Autumn Days

Gus Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cheap Lullaby
• ASIN: B000EHS2MM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't go Tellin The Whole World

2. Long Beach (It's A Miracle)

3. Trillion Things

4. Traffic And Sound

5. Weekend Soldier

6. Devil Spine

7. Rollercoaster

8. Helicopters

9. Certain Kind Of Light

10. 3234 (Imbecile)

11. Fire Escape

12. So Very Young

13. Shatter

14. Autumn Days

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Wistful melancholia is often the mother's milk of contemporary singer-songwriters, yet few manage to evoke it with the insouciant, fragile charm and parched wit of L.A. troubadour Gus Black. On his fourth album, Black manages to evoke an even more delicately shaded emotional and musical palette than usual, a sensibility rooted in the arc of personal romantic collapse that is the album's driving artistic conceit. Songs like the impressionistic "Long Beach" and single "Certain Kind of Light" crackle with an urgent, nervous energy that contrasts sharply with the stately grace of the falsetto-voiced "Weekend Soldier" and spare, lilting accusations of the bittersweet "Devil's Spine." Fans of The O.C. may already be familiar with the wispy-voiced melodramatics of "Trillion Things," but it's hardly the best thing on an album where Black hasn't so much abandoned his taste for unusual textures as subdued and underplayed them masterfully well. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars his best, February 2, 2008

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J. Amburn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn Days (Audio CD)

Typically, i do not listen to this genre of music. However, the first song of his I heard, the cover of Don't Fear The Reaper, got me hooked on him.

I've listened to almost all of his songs, and I enjoyed the tracks on this album the most. My favorites include Don't Go Tellin' The Whole World, Devil Spine, and 3234.

I hope to soon have all of his albums, as they would provide me with hours upon hours of listening enjoyment.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Solid Gus Black CD, August 6, 2010

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David Moldauer (St Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn Days (Audio CD)

This is another fine effort from Gus, not as good as some of his other albums such Today Is Not The Day or Uncivilized Love, but def a solid Gus Black CD. Def worth buying if you are a Gus Black fan.