Sublime collection an Aussie classic.
Bernie | The Bush, Vic, Australia | 06/20/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"" You saw my ship, my life was a storm, I felt you move with me along the shore" Dave Graney - Mogambo
Having listened to this album for over 13 years now, I feel I can confidently claim it as one of Australian music's all time classics alongside albums of the quality of The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional, Paul Kelly's - Gossip, Crowded House's Woodface and the Oil's Diesel and Dust among others.
In song after song on this album Dave captures a perfect mood. Lyrically the album overflows with poetic reflections. He jumps into Jack Kerouac's head on Maggie Cassidy "before I tried to put the sea into words, I was meant for Maggie Cassidy" He looks back to his boyhood, reflecting on big brothers and sisters on 'That's the Way it's gonna Be" - "
I was born in a town that hugged the side,
of a mountain for dear life,
everybody my brothers and sisters we flew,
as quick as we thought we could..."
On other tracks he gets into a rocking groove. But the songs I love best are the piano tinkling, slower numbers like "I held the cool breeze", "Mogambo" and "Out there in the NIght of Time". The mood overall is late night with a glass of something in your hands sinking deep in a cosy chair among friends.
It's a terrific album by an artist with something to say and a beautiful way of saying it. I heartily recommend you check it out."