Cowboy JunkiesBest Cowboy Junkies Albums Ranked
6.0
Avg Score
9
Opinions
14
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 9 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Cowboy Junkies's catalog across 14 albums from 9 opinions, with an overall average of 6.0/10. The top-rated Cowboy Junkies album is All That Reckoning (2018) with a 7.5/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Open and Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes. The discography on Wavelength spans 1986 to 2018.
Open
“Folks, this is the way to continue a career. Cowboy Junkies' star was at its highest arc sometime around the time of *Natural Born Killers*, when they mixed easily on a major label soundtrack to a major motion picture. They weren't hugely popular by any stretch, but they sold well enough to stay on RCA and then move to Geffen. Perhaps sales took a downturn, because Geffen dropped the band in 1999 ”
Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes
“Ah, yes, I remember the release of Cowboy Junkies' breakthrough, *The Trinity Sessions*, well. It was the fall of my second year in college, and something about the sound of the album stuck with me. It was digitally recorded, I read later, with one microphone, in some church in Toronto. The gentle, reverberating sound of Margo Timmins' voice, and the way she purred those country tunes and that VU ”
All That Reckoning
“Canadian alt-country band the Cowboy Junkies have released work steadily since 1986 but peaked commercially around 1996 with their ubiquitous single “Common Disaster.” Those who listened to Adult Contemporary radio in the late-’90s would likely recognize the song’s chugging, single-chord guitar part and Margo Timmins’s muted vocals. Though their music has been received more quietly over the decade”
Demons (The Nomad Series Volume 2)
“The music of the late Vic Chesnutt radiated black humor, ragged charm and a vulnerability that was often alarming. Cowboy Junkies successfully retain those qualities on Demons, a collection of Chesnutt covers that sets his striking lyrics against coiled guitars and baleful church organs. With her smoky alto and expertly restrained delivery, Margo Timmons turns […]”
Early 21st Century Blues
“Veteran folk-pop band's latest studio album is an anti-war record that features nine covers and two Michael Timmons originals.”
At the End of Paths Taken
“A loose concept album about family from the Timmins clan finds them taking risks with sound and subject matter.”
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