Cruel Moon

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Like a finely tuned engine, Buddy Miller's third HighTone album has no superfluous parts, no fuel that isn't transformed in the hottest combustion. Its power is inseparable from its economy. Drawing a straight line between blues, country, and rock & roll, Miller gets a thick, gigantic sound out of just guitar, bass, and drums; when he expands his tight arrangements, he relies judiciously on Al Perkins's steel guitar, Tammy Rogers's fiddle, and harmony from wife Julie Miller, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris. Every big backbeat, every twangy note illuminates these stinging country songs (some cowritten with Julie and Jim Lauderdale, some borrowed from Earle or Pops Staples) of haunted hearts, memories that won't die, and love so strong it can kill you. If you're new to Miller, think of a country Richard Thompson: an eccentric but classic-sounding guitarist; a feverish, instinctive singer; a roots-music seeker; and one of the most driven and versatile artists working in 1999. --Roy Kasten

Cruel Moon,Buddy Miller,Hightone Records,Americana,Country,Country & Western,Country-Rock,Neo-Traditionalist Country,Pop

Average customer rating: 4 1/2 stars. Kicking myself for not finding this one sooner... Great...I want the rest of the albums... This guys a back up band ? It's "all time, all genre, all everything"

Cruel Moon Buddy Miller Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Midnight and Lonesome Poison Love Your Love and Other Lies Buddy & Julie Miller Universal United House of Prayer ASIN: B00001WRL3 Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
2. Love Match
3. I'm Gonna Be Strong
4. Looking for a Heartache Like You
5. Cruel Moon
6. Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
7. In Memory Of My Heart
8. Sometimes I Cry
9. Too Used To Loving You
10. I'm Not Getting Any Better at Goodbye
11. It's Been A Change

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Like a finely tuned engine, Buddy Miller's third HighTone album has no superfluous parts, no fuel that isn't transformed in the hottest combustion. Its power is inseparable from its economy. Drawing a straight line between blues, country, and rock & roll, Miller gets a thick, gigantic sound out of just guitar, bass, and drums; when he expands his tight arrangements, he relies judiciously on Al Perkins's steel guitar, Tammy Rogers's fiddle, and harmony from wife Julie Miller, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris. Every big backbeat, every twangy note illuminates these stinging country songs (some cowritten with Julie and Jim Lauderdale, some borrowed from Earle or Pops Staples) of haunted hearts, memories that won't die, and love so strong it can kill you. If you're new to Miller, think of a country Richard Thompson: an eccentric but classic-sounding guitarist; a feverish, instinctive singer; a roots-music seeker; and one of the most driven and versatile artists working in 1999. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

4 1/2 stars........2007-03-26

the goodwill would make a nice new home for your toby keith, vince gill, and garth brooks cds. you deserve something better. buddy miller comes quickly to mind. make room in your life for some true country genius. it's a good idea. it really is.

Kicking myself for not finding this one sooner..........2003-06-21

Thank God for 92.1 FM in New Braunfels, Tx. My business trips to San Antonio have turned me onto more good music in the past year than I've found in the past ten!

Buddy Miller is one of the best they've turned me onto - and all I can say is WOW!!!

This is what "country" music should be. I use country in quotation marks, because like me, Buddy has a wide range of tastes.

This whole album is awesome, but may I particularly call attention to:

"In Memory Of My Heart" and "Sometimes I Cry". If your eyes don't tear up on "In Memory", check your pulse because you might be dead!

Can't recommend this one highly enough - buy everything Buddy has ever done, and you will be a very happy camper indeed!

Great...I want the rest of the albums..........2002-10-02

I saw Buddy and Julie perform last weekend, and it was a great show, with Buddy barely taking a breather. He is a very generous performer, coaxing amazing sounds from some gorgeous guitars, adding vocal harmonies or belting out his own broken-hearted, feelin' sorry for himself lead vocals. I enjoy this album and all the others I've heard so far. He and Julie are a dream team.

