Warmth & Beauty, by Thad Cockrell

Warmth & Beauty

by Thad Cockrell

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	1.	I'd Rather Have You 04:10
	2.	Warmth & Beauty 03:52
	3.	Taking the View 04:33
	4.	Why Go? 04:00
	5.	Some Tears 05:03
	6.	She Ain't No You 04:47
	7.	Breaking of a Day 05:13
	8.	My Favorite Memory 06:01
	9.	What's the Use 03:28
	10.	I Was So Lonesome 02:58
	11.	Are You Still Missing Me? 04:12

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Thad Cockrell's first album was tossed off in a single session, but this sophomore follow-up was recorded at a more deliberate pace and is thus far better produced and executed. There is a less rushed quality to these country-folk tunes, helped immensely by Cockrell's lovely, lazy tenor voice. Singing somewhat like a young Loudon Wainwright III, this is pure country music, untainted by commercial considerations and without rock influences. There's more than a hint of Gram Parsons here as well, and much of this album would sound just fine next to the first few Flying Burrito Brothers discs. In fact, "My Favorite Memory," with its aching melody and slight R&B underpinnings, seems like it's written with Parsons in mind. There's also a dab of Dwight Yoakam, especially in the Bakersfield twang of "What's the Use." Kudos especially to producer Chris Stamey, whose light touch spotlights Cockrell's voice prominently in the mix, exactly where it should be, and supports it with weepy pedal steel (from Tift Merritt's Greg Reading) and honky tonk piano (courtesy of ex-Jayhawk Jen Gunderman) that is dramatic but not overwhelming.

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released September 23, 2003

2003, 2003 Yep Roc Records

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