Every Second Counts [Import]

Jim Lauderdale | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002J6V
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,448 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Time When It's Time

2. That's Not the Way It Works

3. Don't Build Your World Around It

4. Always on the Outside

5. Charmed

6. Fireball

7. Every Second Counts

8. Echo

9. Ready to Ramble

10. I'm Still Learning How to Crawl

11. If You Look Real Close

12. Bluebell

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

One of Nashville's most successful songwriters, Jim Lauderdale's his contributions have often been the stand-out cuts on albums by George Strait, Patty Loveless, Mark Chestnutt and Vince Gill. So it's a little surprising that country music is more a flavoring spice than the main ingredient in Lauderdale's solo album, --Every Second Counts. The meat of Lauderdale's third release is roots-rock in the vein of John Hiatt, Marshall Crenshaw, Nick Lowe (who co-wrote one of the songs), Lucinda Williams (whose drummer Donald Lindley is present) and Dave Alvin (whose guitarist Greg Leisz is on board). Unlike most of these roots-rockers, Lauderdale's strength is not words but music (which is why he does so well selling songs to today's pop-oriented country producers). Lauderdale's lyrics are often clever but almost never deep. By contrast, his melodies are full of surprises, always taking an unexpected detour or leap, and his chord progressions always go a step or two beyond the usual. And when a thumping rock'n'roll beat puts that tunefulness in motion, the effect is irresistible. Like Oklahoma's Leon Russell, North Carolina's Lauderdale is a provincial hick with a Tin Pan Alley heart. Thus he's able to bring a down-home authenticity to his songs even when he's coming up with hooks as slick as any by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Of course, it helps that Lauderdale possesses a strong, handsome tenor which can nail these melodies to the wall. You don't usually expect to find a natural-born tunesmith in the scruffy quarters of literary-bohemian roots-rock, but there he is. Don't overlook him.--Geoffrey Himes

Product Description

1995 album from the underrated country singer/songwriter, favorably compared to the late Gram Parsons. Atlantic.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music from the heart of America, this river runs thru it., April 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Every Second Counts (Audio CD)

Nearly five years ago, Clay Blaker gave me a demo take of about 30 of Jim's songs. We stayed up all night playing them over and over. Most all of these tunes were on that tape. A week hasn't gone by since that I haven't listened and sung along with it. Not since the original Allman Brother's Band have I heard such a perfect blend of the roots of ALL American music: gospel, pop, roadhouse blues and unadulterated, beer joint stomp. Truly amazing. The lyrics transport me back from the altar of my grandma's gospel church to the first heartache I ever felt over a shy, pony-tailed girl. As a song writer, Jim Lauderdale is as good as anyone I've heard on the current scene. As a performer and musician, he comes straight from the soul. The comparisons are numerous in nearly all the reviews I've read: Hank Williams/Brian Wilson, Dylan/Graham Parsons, Buck Owens/Lennon, McCartney. It's as if the snow from a thousand American mountains has thawed and we get to sip Jim's music from a cold, running stream. Who the hell needs champagne when music tastes THIS good? A TOAST.....!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't help singin' along, September 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Every Second Counts (Audio CD)

Well, I've always loved Jim Lauderdale's voice, but it's thelyrics and melodies in this CD that make me want to sing out loud withit. Certain lines and turns of phrases alternatively inspire and melt my spirits. "That's not the way it works" has grown on me so much that I find myself singing the chorus to myself out of the blue. And I'm so very charmed by "Charmed". In this and "Echo" Lauderdale's voice and the lyrics just envelope the listener with longing and pleasure all at once. "Fireball" and "Bluebell" are a wonderful release. The title song "Every Second Counts" hits home. If I can't sing along for some reason, I have to at least tap my foot. Buy this CD and sing along - It's a great ride.

5.0 out of 5 stars A creative masterpiece!, June 18, 2011

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This review is from: Every Second Counts (Audio CD)

A very special period in this prolific artist's career, this album was recorded deep in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree,CA. with an all-star band. Jim Lauderdale's Psychedelic Hi-Desert Masterpiece.