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Jon Langford and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts' second collection of songs about murder, death, and dying -- recorded to benefit the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- certainly ups the ante of ambition and diversity over The Executioner's Last Songs, and while Vol. 2 & 3 lacks some of the purity and concision of the first disc, the consistent quality of the performances certainly compensates. Where for the most part The Executioner's Last Songs sounded like the work of a single band with a number of different singers taking their turns at the mike, on the follow-up Langford, Steven Goulding, Tom Ray, Celine, and the various guest Cosmonauts on deck bend more to the style of their guests, which given the artists on board was perhaps inevitable. Mark Eitzel, Kevin Coyne, Kurt Wagner, and David Yow, to name but four of the artists teaming up with the PVC here, are simply the sort of performers who can't help but sound like themselves, and with more original songs and contemporary compositions on display, this two-CD set suggests less of a ramble through the morbid tributaries of Anglo-American traditional music than some sort of death-obsessed folk and pop festival, where the Grim Reaper is met with good cheer (Rhett Miller's "Dang Me"), snide wit (Pat Brennan's "Death Where Is Thy Sting"), fatalistic nostalgia (Dave Alvin's "Green Green Grass of Home"), or resigned regret (Otis Clay's "Banks of the Ohio"). All 27 tracks are worth hearing, and regardless of your stand on the death penalty, The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 2 & 3 boasts far too much good music from too many worthy artists for anyone with even a passing interest in roots music to pass up.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Tim Rutili, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Dave Alvin, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - J Hurt, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Kurt Wagner, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - T WAITS, K BRENNAN, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Otis Clay, FeaturedArtist - N/A, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Skid Marks, FeaturedArtist - MG DAYS, KR LUCAS, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Kelly Hogan, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - C Putman Jr, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Rico Bell, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Lu Edmonds, FeaturedArtist - N/A, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Chris Mills, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - LANGFORD, TIMMS, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Lewis Allan, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Dian Izzo, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Roger Miller, Composer - David Yow, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Sally Timms, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - JB MASON, LD REED, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
N/A, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Charlotte Grieg, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
DISC 2
Alejandro Escovedo, FeaturedArtist - JD Loudermilk, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Charlie Rich, Composer - Rebecca Gates, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Roger Miller, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Rhettt Miller, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Rex Hobart, Composer, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Pat Brennan, Composer, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Sally Timms, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Edith Frost, FeaturedArtist - D DILL, M WILKIN, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
MARK EITZEL, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Gurf Morlix, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - A WOLPERT, JN LOW, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
N/A, Composer - The Meat Purveyors, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Rick Cookin' Sherry, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Roger Miller, Composer - Jon Rauhouse, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Kevin Coyne, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Dave Alvin, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - C Putman Jr, Composer
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Hank Williams, Composer - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist - Tom Greenhalgh, FeaturedArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
N/A, Composer - The Sundowners, FeaturedArtist - Pine Valley Cosmonauts, MainArtist
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
Albumbeschreibung
Jon Langford and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts' second collection of songs about murder, death, and dying -- recorded to benefit the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -- certainly ups the ante of ambition and diversity over The Executioner's Last Songs, and while Vol. 2 & 3 lacks some of the purity and concision of the first disc, the consistent quality of the performances certainly compensates. Where for the most part The Executioner's Last Songs sounded like the work of a single band with a number of different singers taking their turns at the mike, on the follow-up Langford, Steven Goulding, Tom Ray, Celine, and the various guest Cosmonauts on deck bend more to the style of their guests, which given the artists on board was perhaps inevitable. Mark Eitzel, Kevin Coyne, Kurt Wagner, and David Yow, to name but four of the artists teaming up with the PVC here, are simply the sort of performers who can't help but sound like themselves, and with more original songs and contemporary compositions on display, this two-CD set suggests less of a ramble through the morbid tributaries of Anglo-American traditional music than some sort of death-obsessed folk and pop festival, where the Grim Reaper is met with good cheer (Rhett Miller's "Dang Me"), snide wit (Pat Brennan's "Death Where Is Thy Sting"), fatalistic nostalgia (Dave Alvin's "Green Green Grass of Home"), or resigned regret (Otis Clay's "Banks of the Ohio"). All 27 tracks are worth hearing, and regardless of your stand on the death penalty, The Executioner's Last Songs, Vol. 2 & 3 boasts far too much good music from too many worthy artists for anyone with even a passing interest in roots music to pass up.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:30:18
- Main artists: Pine Valley Cosmonauts
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Jon Langford - Executioner's Last Songs
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs 2003 Jon Langford / Executioner's Last Songs
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