Blue Boy

Artist: Ron Sexsmith
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 711297461428
EAN: 0711297461428
ASIN: B00005JD74

Release Date: 2001-06-05

Blue Boy

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Tracks:

This Song
Cheap Hotel
Don't Ask Why
Fool Proof
Tell Me Again
Just My Heart Talkin'
Not Too Big
Miracle In Itself
Thirsty Love
Never Been Done
Thumbelina Farewell
Parable
Keep It In Mind
Fallen

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No, Ron Sexsmith hasn't gone country. Instead, this collaboration between the Canadian troubadour and Nashville's renegade production team of Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy pushes well beyond Earle's beloved twang. Supporting Sexsmith's tuneful lilt and bittersweet lyricism are arrangements emphasizing a jaunty horn section (the album-opening "This Song"), chamber strings ("Miracle in Itself," "Fallen"), reggae rhythm ("Never Been Done"), Merseybeat jangle and harmony ("Don't Ask Why"), and even circus atmospherics ("Thumbelina Farewell"). On his most musically varied album to date, Sexsmith continues to merit comparison with artists who are rarely compared with each other--combining the wry vocal wobble of the Kinks' Ray Davies, the wispy delicacy of folksinger Tim Hardin, and the boyish pop of Harry Nilsson--reinforcing the impression that he's a singular singer-songwriter. <I>--Don McLeese</I>

Album Description

On Blue Boy, his fourth major recording, Ron Sexsmith brings more songs into this world, just melodies with words. The acclaimed singer-songwriter, whose work has been covered by everyone from Rod Stewart to opera singer Anne Sophie Van Otter, for the first time comes out of the box with an up tempo, punchy lead-off track, called 'This Song', signaling the listener to expect something a little different. 'It means more now to me now lyrically than it did when I wrote it,' says Ron of the country turned brassy-pop song. 14 tracks. This 2001 release was produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent :) .......2005-10-09

Shades of Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello. This is definitely a talented musician! The best tracks are "This Boy" "Cheap Hotel," "Don't Ask Why" Listen Listen Listen "Fool Proof"....the words are very interesting in this one and it has a mood and instrumentation similar to Costello's "Shipbuilding." Maybe this was conscious on Sexsmith's part. Also good is "Miracle In Itself," "Thirsty Love" and "Thumbelina Farewell."

The real deal.......2005-06-02

This album is worth buying simply because it's by Ron Sexsmith. He's not one for whom superlatives are usually used (nor is he one to indulge in hyperbole), but he is just about the best thing going in music today.
A master of melody, he is also a talented and understated lyricist. Then there's his voice. One honest and artless, yet inifinitely expressive. Sexsmith's struggles are those of any introverted, sensitive soul trudging through everyday life, with all its unromantic mundanity (he's from St. Catharine's, Ontario -- an unspiring town, as anyone knows who has passed through by bus). What draws us to his music is the plain, clear insight he brings.
"Foolproof" is the song of a man who has hardened himself to love, but whose resigning tone tells us he knows it won't last.
"Tell Me Again" is of one who's just heard those three simple words but is sure he must have misheard.
"Just My Heart Talkin'" is a 2-minute gem about those little disagreements we often have between our hearts and minds (or feet and eyes, in this case).
Not all his efforts are successful: The first song, "This Song" is a misguided attempt at cheeriness by an artist clearly more at home with melancholy, or at least a guarded optimism. Nonetheless, here the author of "Secret Heart" and "Strawberry Blonde" has presented another collection of pure, beautiful music, one which reveals more of itself with each listen.

Not his best by far.......2004-08-09

I feel this is Ron's second weakest effort, behind his debut. Don't get me wrong, I love this album and know every song by heart, but I don't really find myself listening to it as much as say "Retriever" or "Whereabouts". I'd suggest either of those 2 first then move on.

Disappointing.......2004-07-28

Ron Sexsmith sounds like a mix of Kermit the frog, and a man struggling with a speech impediment. With some catchy tunes scattered through this CD, it's very hard to even scratch the surface upon first listening. Cobblestone Runway would be a better first listen, if you insist on doing so.

songs from the heart.......2004-07-08

Blue Boy is anotber great Ron Sexsmith album. As always with any Ron Sexsmith album, the standout quality on this album is the quiet attentiveness to the often hidden miraculous details of everyday life. Ron's style is the antithesis of so much contemporary music in that it is a lovely antidote to that often strident, addictive music that allows no space or opportunity for real feelings to emerge. These songs are about looking at the world with an open heart and mind. In my opinion, they are the best kind of songs in that they slowly and gently insinuate themselves into your psyche.

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