Horsebreaker Star

Grant McLennan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 1995)
• Original Release Date: February 28, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Banquet Us
• ASIN: B0000018B8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Simone & Perry

2. Lighting Fires

3. Ice in Heaven

4. What Went Wrong

5. Race Day Rag

6. Don't You Cry for Me No More

7. Put You Down

8. Coming Up for Air

9. Open Invitation

10. Open My Eyes

11. From My Lips

12. Dropping You

13. Hot Water

14. Keep My Word

15. Girl in a Beret

16. All Her Songs

17. No Peace in the Palace

18. I'll Call You Wild

19. Horsebreaker Star

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a listen monthly, weekly even, January 30, 2001

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Music fan (Norfolk, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horsebreaker Star (Audio CD)

This is a perfect pop/rock record. There's not a bad cut. McLennan is a fine lyricist and writes great hooks. The appearance of Syd Straw provides a welcome jolt. I have a huge CD collection, yet return to this disc regularly.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great, accessible pop album. Nearly flawless., December 5, 1999

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Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horsebreaker Star (Audio CD)

Each one of these 19 songs are beautiful, melodic, well crafted and well-written pop rock tunes. And I must say that it's very rare that I buy an album where EVERY song makes a connection with me. "Keep My Word," "Call You Wild," the title track, and "Open Invitation" are just awesome tunes. Some of the songs' messages ("Ice in Heaven," "What Went Wrong") are fascinatingly profound, and some of them ("Girl in a Beret") are just plain fun with nothing deep. This is a VASTLY overlooked album. It is certainly one of the best albums I've ever heard. Buy this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars May Remain a Career Best, August 13, 2002

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Randall E. Adams (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horsebreaker Star (Audio CD)

After soaking up all the wonderful Go Betweens records and starting on my discovery of the subsequent solo careers with Grant's warm and excellent "In Your Bright Ray," nothing could prepare me for this masterpiece.

The first thrill was to hear the immediately recognizable voice of another favorite, Syd Straw, on the very first track. Ignoring the odd grafting on of "Lighting Fires" from the previous album, this record strings together 18 masterful songs. The consistency and intensity of their quality is so great that sometimes I have to stop listening just so that I can absorb the song I've just heard before I move on to another.

The production and backing is perfection itself--the Athens, Georgia crowd really do Grant proud. Syd features all over the disc.

I am sure that there will be many more moments of joy that Grant McLennan will donate to my life, but it is hard to imagine that he will ever match this high water mark.

If you only keep 20 albums, this will be one of them.