Land of the Bottom Line

John Gorka | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA Victor
• ASIN: B000000NHP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,824 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorka's greatest work -- Stacked with his greatest songs, February 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Land of the Bottom Line (Audio CD)

After seeing John Gorka on "Austin City Limits" in 1993, I began following each release. I now believe that "Land of the Bottom Line" is his finest work. The release contains his greatest love songs, often times in somber themes. While his recent productions still weave musical genius throughout, they are distracted at times by an overuse of percussion and background instruments. Gorka is at his best as a pure acoustic performer, which is the dominant presentation in "Land of the Bottom Line". In songs such as "Armed with a broken heart", "I saw a stranger with your hair", and "Love is our cross to bear", John combines his haunting baritone voice with amazing guitar playing.

In their early careers, some artists stack many of their great songs into one release. In "Land of the Bottom Line", Gorka provides a consistent template of his incredible skills with at least half of his greatest songs ever. In fact, many of the requests he accepts at concerts come from this CD. This is a must buy for all acoustic afficionados and for anyone who is not aquainted with John Gorka.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Gorka, June 10, 2001

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Mois Benarroch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land of the Bottom Line (Audio CD)

This are songs of late adolescence, full of power and anger. Like an old Rimbaud, Gorka here delivers the main course. He never did it again in his later cd's. This is his best one. Better than anything he's done since, and probably better than anything he'll do.

One of the best folk cd's ever!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars witty, November 14, 2000

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rocdoc (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land of the Bottom Line (Audio CD)

The trouble with the title track is that it's so good, you may never get past it. Do yourself a favor and go the distance with this one.......then listen to that title track as many times as you want!