Burnt Lips [Import, Original recording remastered]

Leo Kottke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B0000011O0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Endless Sleep

2. Cool Water

3. Frank Forgets

4. Sonora's Death Row

5. Quiet Man

6. Everybody Lies

7. I Called Back

8. A Low Thud

9. Orange Room

10. The Credits: Out-Takes from Terry's Movie

11. Voluntary Target

12. Burnt Lips

13. Sand Street

14. Train and the Gate: From Terry's Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definetely one of his best, June 28, 2002

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harleypsychRN "dennisb643" (Abingdon, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burnt Lips (Audio CD)

This one has gotten lots of play during the past 24 years. Kottke (by his own admission uneasy with his voice) frankly never sounded better... singing on most of the tracks here and the songs are extremely well chosen. There is nothing out of his range. This record is markedly different from his Capitol recordings, which is good and bad. Kottke attempted to repeat the same format with his next recording Balance but it wasn't half as good as this effort. The 70's produced most of Kottke's real gems and this one though not generally praised as one of his finest for me holds special memories. It wouldn't be until Great Big Boy that he would put out a consistently good vocal recording.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Guitar afficionados, February 10, 2000

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James W (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burnt Lips (Audio CD)

I suspect most of Kottke's fans are guitar nerds (I don't mean to be rude guys!). I don't even play, but his music is a joy to listen to. I love "Burnt Lips" above all the rest of his stuff I have heard, thanks to the balance between his instrumental bits and pieces, and the brilliant and evocative vocals on covers like Nick Lowe's "Endless Sleep" (it's about time he re-recorded it himself. His version on the Bowi EP is a bit lacklustre in comparison) and originals like "Frank Forgets". It's not fair really - he sings, writes and plays the guitar better than nearly any man on the planet (R. Thompson comes close, but his voice isn't a patch on Leo's), and yet he is still pretty unknown. But at least now people get to hear him on the Uncle Ben's TV ads here in Britain.

4.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated gem, November 16, 2011

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Jeffrey L. Hobbs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burnt Lips (Audio CD)

I for one have always liked Leo's vocals--more so than John Hiatt's or Tom Waits'--and this album features some of the best vocals in his entire oeuvre(thank you spell check). Favorites of mine include "Endless Sleep", "Cool Water", "Sonora's Death Row", and "Everybody Lies".

I of course am mezmerized by his playing as well, and this album doesn't stint on that, but if you just like the instrumentals, consider instead "Dreams and All That Stuff", or the Capitol best-of instrumental set, which are both solid, or even "One Guitar, No Vocals", a more recent CD that is very good also.