Robbie Robertson [Import]

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Lightning does strike twice. Robbie Robertson's breathtaking 1987 solo debut was every bit as remarkable as another debut he'd masterminded two decades before, The Band's Music from Big Pink. Even more impressive was the fact that Robertson's new sound owed so little, other than a shared vision, to the sonic Americana he'd created with The Band. Robertson cashed in The Band's rustic tones in for a lush, beat-box womb created by coproducer Daniel Lanois. His own weird, almost spectral voice, also turned out to be the right vehicle for the words he'd been handing to others for so long. Bono, The BoDeans, and Peter Gabriel join in on keepers like "Fallen Angel" and "Broken Arrow." --Michael Ruby

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The Band singer/songwriter's 1987 solo album debut, unavailable domestically. Guests include The Bodeans, Peter Gabriel, Maria McKee, Ivan Neville, & U2 with production by Daniel Lanois. 9 tracks. Includes a 16-page booklet with song lyrics & credits. Geffen. 2003.

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Music for the Native Americans
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ASIN: B000002TOC
Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

Coyote Dance
Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)
Ghost Dance
The Vanishing Breed
It Is A Good Day To Die
Golden Feather
Akua Tuta
Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood
Cherokee Morning Song - Rita Coolidge
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Twisted Hair

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Commissioned to come up with a soundtrack for the 1994 Turner Network Television special The Native Americans, Robbie Robertson delivered some of his most haunting and evocative work to date. Combining the sleek atmospherics of 1991's Storyville with traditional tribal chanting and instrumentation, Music for the Native Americans often manages to sound both contemporary and timeless. Unfortunately, Robertson's lyrics are often as clunky as they are well intentioned--though brief, his liner notes are far more powerful and informative--and his gravelly speak-singing is consistently outclassed by Native American guest vocalists Pura Fe, Soni, and Jen, whose "Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)" is also the album's highlight. File under "flawed but interesting." --Dan Epstein

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As for me and MY family..........2007-05-28

we love it!!! I had this CD when the PBS show came out, and my eldest daughter (now 21) loved it. We listened to it every night. Then my youngest came along....and scratched it by accident. So I HAD to get another. She loves it too. I've heard some say it's not representative of "true" NA music. Personally, whether it is or not is nothere or there for me. I know I like the music, and my family does as well. I will always have a copy of this in my library.

Good and powerful.......2007-02-11

This CD has a great collection of songs. Never heard the artist before but he sure could deliver good and powerful songs. Highly recommended for a taste of something nice and different.

Soul Reaching.......2007-01-21

I must repeat what others have said; awesome! It's been since August that I've purchased this CD and have played it daily. My family and I have never tired of listening to it. Ignore that negative review please, you have to have this CD, don't miss another minute of not having it. In all honesty it will move your soul, as if the ancestors themselves guided his words and reasoning. You'll be spellbound, and yet moved to be creative as well. It awakens what has stayed silenced within. Nothing negative, all positive, no more illusions. Keep listening to the ancestors words Robbie, and make more CD's!

just judging the music.......2007-01-07

Seems like most of the negative reviews have more to do with gripes with Robertson's personal life than this album. I don't know much about that. Just judging this album by the music the comes out of my speakers, it is incredibly good. Incredibly, incredibly good.

Awesome Music.......2006-07-03

Robbie Robinson is great and this is a wonderful cd. I heard it first as a tape years ago and was so glad to find it on cd at a reasonable cost. I love the chants and the women's voices are beautiful.

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Great CD
An all around feat of artistry and production.
A brilliant musical collage

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ASIN: B000000OQL
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Fallen Angel
Showdown At Big Sky
Broken Arrow
Sweet Fire Of Love
American Roulette
Somewhere Down The Crazy River
Hell's Half Acre
Sonny Got Caught In The Moonlight
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Lightning does strike twice. Robbie Robertson's breathtaking 1987 solo debut was every bit as remarkable as another debut he'd masterminded two decades before, The Band's Music from Big Pink. Even more impressive was the fact that Robertson's new sound owed so little, other than a shared vision, to the sonic Americana he'd created with The Band. Robertson cashed in The Band's rustic tones in for a lush, beat-box womb created by coproducer Daniel Lanois. His own weird, almost spectral voice, also turned out to be the right vehicle for the words he'd been handing to others for so long. Bono, The BoDeans, and Peter Gabriel join in on keepers like "Fallen Angel" and "Broken Arrow." --Michael Ruby

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The Band singer/songwriter's 1987 solo album debut, unavailable domestically. Guests include The Bodeans, Peter Gabriel, Maria McKee, Ivan Neville, & U2 with production by Daniel Lanois. 9 tracks. Includes a 16-page booklet with song lyrics & credits. Geffen. 2003.

