Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000000OQL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #10 in Music > Rock > Roots Rock

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Lightning does strike twice. Robbie Robertson's breathtaking 1987 solo debut was every bit as remarkable as another debut he'd masterminded two decades before, The Band's Music from Big Pink. Even more impressive was the fact that Robertson's new sound owed so little, other than a shared vision, to the sonic Americana he'd created with The Band. Robertson cashed in The Band's rustic tones in for a lush, beat-box womb created by coproducer Daniel Lanois. His own weird, almost spectral voice, also turned out to be the right vehicle for the words he'd been handing to others for so long. Bono, The BoDeans, and Peter Gabriel join in on keepers like "Fallen Angel" and "Broken Arrow." --Michael Ruby

Product Description

Japanese only SHM/Paper Sleeve pressing. Features 2010 remastering. Universal. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked masterpiece, September 6, 2004

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Craig Weatherby (Waltham, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Why this album did not create more of a cultural splash upon its release is a mystery to me. As another reviewer notes, it is as great as "Music from Big Pink," while bearing almost no resemblance to that work.
Great music, lyrics, performances, and production (by Daniel Lanois of U2 fame) In my opinion, Robertson's first solo album is one of the greatest musical works of the 20th century (I include Hendrix, Gershwin, Lennon-McCartney, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Strauss, etc.). Finally, "Showdown at Big Sky" is one of the two greatest songs written about the nuclear sword of Damocles. (Pete Townshend's "Why did we fall for that?" being the other.)
His second solo effort, Storyville, is almost as good.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A quantum leap from the band, October 17, 2001

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J. Jackson "climaction" (Charlottesville, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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Don't get me wrong -- I'm a big fan of the Band, from debut to Dylan's basement tapes to the Last Waltz. But Robertson must have had an out of body experience to come up with these renderings. A masterful performance with distinctive production by Daniel Lanois. Memorable cameos by U2 and the Bodines.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant, Haunting nearly Spiritual Experience, October 3, 2003

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Jason P. Gold (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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Many albums contain one or two songs which are worth listening to. This album does contain a couple of stand out songs incuding "American Roulette" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River," but is one of those rare gems which doesn't have a wasted note. Robertson's voice is spectral and haunting. The music is lush, driven by an insistent almost Native American drum beat and punctuated by an electric guitar which almost speaks, and leaves you breathing hard not from the notes it plays, but from the notes it doesn't play. This album is almost a spiritual experience. Great stuff!