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Horsebreaker Star

Grant McLennan | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (1 Jan 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • ASIN: B000025CEW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 256,421 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1-1 Simone & Perry 4:10 1-2 Ice In Heaven 4:23 1-3 What Went Wrong 8:12 1-4 Race Day Drag 2:04 1-5 Don't You Cry For Me No More 3:07 1-6 Put You Down Backing Vocals - Esta Hall, Syd Straw 4:47 1-7 Late Afternoon In Early August 2:47 1-8 Coming Up For Air 3:44 1-9 Ballad Of Easy Rider Written-By - Roger McGuinn 3:48 1-10 Open Invitation 4:54 1-11 Open My Eyes 3:23 1-12 From My Lips 2:30 2-1 Dropping You 3:17 2-2 Hot Water 3:48 2-3 Keep My Word 3:29 2-4 Do Your Own Thing 2:58 2-5 That's That 3:23 2-6 If I Was A Girl 6:01 2-7 Head Over Heels 2:47 2-8 Girl In A Beret 4:32 2-9 All Her Songs 4:13 2-10 No Peace In The Palace 4:16 2-11 I'll Call You Wild 4:42 2-12 Horsebreaker Star

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5.0 out of 5 stars Former Go-Betweens Singer Songwriter's Best Album to Date 24 Mar 2000
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
"Horsebreaker Star" is strictly speaking Grant McLennan's first album, having dropped the "GW" initials attached to the previous two releases. With a slight change of name comes a more substantial change of style as McLennan visits Nashville and turns up this double-CD package of 24 tracks of pure alternative country. His distinct lyrical style still pervades everything from the poetic "Keep My Word" to the closing epic title track, but the country feel to the whole thing is a wonderful step forward into a musical area McLennan clearly works wonders with. Double-CD albums can sometimes feel laboured, yet "Horsebreaker Star" manages to sustain an interest for the duration. Undoubtedly the best album to come out of Australia in the 1990s.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a listen monthly, weekly even 30 Jan 2001
By Music fan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This is a perfect pop/rock record. There's not a bad cut. McLennan is a fine lyricist and writes great hooks. The appearance of Syd Straw provides a welcome jolt. I have a huge CD collection, yet return to this disc regularly.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great, accessible pop album. Nearly flawless. 5 Dec 1999
By Dr. Marc Axelrod - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Each one of these 19 songs are beautiful, melodic, well crafted and well-written pop rock tunes. And I must say that it's very rare that I buy an album where EVERY song makes a connection with me. "Keep My Word," "Call You Wild," the title track, and "Open Invitation" are just awesome tunes. Some of the songs' messages ("Ice in Heaven," "What Went Wrong") are fascinatingly profound, and some of them ("Girl in a Beret") are just plain fun with nothing deep. This is a VASTLY overlooked album. It is certainly one of the best albums I've ever heard. Buy this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars May Remain a Career Best 13 Aug 2002
By Randall E. Adams - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
After soaking up all the wonderful Go Betweens records and starting on my discovery of the subsequent solo careers with Grant's warm and excellent "In Your Bright Ray," nothing could prepare me for this masterpiece.

The first thrill was to hear the immediately recognizable voice of another favorite, Syd Straw, on the very first track. Ignoring the odd grafting on of "Lighting Fires" from the previous album, this record strings together 18 masterful songs. The consistency and intensity of their quality is so great that sometimes I have to stop listening just so that I can absorb the song I've just heard before I move on to another.

The production and backing is perfection itself--the Athens, Georgia crowd really do Grant proud. Syd features all over the disc.

I am sure that there will be many more moments of joy that Grant McLennan will donate to my life, but it is hard to imagine that he will ever match this high water mark.

If you only keep 20 albums, this will be one of them.

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