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Desert Island Disc.......2007-07-25

Some things I feel qualified to say about Robertson's solo debut album from 1987 after living with it for twenty years now:
As a librarian with emphasis on music composition, it still fascinates me how coherent the material on Robbie Robertson is, how well it all works together as a (non-concept) whole, even with the personnel changes from track to track. The similarities to Band material ("Showdown At Big Sky" and "Sonny Got Caught ITM") and the differences (which are everywhere) put some amount of focus squarely on intrepid producer Daniel Lanois as a highly artistic "treater" of Robertson's well-crafted songs. Lanois is just so flat-out capable of using the studio as his instrument (much like his mentor Brian Eno) that it's possible he could work this kind of magic with anybody's stuff, regardless of quality. Make no mistake, though - Lanois starts out with good stuff here and then makes it even better. That long 10-year post-Band gestation period probably helps explain why most of these comps are so solid to begin with (think of all the dis-cards there must have been). But consider also that when Robertson was pressed by David Geffen to make a follow-up for release, it took him 4 years and the results were "ehh" - still good songs but not nearly as impressively produced with no Daniel Lanois on board for Storyville from 1991.

More that I can say 20 years on: As a guitarist, I am still to this day finding stuff to cop off of Robbie Robertson, and not just Edge stuff from what I consider to be one of the album's two stand-out tracks, "Sweet Fire Of Love". "Hell's Half Acre" is the other one, and little-known 6-stringer Bill Dillon gets major credit for his work. The spoken rather than sung vocal sections of "Somewhere Down The Crazy River" also make for great practice jams when you want to try out some suave blues lines. What gets me fed up is that these folks who are telling me they can't stand Robertson's singing (here or anywhere else) are the same ones who seem to love this latest Lucinda Williams West thing. Some people say there's no accounting for taste. Well, I say there is, but I also say that everybody has a tin ear one day a week.

I wouldn't want to be without Robbie Robertson for many reasons: excellent comps, great production, U2 cameos, Peter Gabriel cameos, Tony Levin's stick, Manu Katché's drums, Gil Evans' horn section. My only complaint - at less than 45 minutes, it's over too soon. How about a re-issue with 20+ minutes of bonus material, Mr. Geffen? My only other complaint about anything anywhere - try to ignore those irrelevant reviewers on these pages who just want to kvetch about RR as an actor in Scorsese films. We live in a world where an Austrian bodybuilder can become governor of California, and where an incompetent idiot can become president of the US, twice, so go write some reviews about them and leave Robbie alone.

Robbie--Amazing.......2007-07-10

I love music, I love the music of 'the band'. I held out buying Robie Robertson's cd because I read how badly he sings. My god, how wrong can one be? All Of his music is absolutely amazing. I just wish he would put some more of it out. Thanks, Robbie for the great music, please make more..

Great CD.......2007-04-08

This is a great CD if you get it you'll be suprized. I like to compare it to Music From The Big Pink. Its neat because Robbie Robertson did not sing much in The Band. But he sang wrote all the songs on this CD. its not like The Band but I'm not saying it's bad its still rock but its a differant sound then you might expect. but don't hate it for that, thats the point of a solo album.

An all around feat of artistry and production........2006-12-30

If you have nothing to work with, you cannot produce an album of music that will strike as many people in a positive and reflective way as this album did and does. Someone else writing a review here seems to think its about not giving the King of Israel his due, but its not about that or Indians and their culture. First and foremost Robertson is a guitar player. He will tell anyone that. Although his singing is not smooth in lower ranges, he has an organic sound that still creates wonderful images within his music.
And it takes a talented musician to know who to ask to collaborate with. He played his part in the Band and in this album and along with the rest a specific style and sound was brought forth. Nobody who is smart thinks he was ever the reason The Band was a success and sounded the way they did. It was total of their work together. And since the reunion was most of the original members, it still sounded very much like The Band. And Robertson wanted to search for a new sound that was different and was created by himself and other musicians he could share the experience with.
This album is a testament to the collaborative effort. Robertson is one who likes to work within a group effort. Even on his masterful debut solo release.

