Artist: Glen Campbell
Album: Meet Glen Campbell
Worth Buying: Surprisingly yes.
You might be interested in this album if you are a fan of: Gram Parsons, Neil Diamond, Jerry Reed.
Tell Me More: Meet Glen Campbell is surely one of the more unusual surprises of 2008. In a year that has seen an abundance of strong albums, the latest studio release from singer-guitarist Glen Campbell will immediately draw unfair comparisons with several early-‘00s releases from Johnny Cash that boasted reworked covers of modern day material. Whatever individual listeners think of the overall approach, Campbell has built a long and successful career out of reinterpreting others and it works magically on his latest disc. At 72, the Delight, Arkansas native’s voice and guitar player continue to shine. And the emotive, real world-styled vocals he brought to classics such as “Gentle On My Mind” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” is just as pleasing when singing Travis’ “Sing,” U2’s “All I Want Is You” and the Velvet Underground’s “Jesus.” Although it might come as a shock to fans of modern rock, Campbell’s strong vocals bring some added emotional weight to the Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These” that I didn’t hear in the original 2003 recording. It’s no wonder that guests such as Jason Faulkner from Jellyfish and Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen joined Campbell in the studio earlier this year to work on this wonderful project. This is a rare effort that truly juggles traditional country-western and modern folk-rock together perfectly.
This is an album that sounds as stunning listening to it with headphones and eyes closed, or cranking it up while driving on a lonesome freeway 100 miles east of L.A. Great stuff and one of the best albums of 2008.
What about the packaging? The CD comes in a digipak that includes several new photos and there is a nice color booklet inside that includes lyrics for all the songs
What if I am not ready to buy the whole album: Sing
or Times Like These Sample and purchase in mp3 format
CD Format
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