Black Eye Galaxy CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Send Me a Friend ~ Anders Osborne

2. Mind of a Junkie ~ Anders Osborne

3. Lean On Me/Believe In You ~ Anders Osborne

4. When Will I See You Again? ~ Anders Osborne

5. Black Tar ~ Anders Osborne

6. Black Eye Galaxy ~ Anders Osborne

7. Tracking My Roots ~ Anders Osborne

8. Louisiana Gold ~ Anders Osborne

9. Dancing In the Wind ~ Anders Osborne

10. Higher Ground ~ Anders Osborne

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Anders Osborne (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, piano, percussion); Billy Iuso (vocals, guitar); Eric Bolivar (vocals, drums, percussion); Carl Dufrene (vocals); Stanton Moore (drums, percussion); Sarah Osborne, Aria Iuso, Rose Osborne (background vocals).
	Audio Mixer: Warren Riker.
	Recording information: Dockside Studio, Maurice LA (11/2011); Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL (11/2011).
	Photographers: Chris Davis ; Jayne Tansey-Patron; Alex Brahl.
	Anders Osborne extended his reach as a guitarist, songwriter, and recording artist on his Alligator debut, American Patchwork, in 2010. It was louder, wilder, and more psychically free than anything he'd issued previously, while retaining his singer/songwriter skills so wonderfully displayed on 2007's Coming Down. Black Eye Galaxy is the culmination of this trilogy, albeit being a startlingly new entity. It seamlessly marries desperate, overloaded, molten hard rock and blues to expertly written songs that grow more tender, accepting, and optimistic by the set's close. Osborne creates something totally his own; genres cease to matter. Co-produced by Osborne, Stanton Moore, and engineer Warren Riker, the meld of sounds is immediate, gripping, sometimes harrowing, and always uncompromising no matter what is being expressed. The primal "Send Me a Friend" is a boatload of riff-and-roar. It's a redefinition of the blues regardless of whether it follows 12 bars. The song is about the complete isolation of addiction; it's a howl of terror and pleading to an unknown God with bludgeoning riffs and a ripping solo. "Mind of a Junkie" begins by crossing Neil Young & Crazy Horse with Wes Montgomery. Its lyrics reveal the cycle of addiction, recovery, relapse, and beginning again, the frustration and dangers and character flaws all expressed honestly and without artifice. Its angular guitar solo moves into a strange, lovely terrain, never leaving the soul of the tune behind. "Black Tar" is a slide guitar screamer; Osborne's vocals, plodding rhythm section, and effects just crackle, break, and crunch, without sacrificing melody in the punishing thud. The title track is a long, haunting, and labyrinthine psychedelic ballad, with gorgeous guitar and rhythm section interplay; it's a wellspring of inspired improvisation. Despite the brief respite of a gorgeous love song in the middle of all this, "Lean on Me/Believe in You," the first half of the record is pure stress, strain, and primal shriek. The set's final four songs are, by contrast, nearly serene, as the country-ish "Tracking My Roots" gives way to the acoustic traveling song "Louisiana Gold." The languid 4/4 love song that is "Dancing in the Wind" sets up the stellar closer. "Higher Ground" is like a gospel testament, but it's personal, not evangelical. With Stevie Blacke's sparse but nearly regal strings and backing vocals by Osborne's band, wife, and children, it's an anthem about the transformative power of love itself. Black Eye Galaxy rises from the depths of an individual's hell transformed via its songwriter's vision to the heights of possibility -- personally, poetically, and musically. It's the most consistent, expertly rendered offering in Osborne's catalog, the place where everything and everywhere he's been as a musician come together in a glorious whole. ~ Thom Jurek
Producer: Anders Osborne; Stanton Moore; Warren Riker
Engineer: Warren Riker

Compilation Appearances

	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: big
	Alligator Records 40Th Anniversary Co

Associated Artists and Works

Fohl, John

Technical Info

	Release Date : 05/01/2012
	Original Release Date : 2012
	Catalog ID : CD 514948
	Label : Alligator Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00014551494829

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Black Eye Galaxy (2012)

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