A brilliant musical collage.......2006-11-01

At the time this was released, Robbie Robertson seemed to me the least likely Band member to construct a masterpiece in which the vocals received as much attention as the instruments. Surely such a thing was more probable in the hands of Levon Helm (whose solo efforts often disappointed me despite his fabulous rootsy voice), or Rick Danko (ditto), or Richard Manuel (growling intensely across the top of his piano), or maybe even Garth Hudson (who unfortunately veered into new age). Something along the lines of Mark Knopfler's "Local Hero" soundtrack seemed much closer to what we should expect. But here, completely out of the blue, came this sonic pastiche. To translate the music into something you can see in your mind's eye, imagine a collage with an intelligently inserted piece of foil here, an oragami raven there, a tinsel diagonal here...in the music, it becomes the choice to use Sammy Bodean's raspy but engaging background vocals here, Peter Gabriel's African percussion there, the U-2 members here.... The album is a magnificent display of how to assemble a work which shines despite (I'm sure he would admit) the glaring weakness inherent in Robbie's vocals. One of my favorite albums of all time.

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S-Ville! The S doesn't stand for Story.
Moody ! Oh soooo mooody.
J Robbie Robertson at his best!
One of my top five of all time
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ASIN: B000000ORY
Release Date: 2006-03-06

Tracks:

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Day Of Reckoning (Burnin For You)
What About Now
Shake This Town
Breakin' The Rules
Resurrection
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A Canadian who grew up gazing south across the border, guitarist, songwriter and singer Robbie Robertson has built much of his best music around American culture, as witnessed by his work with the Band, built around narratives steeped in evocative American blues, folk, and R&B accents. His self-titled 1987 solo debut veered toward a more ambitious, impressionistic style that somewhat submerged his earlier sense of musical geography, but this 1991 successor finds Robertson once more rooting his songs in the Deep South, taking its title from New Orleans's fabled red-light district--the symbolic birthplace for of jazz. These songs evoke the Crescent City in the recurrent second-line rhythms, warm horn choruses, and choral call-and-response of the arrangements, while Robertson's unvarnished but indelible baritone and yearning falsetto testifies on the preachers, con men, drifters, and star- crossed lovers of his well-crafted songs. --Sam Sutherland

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The Band singer/songwriter's sophomore solo album, originally released in 1991 it's unavailable domestically. Guests include Ginger Baker, Bruce Hornsby, Neil Young, & The Neville Brothers. Includes 12-page booklet with lyrics & credits. 10 tracks. Geffen. 2003.

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S-Ville! The S doesn't stand for Story........2006-07-18

Please Jesus up in heaven. Please take away Robbie Robertsons vocal chords.

Moody ! Oh soooo mooody........2006-04-17

Robbie Robertson with his sometimes harseness wispering singin is a gem to listen to it. This Cd has much of this moody magic. Track 1 The Night Parade has a certain touch of "woodoo" musical magic, that hit`s your soul like a curse, and never let it go before it`s finish. Magical.
Track 2 Hold back the Dawn is more laidback in it`s structure, and Robertson voice is in a very relaxabel mood all trough. Track 3 Go back to your woods, it`s in the funky world of music. It`s a minor let down, because the help from Bruce Hornsby shines to much inbetween. Hornsby is not at all bad, but this hybrid doesn`t feel right in Robertson`s world. Track 4 Soap Box Preacher, with Band member Garth Hudson on keyboard, brings back the magic. And it realy helps with Neil Young on the background vocals too. This one realy does it in every department. Track 5 Day of Reconing is in the U 2 land of music, with a dash of reagge rythm. Here Robertson "talk sings" and he paint`s very colorful music in your`e mind so to speak. Track 6 What about now, doesn`t sparks to much. It has an ok refrain, which is easy to remember, but that`s not enough as a whole. Track 7 Shake this town has a shaky feel all trough. Rythmic and effective with an interesting horn section as a background carpet. Everytime Garth Hudson touches his keyboard it lifts the song above average, so also on this one. Track 8 Breakin the rules is more in the "cellar dweller" genre of music. It "stays " there in a way, and it`s to little uplifting. Track 9 Ressurrection is much better. Here Robertson sings with more passion, and yes it`s a ressurection to listen to. And a keyboard solo from Hudson is not a minus. Brings very much flair into the music. Track 10 Sign of the Rainbow, is the sympho side of Robertson. Sometimes ok. But sometimes to much of everything. This is more in gospel land. Aaron Neville background vocals helps, but this is more in his genre of singin. Anyway. This CD has a the mood to give you soulfull pleasure most of the time.

