Speaking Softly in the Dark [Import]

Garnet Rogers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Snowgoose
• ASIN: B0002B8DTC
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,104 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dear Grandfather

2. The Sliprails and the Spur

3. McArthur's Farwell to the West

4. The Enfolding

5. Like a Diamond Ring

6. Hallelujah! (The Great Storm Is Over)

7. Goodbye Again

8. Lament for Henry Chapin

9. Crucifixion

10. After All

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great CD to listen to in the car, July 12, 2008

By 

organic (Penn Yan, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Speaking Softly in the Dark (Audio CD)

This is a wonderfully satisfying CD - not as complex or orignal as some of his later CD's, but strong nourishment for the soul.

'Crucifixion' is classic Phil Ochs - brutal, complex, with sharp rough images. But while Ochs' version is rather bizarre and nauseating, Garnet Rogers turns the same words into a powerfully insightful, reverential piece, with the last 2 verses handled entirely differently. I often feel rather wrung out after listening to it - saddened, but also uplifted and understanding. It is followed perfectly with 'A Good Life After All' - the 2 songs so belong together, I am very grateful he did it that way. Dear Grandfather is also a deeply spiritual song, but done simply enough so you can enjoy it on whatever level you prefer. The other songs stand frequent re-listening, a great car CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars On a Easter Sunday morning..., April 23, 2011

By 

Hugh S. Myers "hsm" (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Speaking Softly in the Dark (Audio CD)

I'm listening to Jim & Jean sing Crucifixion having just heard Garnet's version of the Phil Ochs classic on WFMT's Saturday Night Live. While their version is considered classic, I'd have to say that the Rogers rendition is the stronger by far. No matter what the review, this CD is a necessary addition to the library of any folk music lover.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful. Slowly., August 4, 2010

By 

IRAN M RODRIGUES (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Speaking Softly in the Dark (Audio CD)

As the title says, this cd softly tells you stories.

Garnet Rogers' version of Chapin's Goodbye Again is amazing.