20th Century Masters [Import]

Charlie Sexton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B00076SGTY
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beat's So Lonely

2. Impressed

3. Restless

4. Don't Look Back

5. Blowing Up Detroit

6. Cry Little Sister

7. Living in a Dream

8. Paradise Cafe

9. Sweet Nadine

10. Everyone Will Crawl

11. Dark

12. Neighborhood

13. Ugly All Day

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Exactly "Solo" Work, But As Close As It Comes With Charlie, April 27, 2006

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D. Bowles (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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A sampling of work from Charlie that varies somewhat in style and substance, seeing as how it is compiled from a reperatoire that spans two decades. His early hits from the "Pictures For Pleasure" era are fairly typical early '80s pop production, but the songrwriting and production quality both take a quantum leap forward for the three songs taken from the first (and only) "Arcangels" album - Sweet Nadine, Living in a Dream, and Paradise Cafe. Vocals for these three songs are shared with fellow Arcangel and former Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Doyle Bramhall II. The final four titles are taken from the Charlie Sexton Sextet offering of "Under The Wishing Tree", and show a more mature, darker, and musically dexterious Sexton as he plays several different instruments on "Wishing Tree" over and above his trademark virtuoso guitar work.

This is a broad sample of what Charlie has done over his career, but having spent the last several years as guitarist for Bob Dylan it's certainly not where he's at these days musically. In my own opinion this is a light snack, but if you want a real Sexton feast, then you may want to try his last two albums - "Under The Wishing Tree" and "Cruel And Gentle Things", two albums in which Charlie first faces the demons of his early life with frank honesty, and proves that the consumate musician and songwriter he has become may well be, in a large part, because of his tumultuous upbringing rather than despite it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i forgot how much I liked Charlie Sexton, November 9, 2006

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T. Frisco - See all my reviews
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Alot of great tracks both solo and with different variations of performers. Brings back great memories of the mid-80's. Don't understand why he wasn't more mainstream but the critics really loved his music. Maybe that's the way he wanted it though.

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent comp, January 25, 2009

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Chris Kaiser (The comfort of home) - See all my reviews
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I am a fan of earlier Charlie Sexton but this has a good mix of old and newer material. I wish it would have had more songs but the Millennium Collections never do.