Audio CD review:
Glen Campbell - Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb

Glen Campbell - Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb

Band: Glen Campbell Title: Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Rating: Release Date: 09 October, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: By The Time I Get To Phoenix 2: Wichita Lineman 3: Roll Me Easy 4: Just This One Time 5: You Might As Well Smile 6: Wishing Now 7: About The Ocean 8: Ocean In His Eyes 9: The Moon's A Harsh Mistress 10: I Keep It Hid 11: Adoration 12: It's A Sin

Customer Reviews Three Must-Have Gems Most of this album is very good although I do not feel that the two bonus tracks the label tossed on the front end fit well with this particular musical statement. Don't get me wrong. Frankly, they seem a bit dated here. Nevertheless, Jimmy Webb is a master songwriter and Glen Campbell is one of his best interpreters. My absolute favorites are "Adoration," "Ocean In His Eyes" and "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress. " The remastering is a bit uneven but the original recordings from 1974 were probably too difficult to fully restore. Still, I am happy that this album found its way into re-release. Get this one. You won't regret it. Simply stated: Brilliant! Buy it! Buy it and listen. This recording is so good I won't waste your time on a lengthy review. This is pop music at its most emotionally moving best. Glen's singing is flawless. The arrangements are delicious. The songs are moving. Thirty years after its original release and my first listen to this album, I can't stop the tears that well up from the emotion of the lyrics. Get over whatever prejudices you might have about Glen Campbell or Jimmy Webb or pop music in general. You deny yourself one of the greatest musical treats offered up in the last half of the twentieth century if you do not get this album and listen to it until it captures you as it has captured me. Oldies but goodies I was no Glen Campbell fan but repected Webb as a songwriter (and later as an arranger) but would never, ever regard Jimmy as a 'singer'. Like the other reviewers, I had the incredibly good fortune to stumble upon this LP back in the 70's. I only new one song "the moon's a harsh mistress" which immediately blew me away when I heard it at my uni's coffee shop one folkie concert night. Anyway, the LP was only 2nd hand so I payed my 3 bucks or whatever and took it home to play. For my money I received years of joy from the combination of brilliant songwriting and masterful interpreting that were lovingly produced in an almost flawless sequence. You sing, cry, smile wryly at the accuracy of the emotions expressed - even after hearing it a hundred times. Neither Campbell or Webb has done anything better than this - sadly - but then again, how could they. This is a fluke combination that somehow jelled to create a piece of art that I would take with me onto any deserted island. Do not hesitate to acquire this gem. . You can see a complete list of all Glen Campbell discography, or go back to the Glen Campbell tabs