After all the hardwork put in from my friends Mr. Ivey and Mr. Jenkins, I thought I would put in my little contribution to the music critic consortium. I applaud Mr. Ivey for listening to Tom Moon's suggestions and giving his own impressions and Mr. Jenkins for going through his entire audio library. This will sliightly different, and a little half-assed as well. I will try to every week recommend one album from my collections that I think deserve a listen, and welcome your comments if you think I am full of it. So without further ado...Ballad of the Broken Seas- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan-Released 2006I have to admit that 97% percent of my recent music acquisitions have come via our local public library, an unexpected and bountiful resource. I checked this out without a listen and added it to iTunes and listened to the album on a ride home from the beach. Very pleasant surprise, with Lanegan much more weathered from his Screaming Trees heyday and Campbell as delicate as ever, possibly moreso than with Belle and Sebastian. Not so brief summary: Imagine in 1964, Phil Spector decided to take a break from the wall of sound and do a simple side project with his friends Leonard Cohen and Marianne Faithful. They record a dozen songs, including Hank Williams cover and call it a day, saving a beautiful time capsule before time took its toll on their vocal chords.
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