CD Album - Michael Nesmith - ... Tropical Campfires ... - Cooking Vinyl

CD Album

Artist:	Michael Nesmith
Title:	... Tropical Campfires ...
Label:	Cooking Vinyl
Country:	UK
Date:	19 Jun 2001
Catalogue:	COOKCD 204
Barcode:	711297460421
Format:	CD Album
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	Michael Nesmith	Yellow Butterfly	Michael Nesmith	8.0 Rate
02	Michael Nesmith	Laugh Kills Lonesome	Michael Nesmith	8.0 Rate
03	Michael Nesmith	Moon Over The Rio Grande	Michael Nesmith	8.0 Rate
04	Michael Nesmith	One...	Michael Nesmith	7.0 Rate
05	Michael Nesmith	Juliana	Michael Nesmith	7.0 Rate
06	Michael Nesmith	Brazil	Bob Russell, Ary Barroso, Russell Sidney	9.0 Rate
07	Michael Nesmith	In The Still Of The Night	Cole Porter	7.0 Rate
08	Michael Nesmith	Rising In Love	Michael Nesmith	7.0 Rate
09	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Cole Porter	9.0 Rate
10	Michael Nesmith	I Am Not That	Michael Nesmith	6.0 Rate
11	Michael Nesmith	...For The Island	Michael Nesmith	7.0 Rate
12	Michael Nesmith	Twilight On The Trail	Michael Nesmith	8.0 Rate

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Phantom Gtowner 7th Mar 2021		Review This CD marked a return to a more rootsy sound on several of the 12 tracks. In many ways this recording may be his crowning accomplishment. The musicianship is excellent, production and sound also very good. The band comprises of John Hobbs on keyboards, Joe Chemay on bass, Red Rhodes on steel guitar, John Jorgenson on guitar & mandolin, Louis Conte on percussion and Nesmith on guitar. “Yellow Butterfly” is the opening track and while understated and fairly uneventful, it seems noteworthy that a steel guitar is in evidence subtly telling us the frivolity of “The Newer Stuff” is a thing of the past. "Laugh Kills Lonesome" is an up-tempo piano driven cowboy song based on a Charles Russell painting of the same name. "Julianna" is a romantic love song without much if any country flavor. "Brazil", one of three cover songs, is sung convincingly in Spanish and surprisingly fits in with all the rest. The other two covers are both by Cole Porter "In The Still Of The Night" and "Begin The Beguine". He amazingly manages to blend these somewhat jazzy pieces into a mix with country, tex-mex and Spanish rhythms…and with ease. Other stand-out tracks are “Moon Over The Rio Grande”, a track that Roy Rogers would have been proud to do and “Rising In Love”, a happy little song that is sneaky good. The two part track, “One…For The Island” is particularly entertaining, especially the first section which is mostly instrumental and quite delightful. It all ends with "Twilight On The Trail", another cowboy song much along the lines of "Prairie Lullaby" and several other songs he's done in this vein. This is a very easy CD to like. It’s got melody, lyrics and fine arrangements. Beginning probably with “Infinite Rider”, he seems to have become much more adventuresome and versatile as a tunesmith, something that was not quite as evident on his earlier LP’s. It is another recording that would be a good introduction to those who don't know his music. Whenever I'm listening to Nesmith I'm always thinking, "When is the rest of world going to discover this guy?" Well, it’s probably too late and the truth is the rest of the world missed out. This CD is as good as it gets. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



frank itiis 20th May 2015		Well, "Begin The Beguine" and "Brazil" have been covered ny hundreds of "Crooners", These versions by Mr. Nesmith, are just perfect.

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