Puzzles [Import]

Ed Bruce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0000282S1
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Puzzles (UWA4 3305)

2. Blue Denim Eyes

3. By Route of New Orleans

4. Shadows of Her Mind

5. Lonesome Is Me

6. Tiny Golden Lockett

7. If I Could Just Go Home

8. Walker's Woods

9. Give Me More Than You Take (TWA3-1427)

10. I'm Getting Better

11. Painted Girls and Wine

12. The Price I Pay to Stay

13. Something Else to Mess Your Mind

14. I Know Better

15. Memphis Morning

16. Blue Bayou

17. Why Can't I Come Home

18. Last Train to Clarksville

19. Her Sweet Love and the Baby

20. I'll Take You Away

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The single-disc, 29-track compilation Puzzles collects all of Ed Bruce's RCA recordings from the late '60s, including "Blue Denim Eyes," "By Route of New Orleans," "Walker's Woods," "Last Train to Clarksville," "Painted Girls and Wine," "Memphis Morning," "Why Can't I Come Home," "Ninety Seven More to Go," "Give Me More Than You Can Take," "Something Else to Mess Your Mind" and no less than three versions of the title track. While this material is not among Bruce's best-known, it is among his best. Though the duplicate versions of some tracks can be tedious -- "Puzzles" is presented in three versions, there are two takes of "I'd Be Best Leaving You," there are both dubbed and undubbed versions of "Painted Girls and Wine" and "Blue Bayou" -- Puzzles nevertheless is an excellent way to become acquainted with a fine, underappreciated talent. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide