Love & War (Dig)

Barton Carroll | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Skybucket Records
• ASIN: B000I5YCKG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Look Up, Look Down, That Lonesome Road

2. Scorched Earth

3. Your Name Must Be Mercy

4. Cat on a Beach

5. Dark End of the Street

6. The Way Back to Her

7. Vulture

8. Small Thing

9. Day on the Waves

10. Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 & 1/2 stars for this unknown GEM., December 20, 2006

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Daniel Martin "dantheduckman" (Worthington, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love & War (Dig) (Audio CD)

Barton Carroll's music is a little odd and therefore difficult to describe. He sings with such understated emotion and passion. It's as if he has so much to say but he's not sure if anybody wants to listen so he doesn't scream, he doesn't yell and he doesn't sing loudly. He's got this kind of passive emotion to him that, at times, chills me to my bones. The best evidence of this is in the first song, "Look up, Look down, that Lonesome road." With just his vocals, an acoustic guitar, a cello and a bassoon, he creates such an atmosphere that is worthy of remeberance. He also will let his electric guitar scream the things he's afraid to let his vocals say. "Vultures" is a great example of this.

There are a couple of songs on here that fail to live up to these standards, hence the 3/5 stars instead of 4, but a definite buy if you're tired of hearing the same old stuff.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barton's music is brooding, enchanting, one of a kind., March 11, 2007

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super mara (Barbados) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love & War (Dig) (Audio CD)

As a Northwest local I've had the pleasure of seeing Mr.Carroll play live on a number of occasions. He is not pretentious at all and manages to be a very touching storyteller through his music. This is moody music, taking the listener through a variety of stories and frames of reference, melodies both slow and fast, tender and very evil. His unusual voice and guitar playing are profoundly seductive. He reminds me a little of Leonard Cohen, but is thoroughly his own, weird, talented, unique self.He cites influences as varied as Springsteen, Townes Van Zandt, and Elie Weisel's "Night" trilogy.

I absolutely adore this guy and his music. Go see him play live if you can. Check out his website for upcoming show dates and music samples.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, very talented artist, September 21, 2010

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Darla - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love & War (Dig) (Audio CD)

Great CD, very talented artist. I listened again and again. Nice addition to any collection.