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~ Damien Jurado
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  • Audio CD (9 Oct 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • ASIN: B00004XSO0
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,596 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #33 in  Music > Miscellaneous > Christian
    #36 in  Music > Indie > Lo-Fi

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Track Listings

1. Medication
2. Desert
3. Johnny Go Riding
4. Great Today
5. Tonight I Will Retire
6. Ghost Of David
7. Parking Lot
8. Rearveiw
9. Paxil
10. Walk With Me
11. December
12. Rosewood Casket
13. Ghost In The Snow

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Amazon.co.uk Review
"I have the potential to be great again" is the opening missive on "Great Today" the fourth track from Jurado's new album, and for anyone who managed to check in on his previous releases it comes as a welcome sentiment. While its predecessor Rehearsals for Departure saw Jurado offering up a buoyant resilience to the tales of longing and loss he captures in his urban folk songs, on The Ghost of David it is an altogether darker and moodier affair. The mood maybe more reflective, but the intricate home spun stories of lovers' deceit and broken lives remain, as does Jurado's ability to elevate the everyday with his delicate off-kilter delivery. "Tonight I Will Retire" captures him at his finest with loping piano coiling beneath his forlorn refrain, while the instrumental "Ghost in The Snow" sees him exploring new ground with piano and guitar slow waltzing around the room--the unanswered phone ringing in the background capturing all he has to say. It's proof positive that "folk" doesn't have to mean "dour", and it's the sound of Jurado being, well, great again. --Manish Aurora

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great today - and any day, 18 Jan 2003
By J. W. Bassett (Kent, England) - See all my reviews
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The third album proper from Seattle resident Jurado, who has previously spellbound listeners with his albums 'Rehearsals For Departure' and 'Waters Ave S' is haunting, miserable and wholly wonderful.

The album starts as it means to go on with 'Medication'. A plea to God to end the life of a brother. It is an example of Jurado at his most tortured. Jurado whispers over a frail guitar, "Lord, do me a favour / It's wrong but I ask you / take me brother's life." It might just be the best song Jurado will ever write. He'll certainly have to go someway to topping it.

Elsewhere, Jurado treats us to not-so-cheery subject matter. 'Tonight I Will Retire' is the confession of someone on the verge of committing suicide. Meanwhile, 'December' is the tale of a man found frozen to death in his car. Not since Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' has an artist written such affecting lyrics and music about such funereal subject matter.

Musically it's a more ambitious album that it's predecessor 'Rehearsals For Departure' (itself one of my favourite albums of all time). From the bizarre vibrating ruler effect at the beginning of 'Johnny Go Riding', to the muffled guitar of 'Great Today', it seems as though Jurado is trying to break free from the entirely acoustic affair that 'Rehearsals' offered. Jurado even gives us his best Sonic Youth impression on 'Paxil'.

It's certainly a contender for the most miserable album of recent years. That is no criticism, this is one of the most affecting albums I have ever heard. Everyone should be made aware of Jurado's awesome talents.

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5.0 out of 5 stars sparse and homely beauty, 5 Dec 2000
By mark@dalemoor.fsnet.co.uk (Bradford, West Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
Throughout this album Damien Jurado appears to be making every effort to avoid being heard. When Sparklehorse do a similar thing the results are often utterly frustrating as good songs always seem to be going on just out of ears' reach. But here the stop-start vocals, shifting volumes, guest singers and down-right cheap recording equipment only serve to give the whole a sparse and homely beauty. These songs are so un-elaborate you almost feel like you're playing the instruments yourself.

They're miserable all right: 'Medication' is a plea to God to end the life of a brother who has lost his mind; 'Tonight I Will Retire' is the confession of one about to commit suicide; 'December' tells of a man who froze to death in a stranded car. But this clearly isn't a case of being miserable to be fashionable. Ghost of David is intensely personal introspection set to a simple, but stirring, background. And when Jurado does his vocal disappearing act he is replaced by perfectly positioned telephone conversation recordings, minimalist synthesiser codas and, at the end of it all, an unanswered telephone ringing one or two times longer than you would expect. Quiet genius.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fragile and haunting, 24 Oct 2000
Even a glance at the titles suggests that this cd will not be coming out for office party sing-alongs, unless you run a 12-step support group. What we have instead are plaintive songs imbued with a fragile beauty. While Britain offers a singer songwriter influenced by Springsteen, the glorified busking of Badly Drawn Boy, Damien Jurado takes the sparseness of "Nebraska" as a template. Jurado is "Larry Sanders" to Gough's "Terry & June".

Opening with the desperation of mental illness and broken relationships - "Medication", means that there is only one way to go, as nothing can quite match its quiet power. The following song "Desert" certainly lacks a lot in comparison. His version of the traditional song "Rosewood Casket" and the sub-Sonic Youth "Paxil" are the only other weak points. Otherwise this is a simple but strong collection which eschews big productions in favour of a more direct mood.

If you enjoy the introductions to Mogwai songs and the feel of Galaxie 500 you should give Damien Jurado a listen.

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