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The Trinity Session | 
 enlarge | Artist: Cowboy Junkies
Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
Category: Music
Buy New: CDN$ 11.99
New (12) Used (3) Collectible (1) from CDN$ 6.99
Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 877
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 8568
UPC: 078635856828
EAN: 0078635856828
ASIN: B000002WCL
Release Date: November 3, 1988
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Mining for Gold | | • | Misguided Angel | | • | Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) | | • | I Don't Get It | | • | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | | • | To Love Is to Bury | | • | 200 More Miles | | • | Dreaming My Dreams With You | | • | Working on a Building | | • | Sweet Jane | | • | Postcard Blues | | • | Walkin' After Midnight |
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Amazon.ca Canadian Essential
On their sophomore effort, the Cowboy Junkies manage to make a one-day recording session in an old church one of their most satisfying listens. Featuring the sultry voice of Margo Timmins, the precise musicianship of her brothers Peter (on drums) and Michael (on guitar), and bassist Alan Anton, The Trinity Sessions is a spare, evocative, countrified-rock classic. Their inspired reworking of both "Blue Moon" and "Working On A Building" reveal the Timmins family to be talented interpreters and insightful neo-traditionalists. Mixing the ambitious songwriting of Margo and Michael Timmins with subdued covers of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," The Trinity Sessions is an exquisite collection that holds up quite well under repeated listening. --Mitch Myers
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solid gold June 10, 2004
Robert Elliott (Montreal Qc Canada)
This is one solid recording. The Trinity Session is worthy of being called an audiophile's delight. The sonics are fabulous, and the music ain't bad either! Margo Timmins voice is haunting. Whoever recorded this disc knew what they were doing. This should be manditory listening for engineers. [Those that aren't already deaf.] I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite track, they are all great. Blue Moon, Song for Elvis, and I'm so lonesome I could cry, come to mind. While I love, Mott the Hoople's Sweet Jane. The Junkies give it a new lease on life. I know Lou Reed wrote it, never been a big fan of his style, with the exception of walk on the Wild Side. Okay, I'll admit his version isn't too bad, but The Junkies do it so well.
A defining moment for the Cowboy Junkies. May 25, 2004
Campbell Roark (from under the floorboards and through the woods...)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The fact that this CD has the most reviews out of ALL the CJ's albums (only 'Open' oddly enough comes close), and it still has an average 5 star rating should speak for itself. For once in my life, I side with the mob, as it were. This is a gem, easily in my top-ten favorite records of all time. pThe production is excellent- it sounds like the band is in the room with you, from every whispery note from Margo- to every hushed drum beat. Admiteddly, this is something one comes to expect from the CJ's- even when I don't care for their albums (Lay it down), they still always 'sound' great. On this one it sounds especially great: Everyone clicks on this. Everyone knows their place and does a fine job. This Cd is the perfect mix of country, blues and poetry. From Margo's evocative and ever-soulful voice to Michael's lucid and luminous guitar-work. The steady bass (it must be said that Alan Anton is one hell of an anchor)and drum work, always holding down the fort... Oh, the guest musicians hand in nothing short of exquisite performances. The harmonica is so sweet. pThe covers are the heart of this album and they are gorgeous- the cover of Sweet Jane that every would-be hipster from my generation knows by heart, as well as the slooooooooooow-waltzing version of 'Blue Moon Revisited,' (quite possibly my fave song by them) which has one of the most wonderfully understated guitar solos I've ever heard. The not-so-well known cover of Hank Williams' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,' that sounds nothing like the original yet demonstrates how reinterpretaion can be an act of creation all its own. Reinvention, not immitation, is the highest form of flattery- the CJ's know this and deftly make whatever they handle their own. pThe originals are among the best and bluesiest tunes ever penned by the band (you can tell from their first album- the CJ's were born to play the blues, though it's a night-shade of blue all their own). They segue easily and sweetly into each other. This is one of those Cds that suits damn near any occasion- a date, washing the dishes, driving all night, editing a novel, working out, nostalgic musings... It's just fine for all activities or the lack thereof. 'Dreaming my Dreams with You,' sounds exactly like what it means- a particularly masterful use of titular onomatopoeia. 'Postcard Blues' slips so languidly and sweetly into 'walkin After Midnight'- you almost miss the fact that they're two different songs. 200 More miles is a weary gem of a tune. They're all top-notch. No sleepers. Everything pleases. In the Empty-Vee world we all inahbit CDs like this are beyond rare. They have almost gone extinct: This is the high-water mark of one of the best bands in the last 20 years. If you're gonna get ANY of the CJ's albums- this is the one you want. Start here. I, and every other of the 60-odd five star dropping reviewers will guarantee you- you won't be let down with this. And seeing how cheap copies abound in the used section- how can you not pick one up?pAnd Hey, for all you die-hard fans out there, if you didn't know- there's a version of 'Me the Devil' on the 'Pump up the volume' soundtrack (and it's NOT the bare bones version from their first CD- it's a longer more sustained chaotic gypsy-sque, blues-from hell, version) that is one the best songs I've ever heard, hands down, period. It would be completely in place if it were on this CD. I don't know why it hasn't been put out on a comp of some kind- maybe it has but I'm in the dark.
