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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Haunting...,
This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)
"Rehersals for Departure" was merely a great album... "Ghost" is Jurado's masterpiece... it is sparer, stripped down to the bare bones. The songs are elliptical. They sound like they are 1000 years old. "Ghost in the snow" is spellbinding. "Tonight, I will retire" is the best thing he's ever written. The sound quality is remarkable. It seems the singer is in the room with you. Great, spooky late-night listening. For all fans of quiet music.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Many concerns,
By David Snyder (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)
I first purchased and played this record when I was stricken with pneumonia and almost homeless, and it was just about perfect timing. Jurado here fulfills the promise of his earlier records, stripping away the (very well-done) jangle-folk-pop learnings and playing to his greatest strength: rustic, intimate, timeless confessional folk music. The characters on the brink of emotional collapse in the first part of the record fittingly give way to the hazy experimental confusion of the second. This is folk music as it was meant to be, harrowing, engaging and true.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Haunting and beautiful,
This review is from: Ghost of David (Audio CD)
Even a glance at the titles suggests that this cd will not be coming out for office party sing-alongs, unless you run a 12-step support group. What we have instead are plaintive songs imbued with a fragile beauty. While Britain offers a singer songwriter influenced by Springsteen, the glorified busking of Badly Drawn Boy, Damien Jurado takes the sparseness of "Nebraska" as a template. Opening with the desperation of mental illness and broken relationships - "Medication", means that there is only one way to go, as nothing can quite match its quiet power. The following song "Desert" certainly lacks a lot in comparison. His version of the traditional song "Rosewood Casket" and the sub-Sonic Youth "Paxil" are the only other weak points. Otherwise this is a simple but strong collection which eschews big productions in favour of a more direct mood. If you enjoy the introductions to Mogwai songs and the feel of Galaxie 500 you should give Damien Jurado a listen.
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