Joe Henry – Shuffletown

Joe Henry – Shuffletown
Label: A&M Records – 75021 5315 2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 31 Aug 1990
Genre: Jazz
Style: Rock & Roll, Jazz-Rock, Folk, Country
Tracklist
1 Helena By The Avenue
2 Shuffletown
3 Date For Church
4 John Hanging
5 Spent It All
6 Easter
7 Land
8 Johnny The Conqueror
9 Drowning In The River Half Laughing
10 Charlevoix
11 Make The World Go Away
12 Ben Turpin In The Army
Credits
Joe Henry (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar)
Michael Blair (vocals, vibraphone, percussion)
David Mansfield (guitar, mandolin, violin);
T-Bone Burnett (guitar, snare drum, percussion)
Charlie Giordano (accordion, organ)
Don Cherry (trumpet, Jew's harp)
Phil Kelly (piano, organ)
Cecil McBee (upright bass)
Notes
This follow-up to Henry's debut, A MURDER OF CROWS, is the artist's most overlooked, most unique, and arguably finest effort. Distinguished by phenomenal songwriting, SHUFFLETOWN finds Henry already in full command of his craft. Though this is only his second album, he is able to imbue almost everything he touches with strikingly powerful emotional depth. There isn't a single weak track here. Some, such as "Date For Church," "Spent It All," "Land," and "Drowning In The River Half Laughing," are haunting and evocative enough to break one's heart on a first listen.SHUFFLETOWN bears repeated listening, however, thanks in part to T-Bone Burnett's production and to spare, gorgeously articulated arrangements in which mandolins, accordions, and trumpets help to color the album's atmosphere of wistful melancholy. A dark, intimate, and deeply moving disc, SHUFFLETOWN shows Henry doing what he does best: making honest, personal, and genuinely beautiful music.

Price: 50.- €