Diamond Mine

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Track Listings

1. God and Country

2. How Long

3. Love and Understanding

4. Girl of Mine

5. Diamond Mine

6. Now and Forever

7. House of Dreams

8. Nice Try

9. Fall in Line

10. One Day

11. Florida

12. Fuse

13. Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa

Diamond Mine,Blue Rodeo,Chameleon / Wea,Alternative Country-Rock,Americana,Folk-Rock,Heartland Rock,Popular Music,Rock,Rock & Roll

Diamond Mine

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Diamond Mine
Blue Rodeo
Manufacturer: Chameleon / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DP0Y
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

God and Country
How Long
Love and Understanding
Girl of Mine
Diamond Mine
Now and Forever
House of Dreams
Nice Try
Fall in Line
One Day
Florida
Fuse
Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa

Average customer rating:

A solid early effort
The perfect fusion of Blue and Rodeo

Diamond Mine
Blue Rodeo
Manufacturer: Universal
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
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Outskirts
Palace of Gold
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Nowhere to Here

ASIN: B000059WWE
Release Date: 2002-06-12

Tracks:

God and Country
How Long
Love and Understanding
Girl of Mine
Diamond Mine
Now and Forever
House of Dreams
Nice Try
Fall in Line
One Day
Florida
Fuse
Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa

Customer Reviews:

A solid early effort.......2004-08-09

Although the Dylan fetish gets out of hand at times, this is a solid, if annoyingly out-of-print debute from Canada's Blue Rodeo. Compared to contemporary alt.country efforts, this release has held up well over time. The template for their 1993 album track "Five Days In May" is clearly evident on Diamond Mine's title track. Although pretentiously Dylaneque titles like "Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa" may seem like jokes today, the songwriting holds its own.

The perfect fusion of Blue and Rodeo.......2004-02-18

Recorded in an old movie theatre, and you feel like you're there in the seats, with a real rock-n-roll band up on stage. There's nothing fancy, just Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor singing harmonies to their chiming guitars, Bobby Wiseman's off-kilter piano and organ, and straight-ahead rhythm from Bazil Donovan on bass and Cleave Anderson on drums. Producer Malcolm Burn does what few producers do: brings out great performances and then stays out of the way. Blue Rodeo has made more sophisticated albums since, but not a better one.

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Back to his best - no doubt about that!

Diamond Mine
Richard Clapton
Manufacturer: Wea/Warner
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000286IEM
Release Date: 2004-06-07

Tracks:

Obsession
Some Sunny Day
Bomb the Bomb
Diamond Mine
High as the Heavens
Simple Things
Head Full of Rain
Paradise Drive
Zweite Neon
Dark End of the Road
Tides of Time
What Does It Take to Get Lucky
All Stand Together

Album Description

Australian exclusive album from legendary Australian singer/songwriter Richard Clapton. His 18th album written over a period of four years. Warner. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Back to his best - no doubt about that!.......2004-07-06

Where does one start? When it comes to Aussie icons, you can keep Jimmy Barnes, Kylie Minogue and the like. I only need Richard Clapton. From his breakthrough hit Girls on the Avenue through to 2004's Diamond Mine album, the ride has been a joy at every step.

Diamond Mine is 13 new songs that reflect where Clapton is today, with musical references to his best works such as Glory Road and Goodbye Tiger. Sure, there are some love songs in that typical Clapton style, and some out and out summer rockers, and a touch or two of the acoustic vibe that doesn't get enough of a work out for my money.

Recorded at home, these songs feature artists such as Diesel, Ian Moss, Taxiride, and the best from The Whitlams, and silverchair. The songs are new, yet somehow seem so familiar. There is some dabbling in new technology, but don't be fooled into thinking that Clapton has sold out and gone all modern. No way.

This album is as good as any he's done and if you own ANY Clapton, then this is going to sit very comfortably on the shelf right next to it and will get repeated plays.

