Joe Henry - Talk of Heaven

Title: Talk of Heaven Artist: Joe Henry Release Date: 1986 Re-Released On: 10/26/1999 Label: Astor Place UPCs: 706881401522, 015151121214 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Country-Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Americana, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Intimate, Literate, Reflective, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Dance Lesson
2. Dewey Wins
3. Farm Club
4. Man w/Hat
5. Friend of a Friend
6. There's Been a Fire
7. Wild Night
8. Hurricane, W. Va.
9. Abraham
10. Second Story
11. Talk of Heaven
12. Pictures from the Train

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Astor Place 4015

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Given Joe Henry's chameleonic career, it should come as no surprise that upon finally hearing his long-unavailable debut album Talk of Heaven (finally reissued in 1999 on Astor Place), it sounds quite unlike any other record in the singer/songwriter's catalog -- with its melancholy folk-rock approach (closest in spirit to his 1989 major label bow Murder of Crows), the disc almost collapses under the weight of its massive debt to Bob Dylan. Where by later efforts like Kindness of the World and Trampoline Henry's learned to channel his influences into something unique and organic, here he self-consciously apes his idols, suppressing his own natural instincts in the process -- in hindsight, one can certainly hear the emergence of a talent to watch, but judged solely on its own terms Talk of Heaven leaves a lot to be desired. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.J. Kydd Guitar Beverly Parker Photography Bill Lang Bass Carla Leighton Reissue Design Chris Belden Drums Jack Adelman Mastering Janet Perr Design Joe Henry Vocals, Producer, Piano, Guitar Keith Anderson Producer, Producer Ken Kellett Bass (Acoustic) Mark O'Boyle Pedal Steel Pete Bankert Engineer Phil Kelly Organ Will Spencer Engineer