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Kris Kristofferson - Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn Audio CD

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Kris Kristofferson Band: Kris Kristofferson
Title: Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn
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Release Date: 2009-07-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Josie 2: Burden Of Freedom 3: Stagger Mountain Tragedy 4: Border Lord 5: Somebody Nobody Knows 6: Little Girl Lost 7: Smokey Put The Sweat On Me 8: When She's Wrong 9: Gettin' By, High And Strange 10: Kiss The World Goodbye 11: Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) 12: Nobody Wins 13: It Sure Was (Love) 14: Enough For You 15: Help Me 16: Jesse Younger 17: Give It Time To Be Tender 18: Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight 19: Sugar Man 20: Why Me

An Inconsistent Year from Kris
Border Lord, Kristofferson's third album, is not as solid as his first two, but it still contains an impressive array of songs. 1972 saw the release of both Border Lord and Jesus was a Capricorn. One theme of Border Lord seems to be women with less-than-pleasant lives, from the strong opener "Josie" to "Somebody Nobody Knows" to "Little Girl Lost" with the classic line "She'll feed your hungry ego till you think you're quite a man / But, you'd better count your fingers when she turns loose of your hand. " "Kiss the World Goodbye" is pure Kristofferson swagger ("I owed the devil some debts, boys / And paid 'em all up but one); Dean Martin did a hell of a fine cover of this song on his Dino album from the early Seventies. My favorite track on Border Lord is "Burden of Freedom. " Really, has any other songwriter captured the exhilaration and sobering responsibility of personal freedom as Kristofferson has throughout his career? I don't think so. When he sings "Lord, help me to shoulder the burden of freedom," man, he means it, and you feel it. All in all, a fine album from Kris.

Then, there's Jesus was a Capricorn, one of Kristofferson's best selling albums, and by far my least favorite Kristofferson album. Don't get me wrong: there's some really good stuff here. The title track is one of Kristofferson's pointed and hilarious looks at the fear and hypocrisy that makes people judge those who are different. And, "Why Me" justly deserves its place as a country standard. But, I'm just not a big fan of Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge duets, and there's two of them on here. "Sugar Man," in my opinion, is the low point of Kris's songwriting. And Larry Gatlin's "Help Me" (sung here with Gatlin) was done better by Elvis Presley. I know there are many who would disagree with me, but the reason to buy this reissued two-fer is Border Lord, hands down. And, folks, Border Lord is a good album to have in your collection.


Disappointment
I did not like the songs or the way he sang them!. The worst CD from Kris that I have had the misfortune of purchasing.


Some of my favorites available again!
My aunt was kind of like a big sister to me - she's 14 years older than I am, so when I was in my early teens, we'd go to the movies and listen to music. It was great to see our friends over at wounded bird get Kris' catalog back in print, and at budget prices. She LOVED Kris. These two albums got played quite a bit around the house - so much so that I STILL know the words to "Jesus Was A Capricorn" by heart! I've seen Kris several times in the last few years - and every time he delivers. If he comes your way, make a point to see him (He's in his 70's!). You can't go wrong seeing the guy who wrote all those classic songs do them alone on acoustic guitar and harmonica! .


no titles
But, whoever cobbled the CD together neglected to put in the song titles. I love everything that Kris does so I gave the CD 5 stars. When I put it on my I-Pod the songs are only numbers and there is no artist listed. This will make it difficult to find once it is no longer in my "recently added" playlist.


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