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Great Big Sea - Fortune's Favour Audio CD

A fair review of the Great Big Sea "Fortune's Favour" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Great Big Sea reviews here, or go back to the Great Big Sea tabs.

Great Big Sea Band: Great Big Sea
Title: Fortune's Favour
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-07-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Love Me Tonight 2: Walk on the Moon 3: England 4: Here and Now 5: Long Lost Love 6: Oh Yeah 7: Banks of Newfoundland 8: Dream to Live 9: Company of Fools 10: Hard Case 11: Rocks of Merasheen 12: Dance Dance 13: Heart of Stone 14: Straight to Hell 15: Fortune's Favour [DVD]

first CD of theirs
The tracks that I like, I really like and the tracks that I don't. I heard "England" on Pandora radio and went out on my lunch break and bought the CD. . . well, I just don't listen to. Then there's "Oh Yeah" which I outright detest.

"Banks of Newfoundland" and "England" are great and I really like some of the rock ones like "Straight to Hell", "Company of Fools" and "Dance Dance". I think that the CD sounds. . . a bit off at times. Sorry to Sean, but I think a studio album shouldn't have wavering vocals on the ballads. There's no reason for that unless it is intentional and if so. . . not good.

Speaking of not good, I really can't stand "Oh Yeah".

I shall keep listening to and enjoying the tracks that I like. .


Don't care for this
This album is not as good as their previous stuff which isn't great either. Don't care for this band at all.


"A Walk on the Moon" musically for the band
"Fortune's Favour" sounds more like a Fairport Convention CD than something GBS would produce. Newfoundland's Great Big Sea has rocked us for 15 years when they decided to try a different tack. It's folksy, but still has the element of riotous fun that you'd expect from the band.

If you're a long time GBS fan, you may not like this CD. I do, but I'm also a fan of Fairport and Steeleye Span.

My favorites:

Walk on the Moon--an optimistic, full of life song, definitely going on my playlist of cheer up songs.

England--another 'come to the new country' song. It tells of the Newfoundlanders coming to their new home and carving a new life.

Straight to Hell--if Robert Johnson could go to the crossroads, why can't a Celtic Band? What a riot! This is one you're going to like, even if you're disappointed in the rest. It's classic GBS humor.

Rebecca Kyle, May 2009 .


Fortune's Favor
Have only listened to it once but they make great music in the Irish folk tradition. I had only heard this group on a compilation album so when I heard it reviewed on NPR, I ordered the CD. .


Grew On Me


There's no reason GBS can't do some original material. I was a bit unsure about Fortune's Favor at first, since it is indeed a little bit different direction for GBS, but after listening to it for several months now, I discovered myself consistently choosing it first on my daily commute. Their "pop" stuff is so much better than the rest of the pop dreck out there, and, anyway, it's not fair to expect them to stick only to the trad stuff. Why pigeonhole such a talented group? This album gives a good dose of both. Just enjoy and be happy that they are able to give fans such a wide variety.

Here and Now probably ranks as one of my top favorite two or three GBS tunes ever. It just makes me happy, and that's the very best thing you can say about a song.

The gorgeous England was written by Sean McCann, and I think it's a fine compliment to him that such a song should sound so rich and "old" that it's mistaken for trad. I don't know if Banks of Newfoundland is old or new, but it's the perfect "Bob" piece, and one I find myself humming as I do (appropriately) chores. How great is it that there's three guys in this band who can sing lead? (I would like to hear some more Murray, though. )

Company of Fools-my husband and I split the difference on this one. I absolutely love it, he's not too keen. Dream to Live, Long Lost Love and Hard Case are great songs, but are even better in concert, and Rocks of Marasheen, which is sadly drab on the CD, comes to life live, in the hands of the Shantyman.

Love Me Tonight, Walk on the Moon, Dance and Straight to Hell are just great, upbeat, singable songs.

The only song on the CD I just can't bear is the (sorry here) whiney Heart of Stone. I rank it down there with Widow in the Window and that regrettable song, Love. But for a band with a catalogue as extensive as GBS, three songs? Hey! That gives them, what, a 97% thumbs up rate? and that sums up this band in a nutshell.

Now we are waiting on pins and needles for a live album right up and through Fortune's Favor. The lovely thing about GBS is, it's always such a pleasure to hear new versions of old favorites. .


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