Pale Sun, Crescent Moon by Cowboy Junkies (CD, Nov-1993, RCA)

Album Features
UPC:	078636634425
Artist:	Cowboy Junkies
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1993
Record Label:	RCA
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Crescent Moon
2. First Recollection
3. Ring on the Sill
4. Anniversary Song
5. White Sail
6. Seven Years
7. Pale Sun
8. Post, The
9. Cold Tea Blues
10. Hard to Explain
11. Hunted
12. Floorboard Blues

Details
Playing Time:	45 min.
Producer:	Michael Timmins
Distributor:	BMG (distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Cowboy Junkies: Margo Timmins (vocals), Michael Timmins (guitar), Alan Anton (bass), Peter Timmins (drums).Additional personnel: Ken Myhr (lead guitar), Jeff Bird (harmonica, mandolin, 8-string bass, percussion), Richard Bell (piano, organ).Recorded at Studio 306, Toronto, Canada in April, 1993.All songs written by Michael Timmins except "The Post" (J. Mascis) and "Hard To Explain" (Ray Agee). A small portion of the lyrics on tracks 1, 2 & 6 are taken from the writings of Townes Van Zandt, William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The General In His Labyrinth" respectively.Personnel: Margo Timmins (vocals); Ken Myhr, Michael Timmins (guitar); Jeff Bird (mandolin, harmonica, percussion); Richard Bell (piano, organ).Recording information: Studio 306, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Unknown Contributor Role: Peter Timmins.A refreshed, revitalized sound that doesn't sacrifice the delicate touches that first made them unique; rugged, but still pristine. Much of the new spark emanates from the strings of honorary Junkie Ken Myhr, who peals out intense, biting lead guitar throughout. Especially prominent is his incendiary slide work on "Seven Years" and a spectacular cover of Dinosaur Jr.'s "The Post." Still, it's hard to imagine a ballad instrument more haunting and ethereal than Margo Timmins' voice. ~ Roch Parisien

Editorial Reviews
...PALE SUN, CRESCENT MOON more closely recalls the sparse, clinically depressed Junkies everyone first fell in love with....The Cowboy Junkies are drawn to the flightiness of spirits, but finally write great, grounded music for and about real people....
Musician (19931201)