- Star Trails
Infobox Album |
Name = Star Trails
Type =Album
Artist =Spirit of the West
Released =July 6 ,2004
Recorded = 2003-2004
Genre =Folk rock
Length = 43:56
Label =MapleMusic Recordings
Producer = Spirit of the West
Reviews =
* "NOW" Rating|3|5 [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-07-15/music_discs6.php link]
Last album = "Hit Parade"
(1999)
This album = "Star Trails"
(2004)
Next album ="Star Trails" is a 2004 album by
Spirit of the West . It was their first album of new material since "Weights and Measures" in 1997, and their first for independent labelMapleMusic Recordings ."July" was the album's first single, and the band's first significant radio hit since "Tell Me What I Think" (from the 1995 album "
Two Headed ")."Come Back Oscar" is a tribute to Calgary musician
Oscar Lopez , a friend of the band's who had been absent from the folk festival circuit for several years due to a battle with depression. In what several music critics described as one of 2004's most thrilling moments in Canadian music, Lopez joined the band at the Calgary and Edmonton folk festivals in July to perform the song. According to one writer for the "Calgary Sun ", "if there was a dry eye in the house, it was glass.""King of Scotland", the album's second single, is about
Idi Amin , who once proclaimed himself king ofScotland after becoming infatuated with the country on a state visit toGreat Britain .Track listing
All songs written by John Mann and
Geoffrey Kelly .#"Small, Small World" – 6:00
#"Waiting for Martin" – 6:27
#"Come Back Oscar" – 3:47
#"July" – 3:56
#"The Wedding Speech (Drink and Be Merry)" – 3:24
#"Out of the Boy" – 4:03
#"Be a Guy" – 4:36
#"Enough, Already Alright (Hello Cleveland)" – 4:29
#"King of Scotland" – 3:12
#"Morning in the Bath Abbey" – 3:56
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