Diamond Mine
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Hits the motherlode

Quirky Heartland Rock

This one takes some work, but is worth the effort

Once Again, Almost a Good Idea

Diamond Mine
Blue Rodeo
Manufacturer: Discovery / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
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Outskirts

ASIN: B000003MU2
Release Date: 1995-10-03

Tracks:

Swells
God And Country
How Long
Blues Piano
Love And Understanding
Girl Of Mine
Diamond Mine
Now And Forever
Percussive Piano
House Of Dreams
Nice Try
Fall In Line
One Day
Florida
Fuse
The Ballad Of The Dime Store Greaser And The Blonde Mona Lisa

Customer Reviews:

Hits the motherlode.......2004-03-06

Blue Rodeo, for all intents and purposes, can be classified as a "nice" alt.country band. Most of their albums are pleasant and inoffensive, always containing a handful of memorable melodies and serviceable back-up. In other words: most of their albums are simultaneously professional, safe, and, dull. "Diamond Mine," however, is their lone claim to immortality. It's not merely that this Mine sparkles with a clutch of Greg Keelor's and Jim Cuddy's best tunes, but throughout the album mad keyboard genius Bob Wiseman injects an element of musical anarchy that is completely at odds with the rest of the band's studied traditionalism. It's the aural equivalent of an epileptic mosher crashing a country 'n' western line dance, and it gives Blue Rodeo the weirdo edge they sorely require. Wiseman unfortunately left after this album, and Blue Rodeo, predictably and safely, returned to normal.

Quirky Heartland Rock.......2002-07-23

Blue Rodeo's "Diamond Mine" is a would-be classic. I say "would be" because, while the album has some terrific songs, it contains a fair number of clunkers as well. The band's sound, when they aren't being experimental or downright weird, deftly blends country and folk styles with R.E.M.-like college rock. The highlights truly soar, particularly the gently rocking tunes "Fall in Line," "God and Country," and "House of Dreams." "Girl of Mine" is a first rate ballad and "The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa," is a surprisingly good story song. On the downside, the album is interrupted by experimental instrumental tracks like "Swells," and "Blues Piano," that are intrusive sonic interruptions and a few of the other "proper" songs, like the tile track, are somewhat grating.

Overall, four stars for an album that contains some very strong material but is maddeningly inconsistent.

This one takes some work, but is worth the effort.......2000-03-19

The second album by Blue Rodeo is the one producer Pete Anderson said was so long, he couldn't get through it. In the opinion of this reviewer, Pete Anderson is a wuss!

Seriously, there is some very good stuff on this album, and the difficult bits are rewarding if you give them a chance. There are angry political songs ("God and Country" and "Fuse") from Greg Keelor and one from Jim Cuddy ("How Long," which manages to include a great sing-along chorus while shredding the politician of your choice -- I have always pictured Brian Mulroney as the target of this song but take your pick!). The title track, "Diamond Mine," is a standout. Trust Greg Keelor to give us a love song that sounds like a diatribe. Trust keyboardist Bob Wiseman to create an atmosphere that makes this dichotomy seem reasonable.

Jim Cuddy contributes a couple of beauts -- "House of Dreams" and "Girl of Mine" -- that do nothing to dispell his image as the heartbroken crooner of the band. By the time he gets to the more uptempo "One Day" ("One day, out of the blue, I'll just walk away") the listener nods sympathetically but does not believe for a second that this character is ever going to leave whoever it is he's singing about.

By the end of the album Greg's vision has taken over again. He does contribute one song about loving and losing that makes it clear that if nothing else he has a sense of humour -- "Florida," about being abandoned in "the land of endless malls" by a girlfriend ("the last words I heard you say were 'what a bore'") has an uptempo rock beat that makes it clear that, however heartbroken the character was at the time, he's over it now. The last song on the album, "The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa," is a cautionary tale about love gone wrong because the lovers weren't paying close enough attention. Keelor sings that one with a bemused sympathy that makes the story more wistful than grotesque, but doesn't ignore the ridiculousness of the situation either. (How often are we reminded that sometimes the characters in "love gone wrong" songs are just plain stupid?)

Overall, not an album that will infatuate you on the first listen -- but not one you'll get sick of in a week, either.

Once Again, Almost a Good Idea.......1999-08-25

The story of early Blue Rodeo is summed up in two words_ great and forgettable. As on Outskirts, the opening tracks are great, the latter tracks (remember this is still the era of flip-em cassettes) is pretty much filler. So, of course, side one is gangbusters, the tail end no one pre-cd had ever heard. Appropriately. Still, anyone save reviewer Hepworth could realize that these guys knew every pop hook better than anyone except Nick Lowe, and were not shy about displaying their talent. Again, the jazzy keyboards get in the way, but they were on the way out. Their absence makes room for the entirely new vision unveiled in "Western Skies" and elsewhere.

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