Palo Santo (expanded edition) (2xLP)
VINYL FORMAT. Austin's Shearwater debut on Matador with a completely refurbished edition of their critically acclaimed 2006 album. They re-recorded five of the eleven tracks and added new cover art, deluxe packaging, plus a bonus LP containing eight additional tracks. The music is a soaring, vast, multi-instrumental song-cycle. The vocals and songwriting recall bands as diverse as Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry and late Talk Talk, but this is unabashedly rock music, anchored by Thor Harris's mighty Bonhamesque drums. "Almost impossibly majestic and beautiful" - #1 CD of 2006, Stephen Thompson, NPR.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | La Dame et La Licorne |
| 2 | Red Sea, Black Sea |
| 3 | White Waves |
| 4 | Palo Santo |
| 5 | Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five |
| 6 | Nobody |
| 7 | Sing, Little Birdie |
| 8 | Johnny Viola |
| 9 | Failed Queen |
| 10 | Hail, Mary |
| 11 | Going Is Song |
| Adrian Bordeleau
- St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Shearwater's re-released version of Palo Santo is an absolute must-have. There is an incredible sense of cohesion and focus to all of these songs without Palo Santo being a true 'concept album.' In the very best way, none of these songs are equal to the sum - a mighty, soaring and lingering masterpiece of an album. | |