Out of the Cradle 30th Anniversay

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

This Is The Time was initially my favorite too (though You Do Or You Don't soon grew to be my favorite). Can't imagine the album without it. It's Tango In The Night's younger, fiestier, crazier brother.

My heresy is that I'm not a fan of the schmaltzy old world charm of Say We'll Meet Again, and was bothered by its inclusion as the closing track on Solo Anthology.

I love that one, too.

[aleuzzi]

I remember stumbling on OOTC at a music store. Because it got almost zero promotion or airplay, and because I hadn’t watched music television in a few years (had been in the Deep South in grad school, going to blues and zydeco bars!), I didn’t even know he’d released the project.

I brought the disc home, played it, and within the first four seconds I was hooked. I couldn’t believe how good it was!

It still blows me away. Law and Order remains my favorite, and Gift of Screws has its moments, but OOTC is, as you all have mentioned, his greatest achievement.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I remember stumbling on OOTC at a music store. Because it got almost zero promotion or airplay, and because I hadn’t watched music television in a few years (had been in the Deep South in grad school, going to blues and zydeco bars!), I didn’t even know he’d released the project.

I brought the disc home, played it, and within the first four seconds I was hooked. I couldn’t believe how good it was!

It still blows me away. Law and Order remains my favorite, and Gift of Screws has its moments, but OOTC is, as you all have mentioned, his greatest achievement.

You have great taste. Law and Order is so f*cking weird, but I think it was released so soon after Tusk, that the weirdness didn't bother me. It's WHY I love it.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

You have great taste. Law and Order is so f*cking weird, but I think it was released so soon after Tusk, that the weirdness didn't bother me. It's WHY I love it.

There’s a zany energy there that’s so genuine. You can hear the fun he had while making it. His songs on Go Insane and Tango are brainier, more self-conscious—and it sounds like he’s out to prove his genius. But on Law and Order he was just enjoying his freedom.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

There’s a zany energy there that’s so genuine. You can hear the fun he had while making it. His songs on Go Insane and Tango are brainier, more self-conscious—and it sounds like he’s out to prove his genius. But on Law and Order he was just enjoying his freedom.

So true. He CLEARLY didn't gaf about numbers, after 6 years of FM. And I love it for that. It's so free.

Mary Lee Jones for the win.

I need to make a new car cd in the morning.....

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

OOTC is, as you all have mentioned, his greatest achievement.

OOTC is a crisp, finely tuned, twinkling feast, but for me his greatest body of work is the batch he did after OOTC, the tracks released in bootleg form, the "Anne Heche album" if you will. Red Rover, Down On Rodeo, Wait For You (as it would eventually be called), Try For The Sun (a cover, but still), Murrow, Change Your Mind, Come, Say Goodbye. I know it doesn't count as we're talking about officially released albums, but this is the Lindsey musical era that blows me away.