Tom Rush

Tom Rush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024V6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

On his second self-titled album, recorded for Columbia in 1970, the folk singer turns in sensitive versions of works by Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Murray McLaughlin.

Customer Reviews

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing stories of life changes - great covers, December 10, 1999

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George Kosmides (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Rush (Audio CD)

This album changed my life. On this album Tom opended me up to James Taylor and Jackson Browne. The very beginning of 'Lost My Drivin' Wheel' still makes me melt. This album has always been about life changes - from the guy who is trying to get back to a lover, to the woman who came home to watch her father die, to the old man. Tom does the best version of Jackson's brilliant 'These Days' ever recorded. But the crowning jewel is 'Child's Song'. What a gift that song has been througout my life. Now, as my kids start to get at the age where they 'must find their own road now to follow', this song continues to move and inspire. We laid in bed the other night listening to Tom sing this, and thought about our kids and were hushed and stunned. Thanks, Tom, for interpretations and music that only you can do.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Tom Rush For The True Folk Fan!, August 5, 2000

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Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Rush (Audio CD)

No one is a more masterful or powerful interpreter of other artists' music than Tom Rush. In this album he showcases these talents to advantage from the opening bars of his signature "Driving Wheel" to "Drop Down Mama" to the subtly ironic "Living In The Country". He is at his best with songs like Jackson's Browne's "These Days" or "Colors Of The Sun", and I have always loved his version of "Child's Song" as well as "old Man's Song". He is the only one other than James Taylor that I like to hear sing Taylor songs, and his version of "Rainy Day Man" is really quite different from Taylor's. Rush has a voice and guitar style that's distinct, well developed, and always used to performing advantage. Trevor Veitch, a wonderful acoustic and electric guitarist, backs him here and the arrangements help to make this a classic folk album. Try this one out, folks; I think you will wind up agreeing it is a keeper, and a nice alternative to all that trash now on your local FM station. Ah, remember when FM rocked? Enjoy!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Tom Rush, December 21, 2003

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bob sacamano (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Rush (Audio CD)

I have been looking to acquire this on CD for a long time and although I became aware awhile ago that it had indeed been released in that format, I was unable to find a copy in stock anywhere. Frankly, I was somewhat surprised to find it in stock at a major chain last night and I take it as a positive sign. (Though I did have to reserve it (the last one) at another location -- the only branch in my area that had it on hand). My old vinyl album remains -- and always will -- well-worn and in my possession, but the CD is a must have for me as well. Actually, the vinyl is my ex's but it's staying with me even tho' I do owe her a big one for introducing me to Tom and this album. That personal aspect lends this album a bit of a "Blood On The Tracks" flavor for me. Then again, that's really what the album is all about -- at one level or another -- for everyone. It goes without saying that it rates a minimum of 4 stars for anyone who has ever given any serious thought to the subject matter included here, and more than that the deeper you've delved. I wasn't going to review it because it doesn't need further review beyond what some of those who have preceded me have said, particularly those that gave it the full 5 stars it so richly deserves, but here I am to register my vote.

This album is the definitive Tom Rush for me because it marks his transition from folk/blues to something more difficult to categorize -- another Dylan trademark. But whatever it is, it touches the heart and soul like nothing else. It has true staying power and timeliness because of the richness of the material and the beauty of the performances by one of the best of the genre. 5 stars in 1970 and 5 more 33 years thence.