Falling Stars & Broken Hearts

Fred Eaglesmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Aml Records
• ASIN: B0000634GW
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,343 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters
  • #74 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little mainstream but great!, April 12, 2002

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Mike (Springfield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Falling Stars & Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

Fred is known for his great songwriting, and this album dosent dissapoint. It does, however, seem cultivated for radio play (heck the guy deserves that) the songs are easy to listen to. A few rock, like "Sugar Cane" and "I aint given in", some are traditional country " Dancing on the bar", and some are modern country like "Indian Motorcycle". Missing are some of the quirky story songs from past albums that I love so much, but still a great CD. (And I dont even really like country music) Go get em Fred!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Honky tonk Fred, April 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Falling Stars & Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

This is a shift back to more country & western music. You will not find any real rockers here. The good news: great pedal steel work, some real good breakup songs, "Rev it Up" could be a Thunderbird's tune, and the final cut is great. Bad news: not a single train song, no Washboard Hank, and it's a little short. As a neon lit beer drinking albumn, it's pretty good, but don't expect anything like the last couple of albumns. It's head and shoulders better than what passes for country music currently.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Country Roll, June 10, 2002

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling Stars & Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

Fred Eaglesmith is developing one of the most interesting body of works in the fringe country area. From Canada, he rocks like Texas. Delbert McClinton and Joe Ely are musical soulmates in this lunar landscape of falling stars and broken hearts. The top track is classic Fred, as good as "I Like Trains" or "105." Fred starts by downing a preacher's good intentions, a girlfriend's attentions and rocks out "I Ain't Ever Givin' In," and then moans, "anytime soon." Washboard percussion and keyboards that squeak like something from the Outer Limits sound off as Fred sings, "What's a pretty girl like you doing without me?" on the second track. A start & stop tempo punctuates "Indian Motorcycles," "Moonlight over the water, shadows on the proches, sniffing down the alleyway..." "Sugarcane" is great swamp rock. On country weeper, "Ordinary Guy," Fred sings, "A plain old shirt & a plain old tie" about a girl that left the guy and winds up, "doesn't even look a tiny bit like me." "Cumberland County" is a great workingman ballad about a snow plow operator, "She said she was tired of the same old story, tired of the sparks against the snow." "Rev It Up" is a rock out rave while "Soft on My Shoulder" is a slow tune with great electric bass. Pedal steel croons on "Dancin' On the Bar," "I'm not as happy as you are; and I'm just trying to get through to tomorrow." The grass is always greener on the other side in "I Wanna Buy Your Truck," "I'm really stuck in this life of mine." "Cold War" is a folk samba with parades and heroes. "Your Sister Cried" is a graceful stately homespun lament. "Marrianne," the hidden track, is way cool. Fred's world is the workingman's country. He rocks and moans on this outstanding collection.