Record Details
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Record ID
154
Artist
Bruce Cockburn
Title
Bruce Cockburn
Field / Genre
Folk
Year Recorded
1969
Label
True North
Pressing
Can
Rating
**
Discs
1
Media
R
Date Bought
15 Apr 1981
Cost
¤14.00
Cover Name
—
Review
<p>Bruce Cockburn's self-titled debut's blend of diversity, enthusiasm, and innocence never quite resurfaced again in his work, especially in his more clinical, politically inclined tracts of later decades. The opening number, "Going to the Country," still evokes that hippie-esque, back-to-the-earth movement as well as any song ever recorded, complete with a sly wink that keeps it fresh to this day. And since this was 1970, the album also comes equipped with some of those quaint excesses of the period; try the nasal tone poem gracing "The Bicycle Trip." "Musical Friends" remains a lively, happy-go-lucky classic with piano signature lifted from Paul McCartney's playbook; it's difficult to picture the dour Cockburn of more recent years ever having this much fun. In contrast, "Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon" offers a trance-like, introspective atmosphere reminiscent of British folkie legend Nick Drake.</p><p>—<strong>Roch Parisien</strong></p>