Today

Today Artist: Dash Crofts
Label: Lightyear
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 085365441927
EAN: 0085365441927
ASIN: B00004Z44U


Release Date: 2000-10-17

Today


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Tracks:

  1. Sunrise
  2. Today
  3. Ridin' Thumb
  4. Golden Rainbow Girl
  5. 'Cause You Love
  6. Tree of Life [Instrumental]
  7. Robin
  8. Hollow Reed
  9. Blue Roses [Instrumental]
  10. Mystery of Love

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  1. Diamond Girl
  2. Summer Breeze
  3. Traces
  4. Horizontal Fall
  5. Live at the Sydney Opera House

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise!.......2005-09-03

Being a big fan of Seals and Crofts, it was a wonderful surprise to come across this CD. I was getting by on the only CD's available: Greatest Hits, Hummingbird, and Diamond Girl. It was great to hear Dash signing again, and in superb voice, too. This CD has some very nicely produced and played songs. A couple are reprises from previous S&C offerings, but they were quite welcome. All in all, this is a very listenable CD with strong songs and good instrumentation, though perhaps a bit too easy- listening-jazzy. Most of all, though, several of the tunes really evoked that unique feeling and sound of the great S&C songs of long ago. I wish it had been more widely promoted. There is also a new CD by Seals and Crofts called, Traces. It was produced in 2004 but is difficult to find. Traces is also beautifully produced, and the boys are in fine voice. They reprise many of their old hits, but update them very tastefully.
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4 out of 5 stars Solo Crofts.......2005-05-06

For my money Seals and Crofts albums were remarkably consistent - and while they never managed an outright 5 star album, they almost always earned a solid 4. Dash Crofts solo album continues this trend two decades later.

While most of the songs are remakes of material from the early 70s, unlike the recently released Seals and Crofts album "Traces", Crofts decided to forego the hits and concentrate on new interpretations of lesser-known tracks, including four from "Down Home", widely regarded (though not by me, curiously enough!) as one of their best.

The result is very much an easy-listening affair, but there's nothing wrong with that - and this is definitely a classy album - even the constant presence of drum machines doesn't bother me like it usually would.

In the absence of the duo's regular albums on CD this is a fine addition to any fans collection - the joy that was clearly taken in making the album translates wholeheartedly into the listening experience.

2 out of 5 stars REHASHED.......2003-06-14

It's great to know that Dash Crofts is still around and still picks the mandolin. That being said, TODAY is not his best foot forward back into the ring. It's practically a Kenny G album with mandolin. Dash is capable of better and hopefully the new, forthcoming Seals & Crofts album will prove that.
Standout songs: "Hollow Reed", "Today"

3 out of 5 stars Crofts Back After 20 Years, Singing Some Old Favorites.......2003-06-14

This release from 2000 marks the welcome return of Dash Crofts, formerly of the hitmaking 70s duo Seals & Crofts, after a 20 year absence. What makes it especially appealing is the fact that very little of Seals & Crofts' catalog has ever been issued on CD, quite surprising in light of the chart success the duo enjoyed in their heyday. It is sure to please almost all S&C fans who pick it up, as Dash and producer/guitarist Louie Shelton have done an uncanny job of recreating the S&C sound. Shelton, of course, produced most of those old S&C albums, so it's not surprising that he and Dash seems to effortlessly evoke the spirit of past glories. Dash's mandolin is instantly familiar, and his voice (both lead and harmony) sounds like he hasn't aged a day. One thing that other reviewers have not mentioned is that the album mainly consists of re-recordings of old songs from the S&C catalog. There are 4 songs that originally appeared on the 1970 album "Down Home" ("Ridin' Thumb", "Robin", "Hollow Reed", "Today"), and one each from 1972's "Year Of Sunday" ("Cause You Love"), 1975's "I'll Play For You" ("Golden Rainbow"), and 1978's "Takin' It Easy" ("Sunrise"). So that makes 7 out of the album's 10 tracks. 2 of the remaining 3 are new instrumentals co-written by Crofts and Shelton, both with a somewhat new age-y sound. Finally, there is one especially fine new song, "Mystery Of Love", which closes the album. None of the 7 songs from S&C's back catalog have ever been issued on CD before. So if you are the kind of person who longs for some record label to finally issue CDs of all those out-of-print S&C albums, buy this, you'll love it. But if you're the kind of person who is content to just have "Seals & Crofts Greatest Hits", then you may find this one unnecessary.

5 out of 5 stars today by dash crofts.......2003-03-30

not only will this cd satisfy those who crave more from seals and crofts,it will appeal to those who respect well produced

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