The Caution Horses

Infobox Album |
Name = The Caution Horses
Type = Studio album
Artist = Cowboy Junkies


Recorded =
Released = February 1990
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 44:32
Label = RCA
Producers =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nx1m964o3ep8~T1 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cowboyjunkies/albums/album/132743/review/5946154/the_caution_horses link]
Last album = "The Trinity Session"
(1988)
This album = "The Caution Horses"
(1990)
Next album = "Black Eyed Man"
(1992)

"The Caution Horses" is a 1990 album by Canadian country rock band Cowboy Junkies.

The first album following their 1988 breakthrough "The Trinity Session", "The Caution Horses" features a more conventional, polished sound than that album's spare, haunting country blues. As a consequence, the album was savaged by music critics, who charged that the band had sacrificed their distinctive style.

However, the album's accessibility to mainstream pop and rock audiences also meant that it received more radio airplay and spawned bigger chart hits ("Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" and "Rock and Bird", which featured Bruce Hornsby on the piano on the single version) than "The Trinity Session" had. A number of critics have also noted that while the album is undeniably a disappointment when compared to its predecessor, when taken on its own merits it is a better album than its initial reception would suggest.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

#"Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" – 3:56
#"Cause Cheap is How I Feel" – 4:13
#"Thirty Summers" – 4:15
#"Mariner's Song" – 6:20
#"Powderfinger" ( – 5:46, written by Neil Young)
#"Rock and Bird" – 3:30
#"Witches" ( – 2:44, written by Michael Timmins and Margo Timmins)
#"Where Are You Tonight?" – 5:07
#"Escape is So Simple" – 5:15
#"You Will Be Loved Again" ( – 3:26, written by Mary Margaret O'Hara)