NILS LOFGREN – SACRED WEAPON – CD 2006

NILS LOFGREN – SACRED WEAPON

CD EDITADO EN 2006

Vision Music VMCD1012

Detailed item info
Album Features
UPC: 820761101224
Artist: Nils Lofgren
Format: CD
Release Year: 2006
Record Label: Vision (USA)
Genre: Rock & Pop
Details
Producer: Nils Lofgren, Roger Greenawalt
Distributor: Big Daddy Music Dist.
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Track listing
1. In Your Hands
2. Fat Girls Dance
3. Comfort Your Love Brings
4. Pay Your Woman
5. Whiskey Holler
6. You’re Not There
7. Tried and True
8. Mr. Hardcore
9. Come a Day
10. Frankie Hang On
11. Trouble
12. Can’t Take the Rock

Details
Number of CDs: 1
Recording type: Studio
Distributor: Shellshock/SRD

Album notes
Sacred Weapon is Nils Lofgren’s 17th studio album since parting ways with Grin in a career that’s spanned more than 30 years, and it’s to his credit that after all this time it’s hard to know what to expect from the guy when he makes a record. Above and beyond all else, Lofgren is a hell of a good rock & roll guitar player, but while he gives himself some powerful six-string workouts here, on Sacred Weapon he seems more interested in baring his soul and looking into the nooks and crannies of human relationships than in reeling off solos. Vocals have never been Lofgren’s strongest suit, and his voice, reedy and wavering, is not in its best shape here, but there’s a naked emotion in «The Comfort Your Love Brings,» «You’re Not There,» «Whiskey Holler,» and «In Your Hands» (the latter a duet with Willie Nelson) that compensates for the flaws in his instrument, and he puts a soulful force behind his performances that’s inarguably affecting. The songwriting follows suit, and for every loose-limbed rocker like «Can’t Take the Rock,» one or two deeply personal songs cut to the emotional quick, and the album includes musical homages to two fallen heroes, Walter Payton («Tried and True») and David Briggs («Mr. Hardcore»). Some of Sacred Weapon works and some of it doesn’t, but what does stick is powerful and heartfelt enough to make this one of Lofgren’s best solo albums since 1991’s Silver Lining, and proof he can write fine songs of his own when he’s properly inspired. ~ Mark Deming.