Return to the Land
Download links and information about Return to the Land by Gordon Bok. This album was released in 1990 and it belongs to World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist genres. It contains 17 tracks with total duration of 01:07:25 minutes.
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| Artist: | Gordon Bok |
| Release date: | 1990 |
| Genre: | World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist |
| Tracks: | 17 |
| Duration: | 01:07:25 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | This Old Mandolin | 3:38 |
| 2. | Return to the Land | 4:41 |
| 3. | Get Her into Shore | 3:26 |
| 4. | These Dry Stone Walls | 4:16 |
| 5. | The Fiddler of Dooney | 3:16 |
| 6. | Lament for Limerick | 2:41 |
| 7. | Bare-Legged Kate | 2:29 |
| 8. | The Wreck of the Green Cove | 5:44 |
| 9. | A Little Road and a Stone to Roll | 4:07 |
| 10. | The Arbutus | 4:51 |
| 11. | The Swag and the Shiner | 3:09 |
| 12. | Song of the Wheelhouse Door | 4:43 |
| 13. | I Held a Lady | 3:02 |
| 14. | O Mar (The Ocean) | 3:21 |
| 15. | Sally | 4:16 |
| 16. | Culebra | 3:23 |
| 17. | Pearly (Little Red) | 6:22 |
Details
[Edit]Gordon Bok has one of those voices that doesn't seem to age. Partly that's because most men start losing their high notes as they get older, and Bok never had any to lose — ever since his earliest recordings (20 years prior to this one) his voice has been a rich, resonant, rain-barrel basso, so the ravages of time have had little to work with. If anything, he now sings more deeply and smokily than ever. Combine that voice with otherworldly levels of proficiency in songwriting and guitar-playing, and you have a pretty fearsome combination, one that has made him a legend on the New England folk circuit. This album departs somewhat from his earlier solo work in that it consists almost entirely of songs written by others, though the general themes of wistful reminiscence, gentle encouragement, and maritime disaster are true to form. Compared to such previous triumphs as Bay of Fundy and Tune for November, Return to the Land doesn't quite measure up; though all of the songs are of high quality and all beautifully performed, few are truly memorable. Highest honors go to the gentle "A Little Road and a Stone to Roll" and Bok's Latin-tinged instrumental "Culebra." Recommended primarily to fans.