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Kris Kristofferson
Surreal Thing/Easter Island
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. You Show Me Yours
2. (And I ll Show You Mine)
3. Killing Time
4. The Prisoner
5. Eddie The Eunuch
6. It s Never Gonna Be The Same Again
7. I Got A Life Of My Own
8. The Stranger I Love
9. The Golden Idol
10. Bad Love Story
11. If You Don t Like Hank Williams
12. Risky Bizness
13. How Do You Feel (About Foolin Around)
14. Forever In Your Love
15. The Sabre And The Rose
16. Spooky Lady s Revenge
17. Easter Island
18. The Bigger The Fool (The Harder The Fall)
19. Lay Me Down (And Love The World Away)
20. The Fighter
21. Living Legend

CD Details

All Artists: Kris Kristofferson
Title: Surreal Thing/Easter Island
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Release Date: 7/7/2009
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Outlaw Country, Singer-Songwriters
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 664140425422

Synopsis

Album Description

2009 two-fer containing a pair of classic albums from the singer/songwriter available on one CD: Surreal Thing (1976) and Easter Island (1978). Kris Kristofferson has been one of the elite premier Country singer/songwriters for almost four decades. His songs have been recorded by artists from every genre and he released a number of successful albums on his own throughout the '70s and beyond. Wounded Bird.

CD Reviews

Some Strong Stuff

Old T.B. | Cheyenne, Wy USA | 10/15/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Surreal Thing is not one of Kris Kristofferson's better known albums, but it is actually a much stronger effort than the one preceding it, 1975s Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame, and the one that came after, 1978s Easter Island (included on this two-fer). In fact, the run of songs beginning with "Never Gonna Be the Same Again" through to "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" qualifies as one of the most consistent sequences of high-quality music on any Kristofferson album. Surreal Thing is probably one of my top five favorite Kristofferson releases.

Easter Island, on the other hand, is not as strong; there's really too much filler on this one. With that said, the final two tracks, "The Fighter" and "Living Legend" (redone in the Nineties admirably, but not as powerfully, by Kristofferson and company in the Highwaymen) are two of the man's finest creations. And, "The Sabre and the Rose" is an interesting track; I'm not exactly sure why, but I've always enjoyed this song.

I definitely recommend this re-issue. It holds some great music from one of our greatest songwriters."