- Audio CD (11 Oct 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Unique Gravity
- ASIN: B00030CHH6
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 163,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. O For Summer |
| 2. You Were Meant For Me |
| 3. Lament For Shelley |
| 4. Sands Of Time |
| 5. Breizh |
| 6. Broken Dreams |
| 7. Paris |
| 8. Linden Lea |
| 9. Dans la Campagne |
| 10. Big City Blues |
| 11. Baby sing The Blues |
| 12. Embraceable You |
Product Description
Album Description
"All Roads Lead To Land" marks the welcome return to the recording arena for the inimitable Clive Palmer, one of the UK’s most prized musicians and composers. A startling piece of work from the Incredible String Band legend, All Roads Lead To Land is a collection of self-penned songs each delivered in Palmer’s characteristic laconic vocal style imbued with open-ended charm and forthright honesty. To the fore is Palmer’s virtuostic banjo playing that once again pierces directly through the heart and leaves an instant impression on the senses. From the sublime reflections of love lost on "You Were Meant For Me," to the dark, eerie poignancy of "Sands Of Time," for most of the album this is a remarkable musician stripped down to the bare bones, a deeply affecting yet strangely welcoming experience. It’s not long before you will be drawn into Palmer’s world of lore and tale. With the majority of the album being solo there are a couple of remarkable exceptions. Re-united with his Famous Jug Band colleagues Jill Johnson, Pete Berryman, and Henry Bartlett on the album’s opener, the traditional "O For Summer," Palmer is again reunited with an old friend and ISB compatriot, Robin Williamson, who provides the fiddle on the reflective "Paris." From his early days of explorative folk hipness with The Incredible String, through the folk club circuit and heady heights of Clive's Original Band, onto his work with the likes of Jansch and McTell, Palmer has become a musical inspiration for artists as diverse as Johnny Marr, Devendra Banhart, and even Billy Connolly who stated recently on Radio 2, "He was my banjo hero." All Roads Lead To Land will once again cement the reputation of Palmer as one of the great musical minds of the last 40 years.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
(...) It has a sparse and haunting beauty. Hard to define. Clive sings "Life is hard but life in kind" and that about sums it up somehow. There is something about coming full circle in life, of starting where we begin, in these words. I really love this record. Buy it, listen to it when you are in a state of reflection, you might even die to it - it has the simple compassionate beauty of a warm moonlit night.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You would have to be a real devotee of the ISB to take to this. To all intents and purposes, the album looks the part, but the content is thin and poorly executed. Reasurringly Palmer af first (the sad reedy voice, the plucked banjo, not a lot else) but after a few tracks in, the game seems up. He is an original and eccentric talent whose work is quirky and sometimes spare but this effort seems bereft of the musical depth, colour and complexity Palmer harnessed in his 70s act, COB, which this is miserably close to parodying. Go there instead.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
skeletal
29 Sep 2006
Format:Audio CD
this is one of the best new records i've heard in a while.
But then again i don't listen to many new records.
Although i do think it's better then Dylan's modern times.
But then again i don't listen to many new records.
Although i do think it's better then Dylan's modern times.
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