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| | Hills & Valleys (Dig) | | | Music Artist : | | Flatlanders | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | New West Records | | Release Date : | | 2009-03-31 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Homeland Refugee
2. Borderless Love
3. After the Storm
4. Wishing for a Rainbow
5. No Way I'll Never Need You
6. Just About Time
7. Love's Own Chains
8. Cry For Freedom
9. The Way We Are
10. Thank God for the Road
11. Free the Wind
12. Sowing on the Mountain
13. There's Never Been
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Worth a listen
Submitted on: 2009-11-15 |
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| The Flatlanders make a kind of unique musical contribution that is hard to rate and even harder to describe. The best songs on this new release are the ones that are the most simple. Although none of their newer releases are in the same category as the very first one all those years ago it's always a pleasure the hear new music from Jimmie Dale, Joe, and Butch. |
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 Older and Still Relevant
Submitted on: 2009-07-08 |
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| These Texans find the heart of the matter in every song. They are still eloquent storytellers with stories we all need to be reminded of. There is a legacy here that defies description. The history of the Flatlanders is unique in American music. They could have rested on their laurels and been content to wear the mantle of legend, but they chose to keep taking chances, to keep telling their stories. This is not a surprise. They are the real deal. |
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Hills & Valleys (cd)
Submitted on: 2009-06-14 |
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| I really enjoyed this cd. The music reminds me a lot of Willie Nelson. I had come across this quite by accident on Amazon and decided to chek it out. I am very pleased with it. |
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Hills and Valleys Through The Eyes of The Flatlanders
Submitted on: 2009-06-05 |
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This new release by The Flatlanders is good-time music that makes you both reflect on life and its cycles and tap your feet and want to dance. Now who wouldn't want a record like that?
It has been years since The Flatlanders released their collaborative work, Wheels of Fortune, a CD that is, let's admit it, a very hard act to follow. While Hills and Valleys doesn't soar quite as much, it is a record that will surely grow on you the more you listen to it. It is in many ways, more reflective as it tackles issues of love lost, lives disrupted (After the Storm), financial crisis, (Homeland Refugee) and walls being built (Borderless Love). Yet true to The Flatlanders spirit and reputation, they take on these tough life issues in a life affirming, melodically beautiful manner that will leave you humming. There is no bitterness here, only affirmation that life goes on and that we are, after all is said and done, 'all the same'. Beautiful sentiments without sentimentality. What an achievement.
My favorite song on this CD is the toe tapping, 'The Way We Are', a fun, lively, 'put a smile on your face' tune written by Colin Gilmore and sung with great energy and feeling by his dad, Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Then there are the beautiful 'Wishing For A Rainbow' a soft, beautiful song that uses Butch Hancocks voice to full advantage and another Gilmore happy song, the double negatives 'No Way I'll Never Need You'. I love 'Thank God for the Road' another Butch Hancock tune that's destined to become a classic, the foot stomping, Sunday revival version of 'Sowing on the Mountain' and the beautiful, 'Free the Wind'.
Really, just buy this one. If you're a fan, you will love it. If you're not, you will be.
One more thing. The Flatlanders are currently touring to promote this CD. If they come to a town near you, don't miss them. They tour so rarely together and the new set will leave you on your feet and cheering. |
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Mountain of a Hit
Submitted on: 2009-05-23 |
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| This is the best collective effort from the Flatlanders. I have seen them many times over the years in Houston both as singles and as a group. This CD showcases some stellar song writing and of course their own style of singing. |
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