Surreal Thing/Easter Island

Kris Kristofferson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B002A9MN68
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Show Me Yours

2. (And I ll Show You Mine)

3. Killing Time

4. The Prisoner

5. Eddie The Eunuch

6. It s Never Gonna Be The Same Again

7. I Got A Life Of My Own

8. The Stranger I Love

9. The Golden Idol

10. Bad Love Story

11. If You Don t Like Hank Williams

12. Risky Bizness

13. How Do You Feel (About Foolin Around)

14. Forever In Your Love

15. The Sabre And The Rose

16. Spooky Lady s Revenge

17. Easter Island

18. The Bigger The Fool (The Harder The Fall)

19. Lay Me Down (And Love The World Away)

20. The Fighter

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2009 two-fer containing a pair of classic albums from the singer/songwriter available on one CD: Surreal Thing (1976) and Easter Island (1978). Kris Kristofferson has been one of the elite premier Country singer/songwriters for almost four decades. His songs have been recorded by artists from every genre and he released a number of successful albums on his own throughout the '70s and beyond. Wounded Bird.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Some Strong Stuff, October 15, 2009

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Old T.B. (Cheyenne, Wy USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surreal Thing/Easter Island (Audio CD)

Surreal Thing is not one of Kris Kristofferson's better known albums, but it is actually a much stronger effort than the one preceding it, 1975s Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame, and the one that came after, 1978s Easter Island (included on this two-fer). In fact, the run of songs beginning with "Never Gonna Be the Same Again" through to "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" qualifies as one of the most consistent sequences of high-quality music on any Kristofferson album. Surreal Thing is probably one of my top five favorite Kristofferson releases.

Easter Island, on the other hand, is not as strong; there's really too much filler on this one. With that said, the final two tracks, "The Fighter" and "Living Legend" (redone in the Nineties admirably, but not as powerfully, by Kristofferson and company in the Highwaymen) are two of the man's finest creations. And, "The Sabre and the Rose" is an interesting track; I'm not exactly sure why, but I've always enjoyed this song.

I definitely recommend this re-issue. It holds some great music from one of our greatest songwriters.

5.0 out of 5 stars Surreal Thing/Easter Island, February 16, 2010

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Gail P. Heinz (Hewitt, New Jersey, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surreal Thing/Easter Island (Audio CD)

If you are not familiar with Kris' works,take my advice and buy everything he has done,you won't be sorry.His music paints such vivid pictures of life,love,pain,and everything we face along life's journey.His feel for humanity,and hard times or good times,or whatever life dishes out,is uncanny.His spin on his own hardships can be done with humor,or sarcasm,or however it hits him at the time.He runs a gamut of emotions,that we can all relate to,and it is purely raw life experiences.With Kris,What you see is what you get,and that is,every bit of him,and believe me,he is the best.