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As covers album concepts go, Songs My Friends Wrote is first-rate: Canadian troubadour Corb Lund decided to cut ten songs penned by his colleagues, making this 2022 album the flip of Cover Your Tracks, the 2019 EP where he focused on tunes that are relatively more well-known. There are certainly some recognizable names here, especially to Americana fans -- including a pair of songs each by Hayes Carll and Ian Tyson, plus songs by Todd Snider, Fred Eaglesmith, Tom Russell, Geoff Berner, John Evans, and Mike Plume -- but this is a work of advocacy, a way to spotlight songwriters who are kindred spirits. To Lund's credit, Songs My Friends Wrote does sound like one of his albums: it's lean and unfussy, bearing arrangements that keep the song at the forefront. It's also a good sight looser and livelier than many of his earlier records -- maybe not as ambitious as Agricultural Tragic, its 2020 predecessor, but containing some of the same spirit of relaxed adventure. So, Songs My Friends Wrote delivers what a good covers record should: it works on its own terms and piques interest in the original versions.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Hayes Carll, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Highway 87 Publishing (SESAC) Administered by BMG, MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Highway 87 Publishing (SESAC) Administered by BMG
Corb Lund, MainArtist - Geoff Berner, Composer - Kolakovsky Music (SOCAN), MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Kolakovsky Music (SOCAN)
Ian Tyson, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Eastern Slope Music (SOCAN), MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Eastern Slope Music (SOCAN)
Tom Russell, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - End Of The Trail Music (SOCAN) Administered by BMG, MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 End Of The Trail Music (SOCAN) Administered by BMG
John Evans, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Shakeabush Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Shakeabush Music (BMI)
Fred Eaglesmith, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Sweetwater Music (SOCAN) Administered by Bluewater Music Services Corp., MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Sweetwater Music (SOCAN) Administered by Bluewater Music Services Corp.
Hayes Carll, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Highway 87 Publishing (SESAC) Administered by BMG, MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Highway 87 Publishing (SESAC) Administered by BMG
Ian Tyson, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Slick Fork Music (SOCAN), MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Slick Fork Music (SOCAN)
Corb Lund, MainArtist - Mike Plume, Composer - Americana Music Publishing (SOCAN/ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Americana Music Publishing (SOCAN/ASCAP)
Todd Snider, Composer - Corb Lund, MainArtist - Shad N Froyd Music (BMI) Administered by Wixen Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 Shad N Froyd Music (BMI) Administered by Wixen Music Publishing
Album review
As covers album concepts go, Songs My Friends Wrote is first-rate: Canadian troubadour Corb Lund decided to cut ten songs penned by his colleagues, making this 2022 album the flip of Cover Your Tracks, the 2019 EP where he focused on tunes that are relatively more well-known. There are certainly some recognizable names here, especially to Americana fans -- including a pair of songs each by Hayes Carll and Ian Tyson, plus songs by Todd Snider, Fred Eaglesmith, Tom Russell, Geoff Berner, John Evans, and Mike Plume -- but this is a work of advocacy, a way to spotlight songwriters who are kindred spirits. To Lund's credit, Songs My Friends Wrote does sound like one of his albums: it's lean and unfussy, bearing arrangements that keep the song at the forefront. It's also a good sight looser and livelier than many of his earlier records -- maybe not as ambitious as Agricultural Tragic, its 2020 predecessor, but containing some of the same spirit of relaxed adventure. So, Songs My Friends Wrote delivers what a good covers record should: it works on its own terms and piques interest in the original versions.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:08
- Main artists: Corb Lund
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New West Records, LLC
- Genre: Country
2022 New West Records, LLC 2022 New West Records, LLC
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