Customer Reviews

The London Sessions Bootleg

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Finally, a U.S. release for this remarkable record. Over two discs and 25+ songs, Chip demonstrates the wide range of his writing talent. The first disc is full of pop-rock gems, sounding sort of like John Prine on the harder tunes from The Missing Years. And the second disc, while based mostly in alt-country, is stylistically all over the place. Tying it all together is the quality of the writing. An absolute must have.

This is one phenomenal set of discs -- can't stop listening to it. As with all of Chip's work, the songs are beautifully written and performed, and very heartfelt and haunting. The acoustic duet with Lucinda Williams will break your heart! More people deserve to know about this album. Buy this one...you won't regret it.

A friend played the first disc of this album for me a few weeks ago and I had to go out and get it. I wasn't expecting that the second disc would be even better. In some ways, it reminds me of Neil Young using both electric and acoustic music to best serve the individual song. And you can tell that Taylor follows his own path - the songs are intelligent and quirky in the best sense of the word. This deserves better than to become an undiscovered gem.

Although it's obviously very early, I think The London Sessions will end up being my favorite record of the year. I read about Taylor in People magazine a few weeks ago and took a chance with buying the CD. I'm glad I did. From the first track, Head First - a top-notch rocker to the final quirky hidden track, it is consistently entertaining and surprising. Just when you think you can peg Taylor into some sort of niche, he comes up with something totally different and cool. Now I have to check out his other previous records to see if this was just a fluke.

Like a lot of double albums, this would make a great single disk. That said, there is a lot of wonderful music on these disks. "Unstable Man" is my favorite song in recent history, and it's only the tip of the iceberg here. Buy this and you'll enjoy at least 12 of the songs here a lot.