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The Be Good Tanyas
Released 2003

It's Not Happening
02:41
4,070 plays

Ship Out On The Sea
04:13
3,596 plays

Waiting Around To Die
05:13
3,587 plays

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- 1
- It's Not Happening
- 02:41
- 4,070 plays

- 2
- Waiting Around To Die
- 05:13
- 3,587 plays

- 3
- The Junkie Song
- 03:47
- 3,574 plays

- 4
- Ship Out On The Sea
- 04:13
- 3,596 plays

- 5
- Dogsong 2
- 05:08
- 2,614 plays

- 6
- Rowdy Blues
- 03:32
- 2,677 plays

- 7
- Reuben
- 04:23
- 2,685 plays

- 8
- House Of The Rising Sun
- 03:49
- 3,362 plays

- 9
- In Spite Of All The Damage
- 03:59
- 3,556 plays

- 10
- Lonesome Blues
- 04:17
- 2,570 plays

- 11
- In My Time Of Dying
- 03:43
- 2,868 plays

- 12
- I Wish My Baby Was Born
- 03:50
- 2,133 plays

- 13
- Horses
- 04:01
- 3,228 plays

- 14
- Midnight Moonlight
- 03:45
- 2,610 plays

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album review

The homespun, slightly quirky approach that guided the Be Good Tanyas on Blue Horse permeates their enigmatically titled sophomore release too. If anything, these performances beckon the listener even more into the material, as a fiery hearth might draw strangers together on a cold night. The singing is raggedy and breathy, the instruments gently strummed or stroked; like whispered intimacies, these elements cast a conversational spell. When something extra is added, it comes in minimal doses -- a sprinkle of barely audible electric guitar and unobtrusive strings enhance, rather than delete, the acoustic ambience on "Dogsong 2," while two cameos by Olu Dara stir memories of Joni Mitchell's early tapestries of folk and jazz. No single tracks stand out, but that may be intentional; by sustaining its blurry, wistful mood with neither gimmick nor interruption, Chinatown feels like an evening well spent with old friends. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide