Kris Kristofferson - Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn
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Artist: Kris KristoffersonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2009-07-07
Music Label: Wounded Bird Records
Soundtracks:
- Josie
- Burden Of Freedom
- Stagger Mountain Tragedy
- Border Lord
- Somebody Nobody Knows
- Little Girl Lost
- Smokey Put The Sweat On Me
- When She's Wrong
- Gettin' By, High And Strange
- Kiss The World Goodbye
- Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine)
- Nobody Wins
- It Sure Was (Love)
- Enough For You
- Help Me
- Jesse Younger
- Give It Time To Be Tender
- Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
- Sugar Man
- Why Me
Music reviews of Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn
Music Review: An Inconsistent Year from Kris
Rating: 3 Stars
1972 saw the release of both Border Lord and Jesus was a Capricorn. Border Lord, Kristofferson's third album, is not as solid as his first two, but it still contains an impressive array of songs. One theme of Border Lord seems to be women with less-than-pleasant lives, from the strong opener "Josie" to "Somebody Nobody Knows" to "Little Girl Lost" with the classic line "She'll feed your hungry ego till you think you're quite a man / But, you'd better count your fingers when she turns loose of your hand." "Kiss the World Goodbye" is pure Kristofferson swagger ("I owed the devil some debts, boys / And paid 'em all up but one); Dean Martin did a hell of a fine cover of this song on his Dino album from the early Seventies. My favorite track on Border Lord is "Burden of Freedom." Really, has any other songwriter captured the exhilaration and sobering responsibility of personal freedom as Kristofferson has throughout his career? I don't think so. When he sings "Lord, help me to shoulder the burden of freedom," man, he means it, and you feel it. All in all, a fine album from Kris.
Then, there's Jesus was a Capricorn, one of Kristofferson's best selling albums, and by far my least favorite Kristofferson album. Don't get me wrong: there's some really good stuff here. The title track is one of Kristofferson's pointed and hilarious looks at the fear and hypocrisy that makes people judge those who are different. And, "Why Me" justly deserves its place as a country standard. But, I'm just not a big fan of Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge duets, and there's two of them on here. "Sugar Man," in my opinion, is the low point of Kris's songwriting. And Larry Gatlin's "Help Me" (sung here with Gatlin) was done better by Elvis Presley. I know there are many who would disagree with me, but the reason to buy this reissued two-fer is Border Lord, hands down. And, folks, Border Lord is a good album to have in your collection.
Description of Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn
2009 two-fer containing a pair of classic albums from the singer/songwriter available on one CD: Border Lord and Jesus Was A Capricorn(both released in 1972). 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.General CDs
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