Thanksgiving, Boo Hewerdine, Music CD

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Thanksgiving


1	The Birds Are Leaving 3:16
2	Swansong 4:06
3	Hope Is A Name 3:12
4	Lazy Heart 4:01
5	Water Song 3:03
6	Our Boy 2:00
7	Bell, Book and Candle 3:22
8	Thanksgiving 2:35
9	Footsteps Fall 3:02
10	Homesick Son 2:59
11	Eve 2:30
12	A Long Winter 3:11
13	Murder In The Dark 5:07
14	Please Don't Ask Me To Dance 2:36

Biography

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Boo Hewerdine is the former leader of the Bible, a British pop band that enjoyed modest success in the late '80s. Since then he's been mainly pursuing a solo career (interrupted by his brief sojourn as a member of Fairground Attraction, on which he collaborated with the similarly inclined British folk-popsters Eddi Reader and Clive Gregson), writing great songs for himself and others and gaining more critical acclaim than commercial success. Thanksgiving finds him wallowing in a soft, billowy, acoustic sadness which is sometimes very pretty in a Beatlesque way ("The Birds Are Leaving") and sometimes moving ("Bell, Book and Candle"). On the other hand, it can also be almost excruciating tuneless (the hideous "Swansong") or eye-rollingly maudlin (the lines "For you this is Thanksgiving/For me, a working day." That the album title comes from this song is almost unforgivable.). The best moments are the most Beatlesque ones, like the chorus to "Eve." That fact is a problem in itself, but they really are good moments. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

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Thanksgiving


1	The Birds Are Leaving 3:16
2	Swansong 4:06
3	Hope Is A Name 3:12
4	Lazy Heart 4:01
5	Water Song 3:03
6	Our Boy 2:00
7	Bell, Book and Candle 3:22
8	Thanksgiving 2:35
9	Footsteps Fall 3:02
10	Homesick Son 2:59
11	Eve 2:30
12	A Long Winter 3:11
13	Murder In The Dark 5:07
14	Please Don't Ask Me To Dance 2:36

All Music Guide

Boo Hewerdine is the former leader of the Bible, a British pop band that enjoyed modest success in the late '80s. Since then he's been mainly pursuing a solo career (interrupted by his brief sojourn as a member of Fairground Attraction, on which he collaborated with the similarly inclined British folk-popsters Eddi Reader and Clive Gregson), writing great songs for himself and others and gaining more critical acclaim than commercial success. Thanksgiving finds him wallowing in a soft, billowy, acoustic sadness which is sometimes very pretty in a Beatlesque way ("The Birds Are Leaving") and sometimes moving ("Bell, Book and Candle"). On the other hand, it can also be almost excruciating tuneless (the hideous "Swansong") or eye-rollingly maudlin (the lines "For you this is Thanksgiving/For me, a working day." That the album title comes from this song is almost unforgivable.). The best moments are the most Beatlesque ones, like the chorus to "Eve." That fact is a problem in itself, but they really are good moments. Rick Anderson

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 03/23/1999
Label: COMPASS RECORDS
Catalog No.: 974267
UPC: 766397426723
Sales Rank: 108,358

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Boo Hewerdine		Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Clive Gregson		Bass, Guitar, Accordion, Keyboards
Martin Barker		Drums
Teddy Borowiecki		Piano, Accordion
Neill MacColl		Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Autoharp, Electric Guitar, 6-string bass
Tim Harris		Bass
Joel Zifkin		Violin
Martha Wainwright		Vocals
Michel Pepin		Acoustic Guitar

Technical Credits
Clive Gregson		Producer
John Wood		Producer
Tony Cox		String Arrangements