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Bruce Robison - Long Way Home from Anywhere Audio CD

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Bruce Robison Band: Bruce Robison
Title: Long Way Home from Anywhere
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Release Date: 1999-07-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Drivin' All Night Long 2: Just Married 3: Red Letter Day 4: Travelin' Soldier 5: Good Life 6: Trouble 7: Anymore Good Lovin' 8: What Did You Think 9: Emotionally Gone 10: Long Way Home from Anywhere

Great Texas songwriter finds his performing voice
He delivers his visions as keenly drawn four-minute musical novellas, but often undersells the intricate pictures with folk-styled recordings that leave larger stars to bring the songs to wider acclaim. The brilliance of Bruce Robison's talent as a songwriter isn't always matched by his low-key delivery. No such problem this time out, as Robison steps up to a more electric sound without losing his singer-songwriter soul.

In "Travelin' Soldier" he renders youth-shattering loss with heartbreaking imagery and a haunting chorus that culminates on a seamless blend of classical strings, pedal steel, and harmony vocals from wife Kelly Willis. As fine as The Dixie Chicks cover may be, it can't match this version for storytelling. Robison's songs of marriage capture the exultation of love's bond ("Just Married" - performed at brother Charlie's marriage to Dixie Chick Emily Erwin) as well as the thornier realities of weddings ("Emotionally Gone"). He ranges from introspective ballads ("What Did You Think") to Texas-flavored honky-tonk ("The Good Life," "Red Letter Day") to electrified country road songs, and shifts effortlessly from the folky style of James Taylor to the rockier sounds of Steve Earle all while retaining a distinct lyrical voice.

Though Robison's catalog is chock-full of great songs, this release is easily my favorite of his performances. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com].


Bruce Robison knows how to deliver!
His music winds its way through your ears and into your heart. In all honesty, Bruce Robison is probably the BEST country singer/songwriter living today. . . every song on this album is unforgettable and unbelievable, but I must restrict myself to just a few right now. The rest shall be an enticing mystery. . .

"Drivin' All Night Long" kicks the album off, a mournful tune of trying desperately to reunite with a loved one. "Just Married" tells of a marriage going down the drain, and "Red Letter Day" is a country-rockin' song of the blues ("It's a red letter day for the blues"). "Travelin' Soldier" is much better here than the Dixie Chicks' and Ty England's versions. It is probably the standout track, of a soldier going to war and those back home who love him. "What Did You Think" is typical Bruce Robison, a ballad of love and frustration. And the final song, the title track, is a good "road song"; a man who just doesn't belong in Nashville. . . or anywhere else.

His brother sings, his sister-in-law sings, but Bruce Robison stands alone. His talent is matched by few in the alternative country style, and his voice and lyrics are classic. Bruce Robison knows how to deliver a good CD. . . and "Long Way Home From Anywhere" is one of the best of them.


too bad everybody is stealing his songs
this is a very good album from an honest ,sincere singer/songwriter. . . . . . . i love every song,especially "trouble". . . . . . bruce reminds me kinda of james taylor. . . . . it is hard to beleive that he and charlie are brothers.


Great disc for ANY music lover.
com. This is Bruce Robison's third cd, if you don't count the first release of wrapped, which contained 2 tracks not available on the one available at amazon. This is great stuff, a true "must have" no matter what kind of music you prefer. If this is too mellow for you try his brother Charlie.


Great CD!
One of my favorite albums I have bought in a long time.


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