Return of Buddy Cruel

Return of Buddy Cruel Artist: Jim Reilley
Label: Silent Planet
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 607913180128
EAN: 0607913180128
ASIN: B00008OM8H


Release Date: 2003-04-08

Return of Buddy Cruel


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Tracks:

  1. Won't Let You Make a Fool of Me
  2. Wasted Wishes
  3. Bitter Green Blue
  4. I'll Be Back Around
  5. Closing the Bigtop Down
  6. Red Letter Days
  7. Words I Didn't Say
  8. Man Who Had Everything
  9. We Can't All Be Saints
  10. Making It Up as I Go
  11. When Love Dies
  12. Blame the Moon
  13. So Much for My Brilliant Career
  14. Sunshine in the Rain

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A songwriter's songwriter.......2004-10-29

There are all kinds of smart writers out there who put out fabulous albums that never get the recognition they deserve. And this is one of those albums. The dude can write a great lyric in his sleep or at least it seems effortless and that's what the best songwriters do.

There is irony here in spades, which is one reason this album was probably ignored. There is understated intelligence here in big quantities as well, another reason this album had problems in the marketplace. Imagine a mix of the brain and body of Woody Allen and Dave von Ronk and it just might sound something like this. Definitely original. It's the kind of music a songwriter loves to hear, but requires cafeful listening that radio just won't allow anymore.


The writing is old school pithy, the production and musicianship are fabulous, and while Reilley's voice is nothing to write home to mom about, it gets the job done. Some big names may cover one or two of these songs one day with a tacky production and have a quirky hit on their hands. But this is like finding water at its source where it's pure and fresh.

Buy this album and listen to it straight through. Then turn on your favorite AAA radio station and chances are you'll feel like the radio is cheating you of an opportunity to enjoy great music. Because comparing this album to contemporary radio is like comparing filet mignon to hamburger.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

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  2. Brutal Architecture ~ Rocket Scientists
  3. Threshold ~ Erik Norlander
  4. One Time Bells ~ French Kicks
  5. Japanese Homegrown, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists
  6. Sightings ~ Sightings
  7. Dave Berry/One Dozen Berrys ~ Dave Berry
  8. Suburban Contemporary ~ Stratocruiser
  9. Swinging in the Sixties, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists
  10. Black Leather Mojo ~ Silverginger 5

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Love Songs ~ Warren Hill

At the Woodchopper's Ball ~ Woody Herman

All That Jazz ~ Various Artists

Now Jazz Best Millennium ~ Various Artists

Whispers in Rage ~ The Last Dance

Voila Pourquoi ~ Alain & Sweet People Morisod

Power Bob ~ Power Bob

Immer Wieder Sonntags ~ Cindy & Bert

Tsukiyo No Hana ~ Dr Snufkin

No Pagode: Instrumental ~ Cia Do Samba