Warmth & Beauty

Thad Cockrell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B0000C0FHS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'd Rather Have You

2. Warmth & Beauty

3. Taking The View

4. Why Go?

5. Some Tears

6. She Ain't No You

7. Breaking Of A Day

8. My Favorite Memory

9. What's The Use

10. I Was So Lonesome

11. Are You Still Missing Me?

12. Silent

13. Silent

14. Silent

15. Silent

16. Silent

17. Silent

18. Silent

19. Silent

20. Silent

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Warmth & Beauty, October 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Warmth & Beauty (Audio CD)

This album is brilliant! I saw Thad play last year in Nashville and was immediately blown away by his voice. I went out and bought this album the day it came out and haven't taken it out of my cd player since...I like it more each time I hear it.
Thad's voice is incredibly heartfelt and the songwriting is some of the best I have ever heard. I want to especially note that this album contains incredible musicianship...the bass player is right on and the fiddle and pedal steel add beautiful texture in all the right places. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new and exciting voice in traditional country, July 16, 2004

By 

Gary Cornelius "Gary Cornelius" (Winnipeg, Manitoba) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Warmth & Beauty (Audio CD)

The best way to describe Thad Cockrell is to say that he truly understands country music. He brings to this recording all of his knowledge of the great artists of this genre - Hank Williams,
George Jones, Buck Owens, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle. If you listen closely, you'll hear the plaintive chords and vocals of Hank Williams in "Some Tears" or "Why Go", the rocking swagger of Steve Earle or Dwight Yoakam on "I'd Rather Have You" or "Taking The View", the amazing balladry style of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and George Jones on "Warmth and Beauty" or "My Favorite Memory" or "She Ain't No You" and finally a healthy dose of Roy Orbison's crooning on many of the tracks.

With all of this said about his appreciation of the roots of country music, I must say that this is still one of the best new and original talents to come along in a long time. He can sing as well, if not better, than all of these guys but, more importantly, he writes better than most of them. There are no filler or cover tracks on this record, only very well crafted tunes that remind us of just how good this kind of music can be.

I should also mention that his band does an extraordinary job in giving him just the right sound, especially Jen Gunderman's piano work. They're awesome. The arrangements are flawless. If I didn't know better, I would think that Floyd Cramer, James Burton, Hargis Robbins, Charlie McCoy, Jack Clement and the boys were all backing him up!

I own thousands of CDs and have probably bought 500 or so in the past year. However, I have been playing this CD over and over since it came out last year. Take my advice. This is a real keeper.

Don't miss the hidden track "Misery Feeling". Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens would be proud of Thad's Bakersfield sound.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Title, October 27, 2004

By 

JPN (Amherst, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warmth & Beauty (Audio CD)

Some achingly beautiful songs that burrow into the soul with each listen. It's not perfect, but much of it is damn close.