I heard such great things about Sexsmith from reviews of his first album, especially the Jackson Browne references, that i took my chances and just bought this album right off the bat, and i guess a mixed feeling at first, it was a good album, but i was expecting great, but this disc has been a slow burner, and this most recent listen has been the best yet, he's a great SongSmith, and i really need to delve into some further albums by him, but which one should be next?, i think i'll plump for Long Player Late Bloomer, this appeared in my Blog back in 2010 [31st July 2010], and i write this review while purposely not looking at that one, i don't want to 'steal' from previous thoughts.
Ron Sexsmith is Canadian, he's now recently 49, so the big 5-0 looms on the horizon, this is hsi first album, but he now has a whole spread of 13 albums, he recorded this one in 1995, the front cover portrait makes him seem like a little boy, probably because it's shot from a slight height, plus he's so much younger [31 years old], a black & white shot, really well done [photo by Daniel Lanois], tousled hair, a zip up raincoat / jacket thing, hands look like they're behind his back, grainy shot, and the purple lettering for his name, i like it, i think it's great, and in complete contrast the back inlay is very colourful, though i suspect it's a black & white that's colour tinted, again from a height, making him even more look like a little boy, the track listing is excellently done, it really stands out well, the numbers were added by me, so i know where i am, great stuff indeed.
Ron Sexsmith is Canadian, he's now recently 49, so the big 5-0 looms on the horizon, this is hsi first album, but he now has a whole spread of 13 albums, he recorded this one in 1995, the front cover portrait makes him seem like a little boy, probably because it's shot from a slight height, plus he's so much younger [31 years old], a black & white shot, really well done [photo by Daniel Lanois], tousled hair, a zip up raincoat / jacket thing, hands look like they're behind his back, grainy shot, and the purple lettering for his name, i like it, i think it's great, and in complete contrast the back inlay is very colourful, though i suspect it's a black & white that's colour tinted, again from a height, making him even more look like a little boy, the track listing is excellently done, it really stands out well, the numbers were added by me, so i know where i am, great stuff indeed.
