The Things We Left Behind [Import]

Blue Rodeo (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B002S4DNZ0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. All The Things That Are Left Behind

2. One More Night

3. Waiting For The World

4. Never Look Back

5. Sheba

6. One Light Left In Heaven

7. Million Miles

8. Gossip

Disc: 2

1. Don't Let The Darkness In Your Head

2. Arizona Dust

3. In My Bones

4. Candice

5. Wasted

6. You Said

7. And When You Wake Up

8. Venus Rising

Editorial Reviews

2009 two CD release from the Canadian Roots/Rock outfit. If you still remember why you fell in love with music in the first place, if you still recall discovering songs on an albums that you never knew existed because radio wasn't playing them, if you wondered if popular bands still cared about making great records then take the trip through The Things We Left Behind, Blue Rodeo's 2009 studio album. In their 25 year career, the band have sold over four million records, won an unprecedented five Juno awards as Group of the Year, been handed keys to the City of Toronto and been inducted onto Canada's Walk of Fame. But to them, the accolades and awards mean nothing compared to being musicians. Warner. 2009.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album of 2009, February 8, 2010

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Daniel Diersen (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Things We Left Behind (Audio CD)

I realize that best album of 2009 is a big claim. One person can only listen to a fraction of the pop, rock and country releases in a given year. But with Amazon, a good public library, and records stores that allow you to listen to CDs, a person can become familiar with hundreds of albums/CDs. After a year of extensive listening and buying, Blue Rodeo's The Things We Left Behind tops my list.

The Things We Left Behind is an amazing album! I picked up the vinyl package (includes 2 CDs as well) at a Blue Rodeo concert in October, 2009. The album has not left my rotation since. Blue Rodeo has been huge in Canada for 25 years and has a large catalog of great albums. Five Days in July (1993) is a masterpiece, but I think this lastest double album is their best work to date. The depth, breadth and overall quality of all 16 songs is amazing! The arrangements are ambitious for some songs, incorporating strings, woodwinds and additional background vocal harmonies, and whether complex or simple, the arrangements and production is just right for every song. I really can't say enough about this album and hope that more people will give it a listen. If they do, Blue Rodeo will finally get the larger US audience that they very much deserve.

Note on the vinyl version: for those that like vinyl and have a turntable, I would highly recommend the vinyl version for it's sound quality and packaging. You also get the CDs that you can use for your car and iPod. Blue Rodeo has said the album was written and produced with four sides of vinyl in mind. Each side has it's own coherency and taking it one side at a time allows one to better familiarize and appreciate the overall album.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music that matters, January 2, 2010

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mark richards - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Things We Left Behind (Audio CD)

blue rodeo improves with every passing year, every new release. their music consistsently embodies heart, soul, passion and compassion. i'm not trying to gush here, but blue rodeo's music makes a person feel, reflect and embrace moments in life. the music is by turns joyous, melancholy and somber. it is always real, and it always resonates. highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't the darkness prevent you from hearing this masterpiece, August 24, 2010

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A. W. Carter "Hollywoodaholic" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Things We Left Behind (Audio CD)

Canadian folk rock band Blue Rodeo have been around for a long time, but unlike many bands who produce a few great albums early on and then coast on mediocrity, this double CD finds them still reaching for musical nirvana, and achieving it. If you like early acoustic Pink Floyd or the Eagles when they were still hungry, here's your perfect soundtrack. It's the only thing I've heard all summer that keeps finding its way back to my car CD player.

There are lilting 10-minute suites, and perfect 3-minute pop chestnuts. And just try to escape the haunting mantra of "Don't Let the Darkness in Your Head" from, well, haunting your head. It's a chant we all need embrace to escape the bleak moods (or news) we either get stuck in, or find the strength to overcome. This beautiful double album summons that strength.