Sunday, January 11, 2009

Tooth of Crime (T-Bone Burnett)

though i discovered it late in the year, this noir masterpiece is my favorite album of 2008. it's true that '08 was not a great listening year for me. but, that might be why i really love this record. it GRABBED me and made me listen to it over and over. it demanded my time.

Tooth of Crime features a song co-written by Roy Orbison (Kill Zone), along with one of my favorite voices, Sam Phillips (formerly married to T-Bone Burnett). the album is a soundtrack to the second version of Sam Shepard's play of the same name. the play was re-written with some new music by Burnett in 1996, but the songs were only recently finished. and i am in love with them.

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