Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes [Import]

Cowboy Junkies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: MSI:LATENT
• ASIN: B00000J6Z4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,421 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Saw Your Shoes

2. Five Room Love Story

3. Sad To See The Season Go

4. If You Gotta Go, Go Now

5. Love's Still There

6. To Lay Me Down

7. A Few Simple Words

8. River Waltz

9. Leaving Normal

10. The Water Is Wide

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OPUS EIGHT, February 23, 2001

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Daniel S. "Daniel" (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (Audio CD)

Last Cowboy Junkies recording to date, RARITIES, B-SIDES AND SLOW, SAD WALTZES will not deceive the fans of the canadian band. First song of the CD, " I Saw Your Shoes " has got the fastest tempo you will ever find in a song of the Cowboy Junkies, it's a rock song and Margo Timmins... rocks. Second surprise of the album, Bob Dylan's " If You Gotta Go, Go Now ! " . Hear the only drum solo of Peter Timmins in the CJ career. OK, it lasts only three seconds and reminded me of the unvaluable efforts of another discreet drummer - Ringo Starr - but it's worth hearing.

Like in MILES FROM OUR HOME, their precedent recording, there is an hidden song at the end of the album. Let run your player after the tenth track " The Water Is Wide " and, after 30 seconds, you will hear Bruce Springsteen's " My Father's House " sung by Margo and.... the rest of the band for the last seconds. A curiosity.

The album presents a smart mixture of songs of the early period of the Band - the slow ones - and of the post LAY IT DOWN years - the not so slow ones -. Released after a relatively deceiving MILES FROM OUR HOME, RARITIES, B-SIDES AND SLOW, SAD WALTZES marks the end of 15 years of great music and I can only hope that the Cowboy Junkies will be able to offer us new musical trips as fascinating as those they have already released.

A CD for your library.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Can't Seem to Take it Off the CD PLayer, March 13, 2000

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Kim Messier (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (Audio CD)

Before listening I assumed this collection would be true to it's title. B-sides are there for a purpose after all. But it is so good it has turned into one of my favorite Junkies albums. There is a hopefulness to this collection sometimes missing from the studio albums. And I sense a more upbeat attitude. Not that I don't love the melancholy of the other albums, that's what drew me to the Junkies. But this is such a nice change of pace, when I always play it I can't help but get into a good mood, no matter what. This does prove Cowboy Junkies can do no wrong. Definitely worth the effort!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FANTASTIC ALBUM!, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (Audio CD)

As an album of rarities and b-sides,this album, IMHO, ranks up there with the Junkies' other great albums, "THE TRINITY SESSIONS," "BLACK-EYED MAN," and "PALE SUN, CRESCENT MOON." The album is a celebration of all the makes the Junkies' music great; melancholy (5 Room Love Story, To Lay Me Down), haunting (Sad to See The Season Go); rollicking (If You Gotta Go and I Saw Your Shoes), and just downright gorgeous (The Water is Wide and the unnamed Track 11). For anyone who fancies themselves an appreciator of music, this album belongs in your music collection right beside your BEATLES, WHO, PINK FLOYD and whomever else you consider great. For true Junkies junkies, this album is a necessity.