[2022-03-25] The Cowboy Junkies "Songs Of The Recollection" covers album (Proper)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:48 pm

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PK3CL4L/?tag=imwan-20

Description
Long admired for the carefully chosen cover versions of songs that have been part of their repertoire from the very beginning, Cowboy Junkies release Songs of the Recollection on Proper Records, consisting of nine covers both newly recorded and curated from previous album projects.

Michael Timmins recalls, "Long before we were musicians, we were music fans. We didn't grow up sitting around the kitchen table playing instruments and harmonising. We grew up sitting around the record player listening to each other's record collections and having our minds blown. This was the passion that we shared. Our goal has always been to create music that took hold of the listener the way that this music took hold of us. These are some of the songs and some of the artists that found their way into our lives and eventually into our repertoire over the past fifty years."

This inspired, and inspiring, collection features tracks from David Bowie, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Vic Chesnutt and The Cure.

Tracklist
1. Five Years
2. Ooh Las Vegas *
3. No Expectations
4. Don't Let It Bring You Down
5. Love In Mind
6. The Way I Feel *
7. I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
8. Marathon *
9. Seventeen Seconds *

* Previously Commercially Released

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

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i can already hear margo timmins "pushing through the market square"

FYI

'ooh las vegas' has been released before on the gram parsons tribute album 'return of the grievous angel'.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:28 pm

Renny wrote:

in

i can already hear margo timmins "pushing through the market square"

FYI

'ooh las vegas' has been released before on the gram parsons tribute album 'return of the grievous angel'.

Yes. Although this is being promoted as a new album, the description says "both newly recorded and curated from previous album projects". Not sure if that means the covers they've already done are newly recorded as well, but we'll see. (If it collects up a bunch of their stray tracks from previously released tribute albums, that's a good thing too.)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:34 pm

Okay, we already have our answer. There are a total of four cover versions taken from previous releases, and the other five were newly recorded. I've updated the tracklist in the first post to denote which are which.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

did they ever release 'ghosts' as a physical CD ????

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Renny wrote:

did they ever release 'ghosts' as a physical CD ????

Available on physical media as part of a limited edition vinyl package, but not released on CD.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Tricky Kid wrote:

Renny wrote:

did they ever release 'ghosts' as a physical CD ????

Available on physical media as part of a limited edition vinyl package, but not released on CD.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:04 pm

Songs Of The Recollection is now available for pre-order in the USA:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PK3CL4L/?tag=imwan-20

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Linda wrote:

Songs Of The Recollection is now available for pre-order in the USA:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PK3CL4L/?tag=imwan-20

wow! $14.99 for 5 new songs.

this should be $10 or even less.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:34 pm

Renny wrote:

Linda wrote:

Songs Of The Recollection is now available for pre-order in the USA:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PK3CL4L/?tag=imwan-20

wow! $14.99 for 5 new songs.

this should be $10 or even less.

Everything should be cheaper, but collecting those four previously released tracks onto one disc is worthwhile. Same as when non-album tracks from CD singles are collected up onto a deluxe edition of an album. Having all the tracks in one place, rather than a zillion singles or Various Artist compilations, makes being a completist more satisfying.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Renny wrote:

in

i can already hear margo timmins "pushing through the market square"

FYI

'ooh las vegas' has been released before on the gram parsons tribute album 'return of the grievous angel'.

I've got to hear MT singing 5 Years!

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:09 am

Here 'tis:

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Thanks! Not what I expected, but very nice. DB would have approved.

Curious where it was previously released? I managed to miss this one.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:26 am

You didn't miss it. This is one of the new recordings.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:26 pm

The album has been pushed back to March 25th. In the meantime, we now have a promo video proper for "Five Years":

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

This arrived yesterday, and it's really good. The best covers albums walk a thin line between pointlessly reproducing the original versions and reinterpreting the songs in a way that is clearly inferior. These recordings preserve the essence of the songs while at the same time making them sound like they could almost be Cowboy Junkies originals. I was prepared to dismiss this as interesting but not essential, but I was impressed by every song. This will be in my rotation for a while. Great stuff.

[2022-03-25] The Cowboy Junkies "Songs Of The Recollection" covers album (Proper)

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