Ron Sexsmith [Import]

Ron Sexsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal UK
• ASIN: B000001Y6P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ron Sexsmith, January 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ron Sexsmith (Audio CD)

Reviewers use words like sublime for albums like this. I've never been over-sure what that means exactly. But if it means life-changing then that's close enough. Ron's debut album is the stuff of Astral Weeks or Pink moon..his songs will go with you like a second skin. "Galbraith Street" ,"Lebanon" "Speaking with the angels" are like best friends to me..I could wax lyrical about the unique juxtaposition of the universal with the intimate in Rons lyrics but that would be like talking about how well Dali uses beige !! This is pure soul food. I've bought it 20 times or so for friends and companions. It has never failed to bring a new dimension into their lives. This album really should be issued free of charge by the National Health Service to cure Soul Damage.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By the third listen, February 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ron Sexsmith (Audio CD)

A naturally sensitive and finely nuanced voice that is remotely reminiscent of Tim Hardin, a deft songwriting talent that includes (in different songs) echoes of Costello, The Beach Boys, and North American folk, Ron Sexsmith manages to conjure up his own distinct sound with a cd of incredibly memorable melodies and often poignant lyrics. Froom's production, as usual,is subtle and very effective. This is Sexsmith's best cd, though his first.
If you dont own any of his cds, this is the one to buy. (By the way: like all terrific music,if you are mildly indifferent on first listen, listen to it again and by third exposure it will be one of your collection favorites).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The man seeps with a sad, lost beauty not heard in decades., April 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ron Sexsmith (Audio CD)

Wow. Plain and simple. Whereas many who have fallen under his sad-eyed charm have chosen to tout his 1997 offering "Other Songs," by no means should that sway you from purchasing his eponymous debut. This man's amazingly crafted songs seep with a sorrowful, lost beauty not heard since Elvis Costello crooned Cole's classic, "Love For Sale." Costello comparisons are inevitable; Elvis, afterall, is an incredibly vocal fan. But what Sexsmith puts forth on this album has the ability to rival and even supersede some of the spectacled one's most loved early catalog. Full of tracks that bring to mind a lonely afternoon pouring over old photographs and getting lost in forgotten love letters, Ron Sexsmith warrants a listen, if not a permanent space in your collection reserved for all his future efforts.