Bruce Cockburn's photo in the CD booklet. Speechless is the singer/songwriter's first foray into completely instrumental territory. There are 15 tracks here, the vast majority of which are redos of tracks from Cockburn's catalog. But given their treatment – many of them done as solo guitar pieces – the dearth of new material doesn't even matter. In fact, one could venture to say that these feel like altogether new pieces. Cockburn is a master guitarist; he often interweaves jazz, blues, country, and folk styles into his cross-genre songs. Here he shines, pure and simple. "Train in the Rain" (anyone notice how many of his songs are about trains and travel?) touches on Leo Kottke and Peter Lang; "Water into Wine" utilizes flamenco stylings while crossing into Gypsy jazz chords à la Charlie Byrd. A new work, "Elegy," kisses the modalities of "Greensleeves" while creating itself as a piece that evokes both absence and memory. "Rouler Sa Bosse" from Salt, Sun and Time juxtaposes Cockburn's six-string against Jack Zaza's clarinet, and becomes a straight-up gently swinging jazz tune. The set also includes "Rise and Fall," a sought-after trio track that was previously available only in Japan. Cockburn's steel-string is accented by his playing of bells, George Koller on bass, and drummer, Ben Riley! The new version of "When It's Gone, It's Gone" showcases an entire band that includes Booker T. Jones on organ and Edgar Meyer on bass, and is the only electric tune on the set. Another new work, "The End of All Rivers," is a multi-tracked tune that has Cockburn playing not only guitar but Tibetan bowl, a Navajo flute, and a baritone guitar, which are all threaded though the melody as a digital delay marks time with his standard acoustic. It's spooky, elegiac, and utterly beguiling. The set ends with a down-home solo read of the title track from Sunwheel Dance. The most remarkable thing about Speechless is that, although it lies firmly in its own subcategory in Cockburn's catalog, it remains, despite the improvisation and textures, a recording of songs. The composer's need to establish that fact even in abstraction and extrapolation is commendable. Speechless is not only accessible – it's downright beautiful, poetic, and seductive.

by Thom Jurek, Allmusic

Track Listing

1. Foxglove - 01:27
2. Train in the Rain - 03:44
3. Water into Wine - 05:31
4. Elegy - 04:06
5. Mistress of Storms - 06:09
6. Rouler Sa Bosse - 03:47
7. Salt Sun and Time - 03:10
8. Islands in a Black Sky - 07:40
9. Rise and Fall - 08:17
10. Sunrise on the Mississippi - 03:00
11. King Kong Goes to Tallahassee - 03:04
12. When It's Gone It's Gone - 04:19
13. Deep Lake - 06:48
14. The End of All Rivers - 05:55
15. Sunwheel Dance - 01:46

Bruce Cockburn - Speechless (2005)


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FILE: Bruce Cockburn - Speechless.flac
Size: 364546908 Hash: A4A8A26AF36BFABE816C3742F8B0A135 Accuracy: -m0
Conclusion: CDDA 100%
Signature: CCAD179307361C36A0EBEB9330B770AF9AC87F93


Released Date: 2005
Format: CD, Album
Length: 68:49
Compilation produced by Bruce Cockburn & Colin Linden


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