Customer Reviews

Cobblestone Runway/Grand Opera Lane (Import)

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another astonishing album..............frankly with Ron you are safe to buy any of his albums and you get a record full of classics..............no duff stuff. I am 50+ and been listening to songwriters all my life. I never expected such an eyeopening talent to come so late into my life, I only recently discovered Ron with his 2010 album Long Player, Late Bloomer........... I am amazed by this mans songs and have since bought all of his back catalogue and have listened to nothing else for the last 8 months

Ron Sexsmith must have been on something when recording "Cobblestone Runway". The songs are all excellent but the production in many instances is weird! I thought that there was something wrong with my pressing on two of my favourite tracks-"Up the Road" and "Former Glory". But actually when I read the liner notes it states in the instrumentation notes for these songs that there are "noises'. Why anyone in their right mind would have discordant electronic noises ruining two great songs is beyond me! I am not averse to adventurous arrangements on what are essentially very simple lovely folk/country, but there are limits. That said I have given the album 3 stars because it contains some rael good stuff but with better song arrangements and production this would have been a dead-set 5 star LP. The bonus album "Grand Opera Lane" is worth getting and is very pleasant listening with a number of strong songs.