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DAVID CROSBY ~ SKY TRAILS BMG 4050538286458 (Barcode: 4050538286458) ~ USA ~ Classic Rock Recorded: 2017 Released: 2017 One year ago exactly to the day I wrote a review of the album "LighthouseFind albums with this title" by the legendary singer / songwriter David CrosbyFind albums by this artist, one of my favorite musicians of all times. And here we are, one year later, with another new album by Crosby, his sixth studio effort, a record braking achievement considering his prolonged periods of silence in the past. The album presents nine new original songs, eight of which were composed or co-composed by Crosby, and one classic song by Joni MitchellFind albums by this artist ("Amelia" from the album "HejiraFind albums with this title") beautifully performed by Crosby. The main collaborator on this album is the songwriter / keyboardist, the album´s producer and the writer of one song James RaymondFind albums by this artist, who is of curse Crosby´s son. The songs are everything one can expect from Crosby: heartbreakingly lyrical, deeply moving and still pretty much unique, since over the years nobody with the same sensitivity and ability to touch the right chords of our souls was able to replace Crosby´s songwriting. Musically the album is beautifully diverse, with touches of Jazz and artistic Rock arrangements, which emphasize the poetic lyric and expressive melodies. A plethora of excellent instrumentalists contribute to the overall result, with the recording done in several studios but presenting a coherent ambience and sound quality. Crosby´s delicate voice gets just a little lost on a couple of tracks, but not enough to be really a problem. Overall a splendid job done by everybody involved and another career milestone. As I said a year ago, many of my generation´s idols are either leaving us or falling into silence, so Crosby´s surge of activity, vitality and creativity is an absolute blessing. Thanks to everybody for another horn of plenty, of which we can never get enough. For Classic Rock connoisseurs this is an absolute must of course and thank God that someone is still sane enough to write songs. Go David!

Updated: 18/01/2019Posted: 02/01/2018

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