Jay F. (JR41) from COLUMBUS, IN Reviewed on 10/13/2011...
The Cowboy Junkies are very talented. The music is too slow for my tastes. I am more of a honky tonk music listener and this and other CJ CD's I have received are just too solemn and slow for my liking. I had not really heard of them prior to joining CD Swap. I went off of other reviews and thought I would give them a try. If your tastes are for medium to slow music then the Junkies are for you.
CD Reviews
The Caution Horses
jazmine | 02/09/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I heard this CD years ago and loved it. I worked in a restaurant & when this CD was played you could see the people eating just getting closer to each other. It sounded just as good as ever!"
Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses
K. Singer | Phoenix | 03/25/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great CD - I love them already so it was not a difficult sell. The CD was in excellent condition (brand new as promised) and shipping was faster than estimated. All in all great buy."
Great alt-country/country rock
M. Wright | Tokyo | 09/01/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The Junkies started their catalog with The Trinity Sessions, an EP of refreshingly slow songs and covers recorded in LA's Trinity Church. Caution Horses' songs are faster but still slow, and feature a melancholy accordion in addition to the usual country instrumentation. This is one of the Junkies' best albums, second only to their third, Black-Eyed Man. The lyrics are tart and sardonic yet delivered in a breathy, flat contralto by the lead singer. This album and the aforementioned Black-Eyed Man are their most distinctive and therefore their best. As they gained experience, the Junkies' began to play faster and faster, losing much of their distinctiveness."
Mellifluent, Moody & Magnificent
state | 07/01/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Overall there is no questioning the primacy of the Trinity Sessions but nothing else in the output of the Cowboy Junkies comes as close as The Caution Horses to the sustained lyricism and evocative moodiness of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. Michael and Margo Timmins even manage to make Neil Young's "Powderfinger" work with the other songs in the suite--no small feat. As a cohesive whole The Caution Horses even exceeds The Trinity Sessions, with not a misstep over the ten tracks. Unquestionably a classic."