Late night listening May 21, 2004
Kate Christian
You should own this. It is quiet, compeling, and simply wonderful. A work of art and one of my all time favorites.
Simply Outstanding January 19, 2004
cluricaune (Co. Armagh, N. Ireland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recorded live in November 1987 at Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto (and hence The Trinity Session), this was the Cowboy Junkies' second album. The track listing is made up of a number of self-penned tunes, a couple of traditional songs and a few cover versions. I never would have thought it possible that songs by Lou Reed and Hank Williams could appear on the same album without sounding at odds with each other...yet that is exactly what the band have achieved. pThere are so many outstanding tracks on this CD it's hard to pick out the highlights. The two traditional tunes - Mining for Gold and Working on a Building - would certainly be among my favourites. Mining for Gold opens the album, and is sung unaccompanied by Margo. Although only about a minute and a half long, it's beautifully delivered with a real sense of melancholy. Working on a Building is the other traditional tune. This time, the rest of the band are allowed to join in (!!) and the song is played with a slight jazzy feel. Alan Anton's bass playing, excellent throughout the album, really adds to the atmosphere on this song. pIt was Blue Moon Revisited that first brought the band to my attention. Entirely different in sound and style to the original Blue Moon, it's a beautifully laid back number with a hint of sadness and regret. Sweet Jane, written by Lou Reed, has become a huge favourite of the Junkies' fans, and has been referred to as the band's signature tune. Alan's bass, again, contributes greatly to the mood on both songs. pOf the songs written solely by members of the bands, Postcard Blues and Misguided Angel are, for me, the best. A guest musician, Steve Shearer, provides the harmonica on the former - a contribution that allows the song to live up to its name. pThe album was captured live, using a single microphone and cost only CDN $250 to record. It's also a great example of how keeping production work to a minimum can, at times, help the album. Admittedly, the quality of the songwriting, the playing and the singing is also a big help ! Margo, like the Irish folk / trad singer Cara Dillon, has a beautiful voice - it's something that really strikes home when a song is sung unaccompanied.
The Sounds Of Silence. January 2, 2004
Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
How did so many people make so little noise? The Cowboy Junkies begged that question when this, their classic second album, took the world in a quiet storm. Mesmerizing in an absorbing way, the hushed recording does what so few others can do, it draws you in. It is nakedly intense, and gently unfolds song by song. Margo Timmins sings in a voice that invites comparisons to Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris, infusing the CJ's country with blues and a huge dose of post-modern melancholy. The result was haunting and spooky, so low key that it barely registers when you turn it up loud. While this may scare a great many people off the Junkies, it will hypnotize many others into following them down this high and lonesome path.pWhile the Junkies' best known song here was probably their somnambulant cover of Sweet Jane, the brother and sister writing of Margo and Michael Timmins held its own. Misguided Angel could have easily been a Patsy Cline song, as it is, it companions Walking After Midnight flawlessly. Like the best of country blues, they know how to make you cry into your beer (or whatever you may have at the bar). The gentle sadness of their version of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry could make a room full of Coal Miner's fathers drip tears in their beers. pThat The Trinity Session came out in 1988 and still sounds idiosyncratic and original should tell you how essential this record remains. It is a quiet treasure.
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