Awake

John Wesley Harding | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Zero Hour/Ada
• ASIN: B0000067WE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #658,340 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Morning (I Just Woke Up)

2. Your Ghost (Don't Scare Me No More)

3. Window Seat

4. Burn

5. It's All My Fault

6. Sweat Tears Blood And Come

7. Poor Heart

8. Miss Fortune

9. Song I Wrote Myself In The Future

10. Something To Write Home About

11. You're Looking At Me - John Wesley Harding & The Gangsta Folk

12. You So&So - John Wesley Harding & The Gangsta Folk

13. I'm Staying Here (And I'm Not Buying A Gun) - John Wesley Harding & The Gangsta Folk

14. Good Bye (Late O'Clock) - John Wesley Harding & The Gangsta Folk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wes is great., September 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Awake (Audio CD)

I'm a big John Wesley Harding fan. In 1990 I heard Wes as a bright star on an otherwise ordinary sounding Sire Records sampler called "Just Say Da". One listen and I was off to the record store once again.

Most of his studio albums have been worthy efforts; "Why We Fight" being my favorite of the lot. "It Happened One Night" is a wonderful solo acoustic CD with an enduring cafe folk sound.

J.W.H. is up there with Elvis Costello in my book for turning a musical literary phrase. In "Awake" he's in good form. I can't wait for more.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars He's capable of much more., December 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Awake (Audio CD)

I've a huge JWH fan since first seeing him in 1990 -- I own all his recordings, and his second (and so far best) album, "The Name Above The Title," is on constant rotation in my CD player. I know I can usually depend on him for marvelously tuneful, edgy, clever songs. But this album is a disappointment -- tame, mannered, and overall unremarkable, with only rare flashes ("Window Seat," "Miss Fortune") of the deft melodies and dazzling wordplay of the past. Wes, this album just doesn't do you justice.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The short lived Gangsta' Folk movement is fantastik, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Awake (Audio CD)

Having seen Wes on Letterman and groovin ever since, I think this is (so far) one of his best efforts to date. Having shagged off the major label rules to produce his music his way, Wes has given forth one of my favorite albums around....(if you don't believe me just ask MC Potato).