Author: Roberts, Sam

Release Date: 08-07-2003

Details: Amazon.ca A Montreal native and former hockey player, Sam Roberts gave up dreams of becoming a Canadian star [stet] to begin on a musical career. Given the track record of most jocks behind the mic, this doesn't exactly bear great results, but Roberts' full-length debut is pretty good. Roberts writes tuneful folk-rock and power-pop tunes, many of them built around a percussively strummed acoustic guitar. Musically, he covers some of the same musical territory as Travis, but overall the effect is more extroverted and aggressive, less wispy and melancholic. Three of this CD's best songs are lifted by an earlier EP, Inhuman Condition, but there's not a bum track among the 13 included here (although an unnecessary '70s rock-star guitar solo comes close to ruining the otherwise gorgeous and seductive orchestral pop of "Taj Mahal"). Canada seems full of musical artists who don't quite translate outside that country's national borders, but the bright, confident appeal of Roberts' full-length bow is far more universal. --Keith Moerer Product Description The 2004 Juno "Album of the Year" Award Winning Album from the Great Hope of Canadian Music (And Former Hockey Star) Includes Two Tracks Not Found on the USA Equivalent Edition. Besides the Song Order Being Entirely Different, this Disc also Includes the Songs "Climb Over Me" and "Canadian Dream".

UPC: 044003820920

EAN: 0044003820920

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood