Shout Towards Noon

Leo Kottke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Private Music
• ASIN: B0000000I9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Little Beaver

2. A Trout Toward Noon

3. Little Martha

4. Easter Again

5. Piece 17

6. Three Quarter North

7. Echoing Gilewitz

8. Air Proofing Two

9. A Virtuoso Is His Own Reward

10. Four Four North

11. Ice Field

12. First to Go

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Kottke---No Doubt About It, November 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Shout Towards Noon (Audio CD)

One day I returned to my college apartment from a weekend at my parents to discover that my roommate had video-taped this amazing guitar player off of the PBS show, "Austin City Limits". Ever since then I cannot get enough of this guy. Six years later, my collection of Leo Kottke CDs is almost complete. When I try to choose my favorite one, "A Shout Towards Noon" always pops in my head. Such a beautifully written album---such emotion and energy. For anyone that has not listened to a Kottke CD, do yourself a favor: buy two--one for you and one for anyone that has a passion for works of art.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest albums, July 24, 2006

By 

G. S. Thompson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shout Towards Noon (Audio CD)

If you like acoustic steel string guitar, this is a beautiful and gentle set, one of Leo Kottke's finest recordings. The accompaniment is tasteful, the compositions beautifully varied, and the playing sublime.

The album is not so funny and fast-paced as much of Leo Kottke's work. (He's admitted he tends to hurry his pace a bit.) Here the work as a slightly more refined and gentle than his better known bluegrass style. This recording is a gem.

Oh, there's the nod to Duane Allman, with a version of his classic "Little Martha." Enjoy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Leo ever recorded, September 22, 2005

By 

Urashima Taro (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Shout Towards Noon (Audio CD)

I have many of Kottke's CDs, but most of the time this is the one I happen to want to play. I never tire of this collection of small gems, so delicate, intelligent and inventive to stand out even in a rich production like Leo's. As far as the synthesizers and the other instruments are concerned, they are far in the background: his guitar is king. If you don't know Leo Kottke and want to buy one of his records, let it be this one.