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Life Short Call Now ReviewI'm on my second listen as I write this. To be honest, I'm more moved to write because of some of the reviews here then from listening.
I discovered Bruce's music in the mid 70's. I own all 26 of Bruce's cd's + 2 of the best of packages, I think I qualify as a long time fan! Here's my Bruce bias: I strongly prefer his first albums from 1970 - 1984; in my opinion his last GREAT album was Inner City Front. My absolute favorites are Circles In The Stream, In The Falling Dark, Further Adventures, Inner City Front and Salt Sea & Time; but I really love all of his first 12 albums. I enjoy Dancing In the Dragon's Jaws; but to me the only milestone aspect of that album was that it was in a completely new style, not that it was better then what came before (it wasn't).
After Inner City Front, I still really connected with some of the songs from Trouble With Normal (the title track) & Stealing Fire (Rocket Launcher & Lovers In A Dangerous Time). The last song that deeply touched me was Child Of The Wind from Nothing But A Burning Light. 2 songs from this new cd seem equally special: Life's Short Call Now & Beautiful Creatures. Part of my disconnect was from Bruce's addition of World Music flavors, which for whatever reason doesn't tend to connect for me. I'm personally glad that he's largely abandoned the World Music/Latin flavor on this cd.
For me all the albums after Trouble With Normal are ok, but not up to his previous standards. With that said, my current feeling is that Life Short is at least as good as anything Bruce has done post 1984 & is a very nice artistic statement. To make a generalization, I've found most pop/rock/folk artists seem to make their strongest & most emotional statements when they're young; I think part of the aging process for many of us is less intense emotions, & as a former professional musician myself I believe that feeling is at least 1/2 the battle. This doesn't seem AS true to me in jazz & classical music as it does in pop/rock. (That is NOT meant as a criticism of either form.)
At the moment I'm really enjoying the title track, To The Universe, Beautiful Creatures & the instrumentals (which remind me a lot of In The Falling Dark). In fact referencing the reviewers who complained about the instrumentals, Bruce has had several on most of his albums. He's one of the best acoustic guitarists on the planet & I always find these enjoyable.
One other comment to the person who complained that the cd wasn't "Christian" enough; Bruce has NEVER labeled himself as a Christian artist. Yes, he has made it very clear in both his music & in interviews that Christianity is his religion of choice & that he is a very spiritual person; but "Contemporary Christian" mainstream he is not & has never pretended to be. That comment irritated me more then any of the other reviews here. One of the things that I have always loved about Bruce's music is that it is deeply spiritual & loving WITHOUT preaching religious dogma.
To sum up, I think this is an enjoyable cd & as good as anything he's done since the mid 1980's; it also may grow on me (while writing this I'm now on my 3rd listen!). On the other hand, if you want to see why some of us are fanatical about BC, check out his earlier recordings. If your preferences lean more towards rock I suggest Further Adventures of, Inner City Front, Humans or possibly Dancing; if your preferences lean towards acoustic/folk I suggest any of his first 8 with the live Circles a very good place to start. The Mid 80's Canadian only 2 cd edition of Waiting For A Miracle is also a great starting point for people new to BC, & has a few exclusive tracks.
A few days after writing this, I saw Bruce live. A couple comments: while it didn't become apparent until seeing the show, Bruce seems to be currently experimenting with a musical version of 1920's expressionism on this & the previous You've Never Seen Everything. And believe me, the vocal on Beautiful Creatures is not a sign of losing his voice, but rather a very intentional & powerful effect. This cd makes a lot more sense after seeing the tour. I'm not going to do a full concert review, but the short version is the new material really worked, the arrangements on the older material (80's & 90's) tended to be weak, & he really needed a bass player (the touring band is a trio with a drummer & keyboard player Julie Wolfe).Life Short Call Now OverviewLife Short Call Nowfinds Cockburn's insightful observations on life, love, politics, and the environment as sharp as ever, and longtime fans and new fans alike are sure to be won over by this sterling album.The first single, 'Different When It Comes to You,' goes for adds at AAA June 5th.16 stations already reportingincluding R&R reporters KPIG and WNRN. 'Life Short Call NOW' also features special guest Ani DiFranco on 'See You Tomorrow.'

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