J Robbie Robertson at his best!.......2005-08-03

What a great album. I am a huge fan of 'The Band' and I have to disagree with the other reviewers who said that this should have been a 'Band' album. Robbie's songs here are more mature and sung with just as much heartfelt emotion as Rick, Levon or Richard could muster up in the sixties and seventies with 'The Band'. There are band fans out there who, perhaps due to the rift between Robbie and Levon, dismiss Robertson's post 'Band' work as substandard. Well this simply isn't true. This is a truly great album with only one or two tracks that may not be to everyone's liking. Check out his first solo effort aswell which is self titled.

One of my top five of all time.......2005-02-15

When the art of songwriting and musical performance reach this level there are no words to describe the result. With a collection in excess of 4,000 CDs, I am hard pressed to find one with more soul or that has such an emotional punch. If you love music that moves you and you search for an artist that is outside the commercial norm, this is a recording for you.

Great songwriting, but needs Levon Helm and Rick Danko.......2004-12-28

The Band was the quintessential example of synergy in pop music. Robbie Robertson wrote wonderful songs, Levon and Rick sang them, and the unique sound cemented by Garth Hudson made them probably the best band of the late 1960s and 1970s. Well at least they were my favorite band from that era.

This album has songs equally as good as the songs Robertson wrote for The Band, which is saying a lot. And when you hear Rick Danko's back up vocals on this album, you can't help but feel that the vocal roles should be swapped. I'm not one for nostalgia, but this album invokes feelings that this could well be the best Band album ever if only...

That said, someone should cover some of these songs, because the songwriting is first rate.

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Peyote+Huge Ego=Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
Lakol wicohan kin ahokipapi kte!
Overprocessed sweetgrass
Solid.
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ASIN: B00000634T
Release Date: 1998-03-10

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The Code Of Handsome Lake
Making A Noise
Unbound
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As on 1994's Music for the Native Americans, Contact from the Underworld of Redboy finds former Band leader Robbie Robertson incorporating Native American musical textures into ultramodern soundscapes. Once again, Robertson fares best when he turns the microphone over to his guests. Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike's "Peyote Healing" is almost otherworldly in its beauty, and political prisoner Leonard Peltier's guest rap on "Sacrifice" lends the record some legitimate political weight. In comparison, Robertson's mannered, overly processed vocals make songs like "In the Blood" sound like Don Henley attempting a Native American version of Paul Simon's album Graceland; one hopes that this wasn't exactly what he was trying for. --Dan Epstein

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Peyote+Huge Ego=Contact from the Underworld of Redboy.......2007-02-19

I finally realized what's been missing in Robbie Robertson's solo work. Soul. Soul in the music and especially in the vocals. Robbie, you should run to Levon Helm and beg his forgiveness. Reunite what's left of the Band and erase the memories of the audio nightmare that has been your solo work!

Lakol wicohan kin ahokipapi kte!.......2007-02-14

This is purely an emotional response, but given the fact that Indian people are relegated to stereotypic and one-dimensional presentations, it's almost cathartic to hear new, fully fleshed art. We are a living, breathing, enduring and -- believe it or not, we don't all live in tipis -- modern culture, it is validating to see it reflected back to us not only in the faces and sounds of our ancestors but also in the faces and sounds of ourselves as we are now.

Overprocessed sweetgrass.......2005-12-03

I can't see how you can go from the Band to Robbie's solo stuff without a number of reservations. I'm sure Levon's face would be screwed up at the awful use of programmed drum beats. Yeah, very indian, Robbie. Whenever he sings I can understand why his mike was off for The Last Waltz. It sets a tone for the music which is absolutely lacking in bite. So very removed from the rich interplay of the Band. When other vocals are weaved in for ethnic effect it sounded banal to me. His 'indian' concept albums suffer from a badly warmed-up feel. If you take the guitar break in Rattlebone it dies on its feet when the beat comes in. And then when the chorus comes, I guess, the intensity is meant to increase. I found it an embarrasment. This could have a warning to listeners on the perils of mixing indigenous sounds into a "relevant sounding production'. This is very controlled music. At times, not much more than the distasteful 'new age' prettification of Sacred Spirit. Where is the fun, Robbie?! This is so guilty of taking itself too seriously. And what happened to his skill with lyrics. "Wait a minute, where am I? On this elevator to nowhere. Going up. Going down." Writing lyrics for Richard Manuel, for Rick Danko, and Levon Helm is like writing for great actors. Robbie has a limited ability to convey drama and he has given himself lyrics to which he is well suited.

