Innocence

Luka Bloom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cooking Vinyl
• ASIN: B000E6ESQM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,456 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. PRIMAVERA

2. FIRST LIGHT OF SPRING

3. INNOCENCE

4. VENUS

5. MIRACLE CURE

6. PEACE ON EARTH

7. GYPSY MUSIC

8. CITY OF CHICAGO

9. JUNE

10. SALVADOR

11. NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE

12. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME HERE

13. LARRY REDICAN OW

14. DOING THE BEST I CAN

15. I AM NOT AT WAR

Editorial Reviews

Review

* * * * (4 Stars) In short: More moving with every album he makes... There's an unrivalled tenderness to Luka Bloom's enchanting, earnest songwriting - his musical and lyrical delivery possesses that special charm. Deft, delicate touch on the six-string and distinguishable Irish lilt in his honeyed vocals draws you in immediately with the heartfelt opener Primavera, from which the ensuing mood is set. --Scott Podmre

The artistic imperative ebbs and flows, and there are some who won't be too enamoured with the tidal patterns in Luka Blooms's music these days. Evidently personally content, Luka's music bespeaks of matters spiritual rather than material. --The Irish Times - 18th February

The younger generation of Irish singer-songwriters have tended to obscure Luka Bloom's place in the firmament. But with this more reflective and introspective album (his 10th), he restores himself to his rightful place in the pantheon of intelligent and passionate songsmiths with his uncanny ability to see the power and meaning in the atoms of daily life. --Hot Press Review

Product Description

Innocence seems like a strange title for Luka Bloom’s tenth studio album. However, Innocence is an album that could easily be mistaken as an accomplished debut. Bloom's lyrics are so insightful and fresh that you'd be forgiven for mistaking him as a young and disillusioned twenty-something, instead of a 50 year old who has been making music for 36 years. Musically, Innocence is just as simple and static. There's an unrivalled tenderness to Luka Bloom's enchanting, earnest songwriting - his musical and lyrical delivery possesses that special charm. His deft, delicate touch on the six-string and distinguishable Irish lilt in his honeyed vocals draws you in immediately with the heartfelt opener ‘Primavera’, from which the ensuing mood is set. And of course, there's a gentle dose of mellow instrumentals on Innocence to round out the album. The US version contains two exclusive bonus tracks that are not on the UK version – ‘Doing The Best I Can’ and ‘I Am Not At War.! ’ Bloom seems to always manage a sense of freshness with anything he puts his mind, voice and hand to, and Innocence beautifully captures the emotions of these purposeful messages by a master of his game.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best..., April 19, 2006

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kmo4 (seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Innocence (Audio CD)

I saw Luka Bloom last night in Seattle and bought the CD at the show. The show was fantastic and the CD hasn't stopped playing since. One of the best singer-songwriters of our day. Beautiful guitar and melodies.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just gets better, June 15, 2006

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RW "rw" (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Innocence (Audio CD)

I have been listening to Luka Bloom for years, have seen him in concert only once. I love this CD, he is always surprising yet still "himself" - love these songs, he just keeps getting better and better!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Wonder, and Wonderful, May 26, 2006

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Daniel Regan "Director, Kansas City Irish Fest" (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocence (Audio CD)

Luka Bloom's new CD Innocence has been getting a work out in my iTunes the past couple weeks. I'm listening to it right this minute, as a matter of fact. And the more I listen to it, the more I love it. The new CD is understated, and quiet in places to the point where you might almost miss the power that is there in the lyrics, guitar and Bloom's rich voice. He says of the new record: "The whole story of this album is interesting and different. Life is an endless stream of challenges, and for this singer, the most important ingredient to hang on to is our innocence and wonder at the world". That sense of wonder is on display all over this album, with songs about such simple joys as the coming of Spring, a young girl's trip to the beach with her parents, the power of forgiveness and summer sunshine.

On Innocence, he moves effortlessly from songs that display the sense of humor that is often seen in a Luka Bloom penned lyric (Doing The Best I Can), to a simple, beautiful instrumental (Peace On Earth), to a really haunting version of his well known famine immigration ballad City Of Chicago. He tells a story of modern immigration into Ireland in No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. No stranger to political statements, he takes on The Iraq War in the beautiful I Am Not At War. No stranger to the music of the big world, he won't allow himself to be pigeoned-holed into an "Irish" sound. Listen to Gypsy Music and Venus and you'll see what I mean. And Bloom's song June reminds me of Van Morrison's classic Sweet Thing, and that can't be bad. This is one of those too rare records, for me anyway, that doesn't have a weak spot on it.