Spinning Around the Sun

Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1993)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002HD7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,125 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #39 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Alt-Country & Americana
  • #39 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Country Folk
  • #60 in Music > Indie Music > Folk

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: GILMORE,JIMMIE DALE
Title: SPINNING AROUND THE SUN
Street Release Date: 08/24/1993
Domestic
Genre: COUNTRY

Customer Reviews

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taco Thoughts, September 11, 2000

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Taco (Texas Flatlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spinning Around the Sun (Audio CD)

The reason I'm buying this disc for the fourth time is simple: in a collection of thousands of discs, this particular gem is paramount to my collection. Scratches from my truck driving college roommate hampered my first Spinning Around the Sun disc, and the second disc fell to a similar fate at the hands of a road trip to Ciudad Acuna. The third time, I recorded the disc and kept the original at home. That attempt was trivial; the travel disc was stolen by my best friend and the original given to my next door neighbor who fell in love with it after repeatedly hearing it out of my open windows. Enough said. This disc is not surreal flatlands music; this disc is the flatlands, in every sense. Wide open spaces make for unforgettable music. You will know what I mean...

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just plain incredible!!, August 8, 2001

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"rraabfaber" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spinning Around the Sun (Audio CD)

What are you doing reading this review? Download "One Endless Night" and then hit that 1-click button. You NEED this CD!

If I had to choose a word to describe this music, that word would be `easy.' JDG possesses a unique voice. The comparisons to Orbison are obvious, with perhaps a touch of Willie Nelson nasal twang - but with an easy control This is a man who knows his voice and seemingly doesn't have to TRY to make it work. It's just plain easy on the ears.

The guitar is equally astounding. You know how some people make playing the guitar look easy? Like they just barely touch the strings and pure genius springs forth? Watch Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughn sometime and you'll see what I mean. That is what the guitars are like here. And the production is flawless.

When you hear JDG sing "I was the one who taught her to kiss...." You'll believe that he was! The song "So I'll Run" is a standout. "Nothing Of The Kind" is pure West Texas rhythm. Gilmore's own songs stand up as equals to the covers he has selected for this CD. "Another Colorado" and "Thinking About You", two JDG penned tunes are just exceptional.

I will agree with a previous reviewer that maybe the vocals on the cover of Hank Williams Sr. tune "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" are a bit off, but the Guitar work is deadly cool. Probably my least favorite is "Mobile Line", a traditional tune arranged by Gilmore, which seems a bit contrived.

And there are the lyrics... With such an amazing voice and top-notch musicianship it is easy to forget the stories being told. The four JDG originals on this CD are absolutely beautiful.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never get tired of hearing it!, June 19, 2000

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"mnlily" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spinning Around the Sun (Audio CD)

I bought this CD after I bought and loved the new one, One Endless Night. Spinning Around the Sun is often criticized as a "studio album", but I think it is unique, beautiful, endlessly fascinating. Although about six of the songs on this album are "my favorite", Jimmie's recording of the Butch Hancock song "Just A Wave" is one of the best, and most addictive, cuts in history.