Audio Cassette review:
Lucy Kaplansky - The Tide

Lucy Kaplansky - The Tide

Band: Lucy Kaplansky Title: The Tide Rating: Release Date: 25 September, 1994 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Tide 2: When I Get to the Border 3: Texas Blues 4: Heart 5: My Name Joe 6: Somebody's Home 7: Guinevere 8: Delivery Truck 9: You Just Need a Home 10: Eyes of My Beholder 11: Secret Journey 12: Goodnight

Customer Reviews A good start Her last two releases especialy are milestones in the genre. I believe Lucy's one of the best folk artist out there today. This however was a starting point for her and it is evident that she hadn't found her "style" at this point. Make no mistake, the songs are good, but they do tend to be bland after a while. On her next release "Flesh and Bone", she started to find her distinctive sound that was to become her trademark. All in all a good disc, but you may want to skip over to her later releases. Beautiful, listenable over and over and over. Buy it! There is a quality here that I don't find on her later albums (which I also love). This is one of those CDs you can listen to many times over and feel comforted by it every time. A certain purity or something. Her songs are wonderful and the songs she chooses by other people are perfect. I especially love the last song, Goodnight, Goodnight, by Cliff Eberhardt. Her version of Sting's song Secret Journey is great, too. The whole thing is full of gorgeous harmonies from Shawn Colvin, who also produced it. If you have never heard Lucy, get this, and if you only have her newer stuff, get this, you need it. Deep Blue Tides The recordings are powerful musically and emotionally. I bought the CD at concert when it was just out. The lyrics reveal her deep understanding of human psyche, anguish, despair, and hope. As a man I feel privileged for her to share the feelings in those first 3 songs. 'Texas Blues' is a strong favorite ("out on highway 10 with a cold and heartless moon shining down on me. ") 'My Name Joe' brings both laughter and tears. I've given copies to many friends. [Added: I see some later reviewers prefer her later albums. I like the later ones, but rate Tides higher]. . You can see a complete list of all Lucy Kaplansky discography, or go back to the Lucy Kaplansky tabs