Robbie has a mean knack for working a progression in his song-writing and you can still hear that. But closing the earlier chapter of his musical life will always haunt him. The irony of setting out to move with the times is he has condemened his sound to a particular pocket of over-production. There is nothing on this or Music for Native American Indians which comes faintly close to the pleasure, the sadness, the intensity of Don't Do It on The Last Waltz. Well, any track from that concert.

Solid........2004-12-23

With some native american heritage myself, I've sampled a few artists (Nakai, etc). But I put this album and Robertson's "Music for Native Americans" together at the top of my "native american" list. It's traditionally influenced without being trite, modern without being too edgy. Thumbs up.

Emotional Absinthe.......2004-06-15

Better than therapy, lovelier than a summer rain, smoother than smoke, heart pounding like Bison, sentimental like a first kiss, tougher than leather, rapturous like love. Robbie Robertson delivers once again. This album does the very difficult: it communicates an authentic sense of culture and history without beating you upside the head, while also being totally OPEN and embracing to outside influence. This music communicates its history to you in simultaneously subtle and overt ways (just like most Indigenous people do in person), and speaks to your head and heart at the same time.

And for good measure, it also gets you off your ass and gets you dancing. Now what could be better than that?

For God's sake Robbie, you've made us wait long enough! Give us another album already!

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Robbie--Thank you!

The re-invention of an American storyteller

Wonderfull and Fresh

excellent compilation : tribute to native americans

Closer to Moby than the Band.

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Unbound (Glen Ballard Remix)
Ghost Dance (New Mix)
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The Code Of Handsome Lake
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Robbie--Thank you!.......2007-07-10

Do I need to say more? This cd, like all of Robbie Robertson's cd's is just beautiful..

The re-invention of an American storyteller.......2005-02-09

Lets face it folks, artists mature (like most of us). Their influences and skills evolve, as does the technology with which to best express them, but this just doesn't seem to stop weepy fans from longing for music stylistically identical to one small period of output in a performers long and colorful career.
Such is the case with Robbie Robertson.

This is not the same Robbie Robertson who toured Canada with the Hawks playing Memphis style R&B in 1959.
It's not the same Robbie Robertson who birthed electric folk with Dylan in a basement in Woodstock in 1967.
It's certainly not the same Robbie Robertson who handily bested Clapton during a guitar duel in The Last Waltz in 1978, and it's not even the same Robbie Robertson who's first solo album on Geffen in 1987 showed us he was still after all these years an unrivaled American storyteller.

CLASSIC MASTERS is a complilation culled exclusively from two enigmatic 1990's albums. These display a mature Robbie Robertson rediscovering his Native American heritige while breaking his own musical boundries with the introduction of native chant, loops, spoken word recitation and hip-hop rhythms. The results are both startling and seductive. This CD presents choice cuts from those 90's releases spiced up with a few curious but superior alternate mixes. The tracks are in turn hypnotic and smokey-groove. Much in the same way Peter Gabriel integrated world music with british 80's pop so does Robbie Robertson successfully incorporate American Tribal music and contemporary African American rhythym into the familiar palette of Robertsonian storytelling.

Sure it would have been nice to include a few tracks from his precious solo efforts, (Broken Arrow and Testimony would have fit in nicely) but maybe Geffen wouldn't play ball. So, if you can pull yourself tearfully away from his impressive but dusty back catalog, CLASSIC MASTERS is an tantilizing introduction to what Robbie Robertson has become and perhaps some clues to where he is headed.

Wonderfull and Fresh.......2004-04-21

Even that tracks are mostly from Red Boy , it is a pleasure to listen to Robbie's arrangements and his way to tell a story both musically and lyrically . A true master of sounds with Soul and Spirit . A must for Robertson's fans . His Six Nation theme is as real as life can get . By killing and alineating american indians , the usa has killed it's soul . A tragedy in itself . Robbie brings back the hope of a better relation with the usa's true nature : harmory in the Spirit World ...

excellent compilation : tribute to native americans.......2002-10-09

the 2 c.d.s that the tracks on this one come from are my 2 favorites by robbie robertson. sincere,spiritual music that can be listened to over and over again. pay no attention to the previous 3 star review. this is remarkable music, a tribute to the forgotten american indian. every time i hear this music, it sends chills up my spine. it's that good,trust me, i've listened to alot of music.

