My Perfect World

Ed Burleson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tornado Records
• ASIN: B00000K2DS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wide Open Spaces

2. My Perfect World

3. Clinging to You

4. Dreamworld

5. No Closing Time

6. It All Started and Ended with You

7. Staring Out the Window

8. No Tears

9. Might Seem Like a Loser

10. Going Home to Texas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rising star in the "old country" tradition!, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: My Perfect World (Audio CD)

Ed Burleson is a great addition to the "old country" revival that is being led (I'm proud to say) in Texas. I saw him with his band last Saturday night in Austin down at the Broken Spoke and I'm here to tell you that he will be the next country legend. Buy this disc if you like REAL country music. It should be noted that this album was produced in no small part by country music legends Clay Blaker and the late Doug Sahm.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank God for Texas country, October 24, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Perfect World (Audio CD)

It's sad that in a Country music world dominated by Nashville and the radio industry, a true-to-the-bone Country artist like Burleson should be labeled "throwback" or his music disclaimed as "real" country. It's the co-opters in contemporary Country who should take on the extra adjectives, and music like Burleson's should be left alone to be called Country, period.

Burleson's debut for (the late) Doug Sahm's Tornado shows just how strong a genre Country music is, and how little it needs the machinations of modernized production and pop genuflection to be effective. Burleson's originals, and covers of titles by Jim Lauderdale, (producer) Clay Baker, and Doug Sahm cover many traditional Country bases, backed by twangy steel (courtesy of Lloyd Maines) and fiddle, stellar lead guitar from the likes of ex-Lost Planet Airman Bill Kirchen, and plenty of rhythm for a two-step around the honky-tonk. The sting of Bakersfield telecasters add extra energy. Burleson's twangy vocals take on a number of different classic (there's those adjectives again!) flavors. Perhaps most surprisingly are the occasional hints of stylists like Garth Books (in his least guarded and most Country moments). It makes one wonder where artists like Brooks would have ended up if they hadn't gotten famous.

From the CD's demure cover photo a casual buyer might dismiss this as another handsome Nashville hat act, but the contents will quickly set you straight. Recorded in Floresville, TX, this is truely music of the heartland. Fans of Jack Ingram or the Robison brothers should check this out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Special Ed", August 7, 2000

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Leah (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Perfect World (Audio CD)

Ed Burleson's "Wide Open Spaces" is a great album. It is just great good ol' honky tonk music. Hearing his CD you will just get a taste of how great he is, if you get the chance, check him out LIVE, he is in his element. Ed is a great character who only cares about making his music and keeping it real, and he definitley does that on this album.