We Are Only Riders
The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
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Customer Reviews
10/10 Debbie Harry!!!
Great album. Especially Lucky Jim & Free To Walk with Debbie Harry, who is sounding as phenominal as ever. These two tracks came as quite a surprise as there is a new Blondie album out this year!!! Debbie wrote a song called 'Under The Gun' on Blondie's 1999 album 'No Exit' which is about her friend Jeffrey Lee Pierce.
Highly recommend buying the new album, the tracks Debbie sings on are a absolute stand out!
We Are Only Riders
When I first heard rumours of this album start to circulate, I was both excited and concerned in equal measure. Now with hindsight I can say that I was entirely right to be excited, and that any concerns were completely misplaced. At its heart is an incredibly bold and audacious concept. Take one pretty obscure musician, record a bunch of his songs that not even his die hard fans have heard before and written in a genre he was not even know for - and add to that the fact that there are three versions of some of these songs - and it sounds like a recipe for disaster. What it is in fact is an absolute musical tour de force from the first note to the last! The headline grabber here is the duet between Nick Cave and Debbie Harry – which is utterly sublime. But listen also to the version by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, and the version by The Raveonettes, and you quickly realize that you are effectively listening to three different songs.
Likewise, the version of Ramblin’ Mind by Nick Cave is vintage demonic preacher man Cave at his absolute best. But listen also to the version by Cypress Grove (again, so different from Cave’s version that it is for all intents and purposes another song), and try and work out who is doing that deranged unhinged whispering backing vocal. That’s right, it is Nick Cave again, bringing an entirely different perspective to a song he performed himself only a few tracks earlier.
I could go on to dissect every track, but this is something you really need to experience for yourself. This album is an utter triumph on every level. Buy it, and I promise you, the future lies careless!
'We Are Only Riders', The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
What a fantastic collection of songs,artists and sounds!!! We Are Only Riders is the best record I've heard in years and I can't stop playing it. I've always been a huge fan of The Gun Club and Jeffrey's solo albums,most importantly 'Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove with Willie Love' and now this new release has put the spotlight on this musical genius again and this time it's brighter than ever. Debbie Harry's 'Lucky Jim' has a mood and beauty to it that just makes you want to play it over and over again,Nick Cave's rolling thunder of a vocal on 'Ramblin' Mind' leaves you breathless and the duet with Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell on 'Free to Walk' takes you to heaven and back and leaves you with a warm glow of contented well being. This album is a 'must buy,right now!' affair and I'd be very surprised if it doesn't become album of the year,everywhere. If I could give it a 'ten star rating' I would. Let it take you to the stars and beyond and raise a glass to J.L.P along the way! MARVELLOUS!!!!!!
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- £7.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Country
- Released: 15 January 2010
- ℗ 2010 Glitterhouse Records
