- Audio CD (1 July 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Polydor Group
- ASIN: B000088EIH
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 78,561 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. At Dawn |
| 2. Lowdown |
| 3. The Way That He Sings |
| 4. Death Is The Easy Way |
| 5. Hopefully |
| 6. Bermuda Highway |
| 7. Honest Man |
| 8. X-mas Curtain |
| 9. Just Because I Do |
| 10. If It Smashes Down |
| 11. I Needed It Most |
| 12. Phone Went West |
| 13. Strangulation |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Let's not mess about: My Morning Jacket's At Dawn is a classic American rock record. There is nothing exactly revolutionary about the second album from the quintet from Louisville, Kentucky. Guitars strum and occasionally squall, vocals are of the high and lonesome variety, songs stretch out from poignant sketches into rambunctious shows of strength. Educated guesses suggest a few Neil Young albums might have found their way into the life of singer, guitarist and songwriter Jim James.
Elsewhere, someone could be reinventing music. It's doubtful, though, that they could make anything out of it quite as fragile, powerful and involving as At Dawn. Habitually linked with Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) and Jonathan Donahue (Flaming Lips / Mercury Rev), James's plaintive, massively-reverbed vocals actually have as much in common with Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney--noble, heartbroken balladeers on the fringes of rock. Better still, his songs are the kind of marvels that Americana's pin-ups frequently promise yet so rarely deliver.
Highlighting individual tracks seems crude in the context of so many riches. Indeed, by the time "Phone Went West" has spent seven minutes resurrecting that most benighted of genres, white reggae, you'll be convinced My Morning Jacket are not just masters of the ancient arts, but the best band to saunter onto the world stage since the White Stripes. --John Mulvey
CD Description
Many consider their second record At Dawn (2001) their best record. Singer/Songwriter Jim James soulful voice and lonely country-rock songs are more intoxicating than ever here. At Dawn has an Ineffable magic to it from start to finish, one that leads me to scour my brain for words that could describe something that sounds so special. Anytime a pop or rock song can give you chills, that s something. When a whole album can do it that s something else entirely. POPMATTERS.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ive turned alot of my friends onto this band. The general consensus is that they are very good, why they are good is harder to explain. The music isn't anything overly original, the twang of country guitars, the Neil Young style vocals, the stories of good old America. Somehow though, My Morning Jacket effortlessly transport you to a smokey middle America bar, with a beer in your hand. Jim James is a cracking songwriter, and a wonderful singer, his voice is steeped in hurt and emotion but his songs are uplifting. Opener "At Dawn" sets the pace, while second song "Lowdown" is a pop classic. "Bermuda Highway", "Just Because I do", "Phone Went West" & "Xmas Curtain" are the other standouts. My Morning Jacket deserve to join other top American bands such as R.E.M & Pearl Jam where it's not exactly clear why they are so good, just that they are.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Part alt-country, part bluesy rock, Jim James' My Morning Jacket's debut proper is a lo-fi raggedy heartbreaker of an album. Inviting comparisons with Neil Young, Mercury Rev and a raft of 'new country' pioneers like Willard Grant Conspiracy and The Handsome Family, this is an album steeped in classic Americana. Songs like Lowdown, The Way That He Sings and Bermuda Highway stand out from first listen, but the whole record brims with skewed harmonies and reverb. Heartily recommended and best served loud with a cold beer, preferably at dusk rather than at dawn.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To answer yellowledbeds question, the reason this band are so good is Jim James. His voice is made all the more distinctive and poignant by the tonnes of reverb swathing everything.
Yes, this is one of the best albums I have heard in the past couple of years and if you dont agree with me after hearing the title track (best listened to whilst reading the lyrics), you can sue me.
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At Dawn
I first heard of My Morning Jacket in a music magazine and thought I'd give them a go and they are definitely an original band, which is a good and rare thing these days. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by Spider Monkey
Dawn choruses
The first thing you notice when listening to `At Dawn' if, like me, you've approached their back catalogue, er, backwards, is how faithful it is to a kind of alt-country orthodoxy... Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2008 by Demob Happy
I need it most
This is a very underated album and My Morning Jacket's best. Jim James captures an introspected mellow sound with his superb, emotional voice. Read more
Published on 19 April 2006 by View from nowhere
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This album is that it is a sonic embodiment of that indescribable moment when you realise you feel so much- so much pain, happiness, sadness, loneliness and beauty all at once-... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2003 by "butterflyweasel"
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
I heard a track from this album played on radio and immediately went out and bought it. It is essential for any serious collecor to have this. Brilliant.
Published on 29 July 2003 by Niall Toibin
If you love Neil Young!
This is a great album!!! I bought it on the back of a couple of music magazine albums and im astonished that nobody else has submited a review of it yet. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by "samuk22"
Unique hybrid of country-rock and the avant-garde
This is very strange stuff. My Morning Jacket's links with bands as diverse as the Flaming Lips, Grandaddy and Mercury Rev can be best understood within the country-rock genre... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2003 by Mr. M. J. Hulme
A skewed, impassioned rock album
Every good band needs something a tad unusual to differentiate them from the rest of the pack, but this exceedingly hirsute five-piece from Louisville, Kentucky go better than... Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2003 by Michael Thomson
A skewed, impassioned rock album
Every good band needs something a tad unusual to differentiate them from the rest of the pack, but this exceedingly hirsute five-piece from Louisville, Kentucky go better than... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2003 by Michael Thomson
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