This guys a back up band ?.......2002-07-27

I first saw Buddy Miller live when I went to see Emmy Lou Haaris. He is the lead guitarist for her band - Spy Boy. But he was the opening act too - and he blew me away. This was not country music. It was a mix of bluegrass, rock and roll, and ballads. This CD is just that. A mix that will appeal to someone with an ear for the eclectic, will appeal to someone who likes a guitar that will not quit and will appeal to someone who likes a musician with an incredible range.

It's "all time, all genre, all everything".......2001-11-03

How good is this CD? It's so good that I'm almost afraid to write about it because my puny effort won't do it justice!

... Buddy (and his wife Julie) create these stunning songs, then some "big hat, large belt buckle" corporate country "performer" does an inferior cover version and makes millions. Go figure. Just skip that lame stuff on the radio and see if you can handle the uncut hit.

The sheer raw power on this CD is a force that transcends nature. Buddy (and Julie) are willing to lay it all on the line at a level so intense that it's scary. This is music for grown ups. "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" and "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go" are so raw and charged with emotional power that sappy teenagers will never get it.

Admittedly, not everyone will dig this. I played a little bit of this for a friend and he was really shook up. "So much pain." Yeah, but that's what puts the "blue" in bluegrass. Because somehow, despite all of the wrenching anguish, there is an almost mystical joy here, a sense of triumph. If you look at the very best of authentic "roots" music from around the world- Irish, Tejano, Bluegrass, Blues or Jazz- you'll hear that cry from the soul. Imagine the Carter family in a cutting edge, eclectic and electric setting.

It's all here. Can you handle it?

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Utopica Musa Nova Manufacturer: Cruel Moon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005KBIP Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

1. Altrove
2. Onde Nere
3. Specchio
4. Icaro
5. Un'idea Libera
6. Parole Di Niente
7. Sette Vite del Gatto
8. Ditanze
9. Nuvole
10. Decicioni
11. Oup Non Yk Id
12. Oblio?
13. Cerchi Vuoti

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The Kingdom & Its Fey Manufacturer: Cruel Moon International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000EHM3QI

Product Description

Track Listing: Odde Feormie, Bite Irena, Wide Feran, The Village Courtyard, Annwyfn, At that Fiery Pond, Burh Stede Beated, Behold thou My Crest, To Thy Queen, Atop Mount Snowdon, Fig & Jig in the Miller's Tavern, The Charm of Making, Ecce, Victoria, Redivivus 'Ole Norwich, the Triumph of Horamane, Dragone Arte, Dance O' Lord & Lady, He Shall Be King, A Hymn to Dechtire, Because the World is so Untrue, I Go My Way so Full of Rue, Adieu, and Off to Battle, The Stolen Princess Sleeps, Summoning the Dragons of Wyth, The Greenest Hilltop, Distillation of Lady Luna in the Vessel, Homonuculus, They Take Their Own Path Home.

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Cruel Britannia The Selecter Manufacturer: Moon Ska UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00061RZO2 Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

1. Cruel Britannia
2. Respect Yourself
3. Musical Servant (1972/1998)
4. How Can I Win?
5. Better Must Come
6. Viper
7. Never Said I Love You
8. What a Confusion
9. Bad Dog
10. Lyrical Sniper
11. Blind Leading the Blind

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Mon Seul Desir Ataraxia Manufacturer: Cruel Moon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RF2LFU

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Stll Life Cruel Cruel Moon Manufacturer: Moonbase ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YGD3 Release Date: 1996-08-26

Tracks:

1. Cling
2. Hollow Tree
3. Zirconium Ring
4. And I Want...
5. Flood
6. Jesus Turned Away
7. Fall Onto the Pavement
8. Stranded
9. I Don't Believe in Anything at All
10. Foolish Explosions

Music Album:

1. Cut Yourself a Switch
2. Eddy's Song
3. Electric Barnyard
4. Electric Shaver
5. Every Little Girl's Dream
6. Everything
7. For the Soul and for the Mind: Demos of '71-'74
8. Get Right with the Man [Content/Copy-Protected CD] [DualDisc]
9. Gospel Favorites
10. He'll Have to Go/Tall Tales and Short Tempers [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Music Album