Artist: Kris Kristofferson
Album: Feeling Mortal
Bitrate: 223kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: KK Records / Proper UK
Genre: Country
Size: 52.84 megs
PlayTime: 0h 31min 17sec total
Rip Date: 2012-11-18
Store Date: 2012-11-05
Track List:
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01. Feeling Mortal 3:16
02. Mama Stewart 3:21
03. Bread For The Body 2:57
04. You Don't Tell Me What To Do 3:34
05. Stairway To The Bottom 3:35
06. Just Suppose 3:23
07. Castaway 2:23
08. My Heart Was The Last One To 2:40
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09. The One You Chose 2:23
10. Ramblin' Jack 3:45
Release Notes:
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Produced by Don Was, "Feeling Mortal" is Kristoffersons' first release of new
material in nearly 4 years. Musicians featured on the album are Mark Goldenberg
on guitar, Sean Hurley on bass, Greg Leisz on pedal steel and guitars, Aaron
Sterling on drums, Matt Rollings on keyboards and Sarah Watkins on violin and
background vocals. Born in Texas and raised in a military family, he was a
Golden Gloves boxer who studied creative writing at Pomona College in
California. The Phi Beta Kappa graduate earned a Rhodes scholarship to study
literature at Oxford, where he boxed, played rugby and continued to write songs.
In 1965, Kristofferson turned down an assignment to teach at West Point and,
inspired by songwriters like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, moved to Nashville
to pursue his music. After struggling in Music City for several years,
Kristofferson achieved remarkable success as a country songwriter at the start
of the 1970s. His songs "Me and Bobby McGee," "Help Me Make It Through the
Night," "Sunday Morning Coming Down," and "For the Good Times," all
chart-topping hits, helped redefine country songwriting. By 1987, it was
estimated that more than 450 artists had recorded Kristofferson's compositions.
Review
'Feeling Mortal may be a
strange record for a resident
of Hawaii to make but it s a
wonderful piece of work.'
Album Of The Month
--Spencer Leigh, CMP * * * * *
...there's a subtle poetry in the way the lyrics flirt between life and death,
dreams and wakefulness...The performance is understated; the cracks in the vocal
are left unrepaired. It's funny, beautiful and heartbreakingly sad...
Economical, wry, raw, honest and open, his 17th solo studio album marks a return
to classic Kristofferson territory.
--Uncut 8/10
'...grave yet graceful guitar, fiddle and harmonica melodies, ending with a
jaunty tribute to another old-timer, Ramblin' Jack Elliot.' --Financial Times *
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