Closer to Moby than the Band........2002-07-30

It's a decent CD, but I'll probably only listen to it sporadically. All the selections are from Robbie's Music For Native Americans/Contact From The Underworld of Redboy phase, and they haven't included anything from his first 2 albums or any of his soundtrack contributions (although his 2002 Olympic mix of Making A Noise is included). If you are an aging Band fan, you'll think this CD is terrible, but if you enjoyed Moby's PLAY CD you'll get a kick out of Robbie's mixture of Trad Native American songs and modern drum/bass techniques. Again, not a bad CD, but not something I'll spend much time listening to, I listen to Robbie Robertson for evocative narratives about an outsiders view of America, not for an outsiders version of youth culture and music.

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Endless Highway - The Music Of The Band (2 CD Set)
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Limited 21 Track 2 CD Edition: DISC ONE: 1)GUSTER This Wheel's on Fire, 2)BRUCE HORNSBY King Harvest, 3)MY MORNING JACKET It Makes No Difference, 4)JACK JOHNSON I Shall Be Released, 5)LEE ANN WOMACK The Weight, 6)WIDESPREAD PANIC Chest Fever, 7)GOMEZ Up on Cripple Creek, 8)ALLMAN BROTHERS The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, 9)STEVE REYNOLDS Stage Fright -- Steve Reynolds, 10)BLUES TRAVELER Rag Mama Rag, 11)JAKOB DYLAN Whispering Pines, 12)THE ROCHES Acadian Driftwood, 13)ROSANNE CASH Unfaithful Servant, 14)JOSH TURNER When I Paint My Masterpiece, 15)TREVOR HALL Life Is A Carnival, 16)JACKIE GREENE Lookout Cleveland, 17)DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Rockin' Chair DISC TWO: 18)LUCAS REYNOLDS Across The Great Divide, 19)ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA Ophelia, 20)JOE HENRY Bessie Smith, 21)GOV'T MULE The Shape I'm In

Average customer rating:

An atmospheric, golden, classic, transporting masterpiece.
A Good Starting Point for New Fans
Robbie got lost in the moon light

20th Century Masters
Robbie Robertson
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000EHS4PM
Release Date: 2006-03-20

Tracks:

Testimony
Somewhere Down the Crazy River
Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight
Sweet Fire of Love - Robbie Robertson, U2,
Showdown at Big Sky
Broken Arrow
Fallen Angel
Go Back to Your Woods
What About Now
Resurrection
Night Parade
Day of Reckoning (Burnin' for You)
Sacrifice

Customer Reviews:

An atmospheric, golden, classic, transporting masterpiece........2007-03-25

This s one of my top albums of all time. It recreates a steamy, nostalgic, romantic, wistful mood of days gone by. Using highly crafted production and top-shelf musicians, we get a sonic masterpiece with acoustic clarity and no gimmicks.

A Good Starting Point for New Fans.......2007-02-26

First of all, I'm not sure what the first reviewer was thinking. Perhaps he was expecting Frank Sinatra on vocals? What a silly review.
Robbie Robertson does have a dark, rough voice...and it works wonderfully for his music ( he's no Tom Waits, though). The vocals aren't doctored up with a bunch of added effects and overdubbing like many pop singers, because this isn't pop. You want computer-assisted, butter & honey vocals, go listen to Justin Timberlake. You want true emotional, powerful, real singing, get this CD. The music is great, and you'll want to hear this CD many times over. Personally, I would have chosen a couple of different songs from his newer stuff from the last 10 < years, and included some of his work from The Band. Still, this collection represents his musical style and artistic mastery very well. For those who are new to his music, I suggest this CD as a starting point from which you can pursue your own personal tastes in Robertson's vast repertiore.

Robbie got lost in the moon light.......2006-09-29

The song writting and instrumental work was excellent the singing was not. Robbie sounded like a New York City drag queen I heard singing on TV once. His voice was nazel and gritty sounding also sometimes it was out of tune-a real in the shower only singing voice. If he just would have let Richard Emanuel, Rick Danko 0r Levon Helms do those vocals the songs would have had justice done to them. Sacrifice with Leonard Pletieur was by favorite as in Alabama we know what happens when you step out of line. If you can forgive most of the singing the cd is worthy of purchase. Robbie should have stayed with The Band instead of Martin Scorcesi of which I think most of his films are dark and dull and a testimony to hollywood's golden age being over. My prayer is that Robbie finds the real meaning of life which is Jesus Christ.