Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2022

Dick Gaughan - Sail On

While not the best album in Gaughan's impressive canon, "Sail On" is testament to the fact that he sounds best in a stripped-down setting. Unfortunately, it proves the point by a number of over-arranged pieces, like "Land of the North Wind" and "Son of Man," which utilize a band, it seems, just because they can, diluting the power of the songs.

He's much better, for example, on Pete Seeger's "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," "No Gods and Precious Few Heroes," which he tackles solo, or the very spare "The 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell to Sicily," which shows his guitar talents - and extensive they are, too.

He's a revelation on his cover of "Ruby Tuesday," and brings a wonderfully personal touch to Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" - indeed, he's a superb interpreter of songs as well as a writer. But the good stuff simply throws into relief how little Gaughan needs the extraneous instruments, and his production, especially on the fuller arrangements, is curiously flat. But when he's good, he's very good indeed.        

Tracklist:

1Land Of The North Wind3:03
2Son Of Man3:56
3Ruby Tuesday4:27
4Waist Deep In The Big Muddy4:50
5No Cause For Alarm2:58
6The 51st (Highland) Division's Farewell To Sicily11:41
7No Gods & Precious Few Heroes3:55
8Geronimo's Cadillac3:17
91952 Vincent Black Lightning4:17
10Sail On5:13
11The Freedom Come-All-Ye5:14

       
Dick Gaughan - Sail On
(256 kbps, cover art included)

5 Kommentare:

Anonym hat gesagt…

Dear Sir, a restore?
Bless...

Bob Mac hat gesagt…

thank you

zero hat gesagt…

Always welcome!

Anonym hat gesagt…

thanks, Cri

zero hat gesagt…

Greetings!

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