At My Window

Townes Van Zandt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EVY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This music gets under your skin, December 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: At My Window (Audio CD)

I had never heard of Townes Van Zandt until three or four years ago when Rolling Stone offered four stars and a rave review for his then-new cd, "No Deeper Blue." To hear them tell it, that record was the best thing to come down the Pike in ages. I was intrigued and went looking for it. I was living in a little backwater Kentucky town and sad to say nobody had 'ol Townes in stock. I drove to Lexington and went to a cool cd store over by the University of Kentucky and found a bunch of his cds there, but they didn't have the new one. I figured, what the hell, if "No Deeper Blue" was as good as RS said, then his earlier stuff would probably be good, too.

Boy, was it ever. I picked "At My Window" at random, took it home and stuck it in my machine and was blown away.

To put it simply, Townes Van Zandt is a poet -- a great poet, the way Hank was, or Charles Bukowski was, or Bob Dylan was when he was writing the good stuff. I don't mean that TVZ sounds like any of these guys. I just mean that his words are honest and pure and powerful in the same way that theirs are. He writes lyrics from his heart and his gut and they stay with you for a very long time after you hear them. They resonate.

I finally did get hold of a copy of "No Deeper Blue" in a music store in Boulder. Rolling Stone was right. It's a great album. Both of these cds hold a place of honor on my shelf.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album just isn't getting enough reviews..., June 16, 2005

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Glenn Fink (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At My Window (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's a mellow one to be certain, but highly invigorating nonetheless.
Having heard Townes Van Zandt at length by chance - I had a friend with all original vinyl albums from the 70's and I sat and listened to all of them during a weekend stay - I went and got this, which I hadn't heard yet. While other reviewers are entitled to their opinion, I don't think the production on this album is marred - I think it's very restrained and quite well done. It's all acoustic instruments with some tasteful horn and string arrangements in a few spots, far more understated than they had been on the early Townes records (including For The Sake of The Song). This album is class, and practically every song is a mini masterpiece. While the amazon review mentions that Townes re-recorded old songs for the album, only one song is actually re-recorded - For The Sake Of The Song - and I think it's an improvement over the original, which suffered from overproduction in its original form.
Townes was one of the most gifted songwriters the USA has ever produced, and his catalogue is well worth investigating. This album (or perhaps Live at the Old Quarter) would not be a bad place to begin your foray into this man's career. Thanks Townes, for writing such excellent material and treating it right.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true masterpiece, August 13, 1999

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Brian Watson (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At My Window (Audio CD)

This CD is one of the best from Townes in my opinion, and that's saying a lot. From beginning to end, virtually every song on this CD is alone worth the price of the CD. And although a lot of folks argue different viewpoints on the varying production qualities of Townes' recordings, to me this one is the best produced. Not too sparse, not overdone, but balanced very well between the excellent lyric representation and backing music. Even as a fan of many different styles of music, I highly, highly recommend it.