This World Is Not My Home

Lone Justice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B00000HY31
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At long last..., February 14, 1999

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This review is from: This World Is Not My Home (Audio CD)

For those of us who were blown away by the raw power and exuberance of Maria McKee's voice on the band's first album, this is the first chance since 1985 to really hear her, unleashed and unfettered. Because producers stopped giving her the Michael Jordan treatment (just give her the mike and get out of the way) after the debut, the first seven tracks (from 1983-84) are a long-overdue treat that make this collection worthwhile even for those who already have the original release. The two live tracks are less strong - although Bono's juxtaposition with Maria on "Sweet Jane" is instructive, showing even us rabid U2 fans that compared to her, he can sound awfully pretentious. The version of "Sweet, Sweet Baby" - which admittedly would have trouble topping the bright, soaring studio version - takes on such an opposite tone that it's almost unrecognizable as the same song. But I just listened to it 3 times in a row, so it apparently grows on you...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh, but the good ole days!, January 24, 1999

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Mr. Maxwell C. Mishler (Myrtle Beach, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This World Is Not My Home (Audio CD)

It's nice to every once in a while be transported back to a time when music seemed more raw and felt more real. Even if that time wasn't that long ago. Lone Justice along with bands like The Alarm, early U2 and The Call managed to speak vital truths about spiritual as well as social issues without coming across as preachy. You get the feeling they were just having a blast doing what they did. On "This World Is Not My Home", we get to again feel that innocence and youthfulness that was such a part of it's era. Here's to hoping that Maria Mckee and Co. maybe give us some current material that dares to be that unpretentious.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Overview, February 23, 2006

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J. Gemmill "Fan of music, movies and more." (Oreland, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This World Is Not My Home (Audio CD)

Here, Maria's sweat flows from this combined best-of/rarities collection as if from her brow, and her heart ... hell, her heart beats like a rhythm section all its own. Check out the live version of "Sweet, Sweet Baby" for one example. For another, skip back to the early demos which lead off the disc ... or the re-mastered version of "Shelter" that seduces you into its groove. Other gems include the Bob Dylan-penned "Go Away Little Boy" (featuring Dylan and Ron Wood on guitars) and an in-concert duet of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" with U2's Bono. As good and strong as those songs are, it's the band's previously unreleased demos that prove most earth-shattering. The Maria-penned "Drugstore Cowboy," for example, is a shotgun blast of authentic cowpunk-and far, far more. An infectious psychodrama framed in a country twang, it hints at everything to come, both for Lone Justice and Maria on her own.