John Doe (X) A Year In The Wilderness LP 2007 180g with download NEW SEAL
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John Doe
A Year In The Wilderness
Yep Roc Records YEP-2141 LP 33RPM 12" 2007 (US)
AllMusic: While there's no arguing that John Doe is a gifted songwriter and has one of the finest voices in the great state of California, since he made his solo debut with Meet John Doe in 1990 he seems to have been struggling to create a musical identity that's separate from his superb work with X. While it falls several notches short of his best work, A Year in the Wilderness suggests that he's finally been able to create an eclectic but emphatic persona that's all his own. While "The Golden State," Doe's duet with Kathleen Edwards, recalls some of X's more measured and soulful moments (more so than "Darling Underdog," which Doe wrote with his X collaborator Exene Cervenka), most of the rest of the album settles into a groove that suggests blues-infused folk-rock that isn't afraid to get noisy around the edges, aided by the tough, gutsy guitars of Dave Alvin, Dan Auerbach and Chris Bruce. While Doe can and does rock out on A Year in the Wilderness -- most effectively on "Lean out Your Window" and "Hotel Ghost" -- he seems most comfortable easing back on mid-tempo material like "A Little More Time," "Big Moon" and "The Meanest Man in the World," and his rich, soulful vocals and flinty, poetic lyrics which find room for compassion as well as brute realism fit the tunes perfectly. By Doe's own word, most of the songs A Year in the Wilderness were written in the studio under a tight deadline, and while the results sound spontaneous, they don't feel rushed and the album is thankfully short on filler. These songs come across as personal, honest and affecting, but several of them lack the immediate charge of Doe's most celebrated work, and A Year in the Wilderness is an album that seeps in rather than reaching out to grab the listener. Still, this music succeeds admirably on its own terms, and the disc's tone suggests that John Doe is getting his heart and soul on plastic in a way that's sometimes eluded him in the past, and that's both impressive and encouraging.
Tracklist
A1 The Wilderness
A2 The Golden State
A3 There's A Hole
A4 A Little More Time
A5 Big Moon
A6 Grain Of Salt
B1 The Bridge Interlude
B2 Hotel Ghost
B3 Unforgiven
B4 Darling Underdog
B5 A Case Of You
B6 Lean Out Yr Window
B7 The Meanest Man In The World
180 gram vinyl. Includes MP3 download card with entire record and 8 solo demos.
Vinyl in a picture sleeve is NEW and SEALED
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