Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine

Artist:

Blue Rodeo

Description:

Blue Rodeo: Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor (vocals, guitar, bongos); Bob Wiseman (accordian, piano, organ, bongos, grinder); Bazil Donovan (bass, bongos);
Cleave Anderson (drums).
Blue Rodeo`s second album, 1989`s DIAMOND MINE, blends the various influences so visible on the Toronto band`s debut, OUTSKIRTS--Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Gram Parsons, John Lennon--into a more seamless whole. Produced by Malcolm Burn, whose later work with Lisa Germano has a similar folk-pop grace, DIAMOND MINE was recorded nearly live, with minimal overdubs, in an empty Toronto theatre.
Some feel that the resulting empty, echoey sound blunts the impact of the songs, but if anything, it adds an extra atmospheric edge to Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor`s folk- and country-tinged pop songs. The inclusion of descriptively-titled instrumental segues gives the album an overall shape and structure the debut lacked, and songs like the quietly seething "God and Country" and the early-Springsteen-style "Ballad Of The Dime Store Greaser And The Blonde Mona Lisa" are simply stellar.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. God and Country
2. How Long
3. Love and Understanding
4. Girl of Mine
5. Diamond Mind
6. Now and Forever
7. House of Dreams
8. Nice Try
9. Fall in Line
10. One Day
11. Florida
12. Fuse
13. Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa

Album Information

Release Date:

06/12/2002

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Universal Records (Canada)

Catalog Number:

CD56268

Original Release Year:

1989

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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