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Disco de David Allan Coe: “Matter of Life and Death”
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Matter of Life and Death |
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Fecha de Publicación:1987-01-01
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Tipo:Desconocido
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Género:Country, Classic Country
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Letras Explícitas:Si
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UPC:074644057119
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| 1 |
Ten Commandments of Love |
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Jody Like a Melody Video |
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Tanya Montana Video |
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If Only Your Eyes Could Lie |
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Need a Little Time off for Bad Behavior Video |
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Southern Star Video |
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words Video |
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Child Of God |
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Wild Irish Rose Video |
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| 10 |
Matter of Life...and Death |
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One Way Ticket to Nashville |
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Prisoner's Release |
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How High's the Watergate, Martha |
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Tricky Dicky, The Only Son of Kung Fu |
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Here's a Song |
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Souvenirs and California Memorys |
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I Wonder If It's Raining in Kentucky |
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Seeing the World |
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Paranoic Hippie |
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Florida Sunshine |
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I Heard Oklahoma Calling Me |
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Daddy's Guitar |
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In This Land |
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Análisis (en inglés) - :
In 1987, the {$David Allan Coe}/{$Billy Sherrill} partnership was still running strong, as evidenced by {^A Matter of Life and Death}. Like many of {$Coe}'s recordings, this one is a concept record, full of "dedications and meditations." The inspiration behind its making was the passing of {$Coe}'s father, {%Donald Mahan Coe}, the return home (on the day of his father's funeral) of his 16-year-old daughter from living with her mother for the majority of her life, and the birth of his and {%Jody Lynn}'s two children, {%Tyler} and {%Tanya Montana}. {$Coe} and {$Sherrill} are particularly suited to each other on recordings like this. They serve to curb each other's excesses and rely on making sure the right songs come out of the mix, representing the emotional intention of the set rather than burying those songs under production or hyperbole. This set yielded some of the strongest {$Coe} songs of the 1980s (and that's saying something): {&"Jody Like a Melody,"} {&"If Only Your Eyes Could Lie,"} and {&"The Ten Commandments of Love."} And {&"Southern Star,"} with its searing lyric and screaming guitar solos, is among his most under-recognized, poetic tomes worthy of being recorded by {$.38 Special} or {$Lynyrd Skynyrd}. {$Sherrill}'s sequencing is brilliant, and each song seems to segue into another, creating a kind of impressionistic narrative. Interestingly, this record sounds so outside the {\new traditionalist} mold dominating Nash Vegas at the time that it was quickly lost to oblivion -- despite the fact that it's a true {\traditional country} record in the most strident use of the term. This is a fine if forgotten album. {$Coe} may have had some hits, but it's records like this that make one wonder if there wasn't a conspiracy to marginalize him and make him fail. {$Coe} is a brilliant songwriter well into the 21st century, and deserves to be lauded along with the likes of {$Nelson} and {$Jennings} and {$Kristofferson} and {$Newbury} -- and even {$Cash}. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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