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Coincidence and Likely Stories
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by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Sales Rank: 1169451
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$5.73
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on 10-2-2008.
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This 1992 studio album was the first she recorded since the mid-70's. Features the original 11 tracks. EMI.
--This text refers to the
Audio CD
edition.
This should have been a major comeback album for Buffy Sainte-Marie when it was first released back in 1992. Although it was favorably reviewed in several music publications, it sank with hardly a trace. This is a shame, because it is not only one of Buffy's finest hours, it is a great record, period. There is not a single dull moment in the set, for one, and the best of Buffy's own songs, "The Big Ones Get Away," "Fallen Angels," "Starwalker," and the one cover, Cliff Eberhardt's "Goodnight," are, plain and simple, just gorgeous. There is an incredible fusion here of voice, content and musical accompaniment, most all of it created and performed in Buffy's own studio, with many of the instruments played by her, rarely matched by any other singer/songwriter, save for maybe Joni Mitchell, Bjork, or Tori Amos. However, Sainte-Marie is a true original, and sounds like no one else. Returning to the content, the political stuff, much of it aimed at big, corporate targets, hit the bull's eye back when these songs were composed, but if anything, it is all even more relevant now..."The Priests of the Golden Bull," a mostly spoken rant about corporate greed, with spooky music in the background, is hair-raising, and "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" is Buffy at her most angry. "Bad End" rocks hard, while "I'm Going Home," "We're Only Getting Started," and "Starwalker" use real Native American chanting to great effect (Ironwood Singers, Earl Bullhead, and others). Buffy's voice has mellowed with age, and the trademark vibrato is used more selectively than in earlier years, so even those put off by her odd voice in the past may warm to it now (this last comment is not negative criticism on my part; I always found her voice strangely beautiful, and I own copies of all her recordings in one form or another). This is a five-star album all the way, but then, so are many of Buffy's others. If only "Sweet America" and "Changing Woman" would come out on CD! I'm still waiting for those (and keeping my vinyl copies in safe storage). For those of you reading this who are interested, "Starwalker" exists in an even better performance on "Sweet America," but since that album is currently unavailable, the version here will do nicely.
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Updated on 10-2-2008.
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