You've Never Seen Everything

You've Never Seen Everything
Studio album by
Bruce Cockburn
ReleasedJune 10, 2003
RecordedOctober 7 – December 16, 2002
GenreFolk rock
Length67:04
LabelTrue North / Rounder
ProducerBruce Cockburn, Colin Linden
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Anything Anytime Anywhere: Singles 1979–2002
(2002) 		You've Never Seen Everything
(2003) 		Speechless
(2005)

You've Never Seen Everything is the 21st studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released on July 10, 2003.

Special guests on the album include Hugh Marsh, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Sarah Harmer, and Sam Phillips.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Thom Jurek for AllMusic[1]
Geoff Ashmun for PopMatters(not rated)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Ian Cuthbertson for The Weekend Australian[4]

In a review for AllMusic, critic Thom Jurek wrote: "Of his many gifts, two of his most developed are his journalistic eye for detail, and having one ear always to the ground. This time out, the view is sharply contrasting from one song to the next. Politically, this is Cockburn's angriest record since World of Wonders or Stealing Fire... It is pointless to place this record in a pecking order with Cockburn's other work; that it adds to that body of work immeasurably is compliment enough. However, to say that it is necessary because it can cause self- and world-examination in any listener who plays it through is as high a compliment as can be offered."[1] Geoff Ashmun of PopMatters called the album "spellbinding" and noted "Cockburn's as present and relevant as he's ever been better."[2] In a review for The Weekend Australian, Ian Cuthbertson described that it "takes off on a fascinating journey of witnessing and protest, prayer and despair, imagery and ambience", and praised it as "so fresh and inspired it's hard to believe it's his 27th".[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bruce Cockburn, except where noted

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Tried and Tested"5:03
2."Open"4:03
3."All Our Dark Tomorrows"6:17
4."Trickle Down" (Cockburn, Andy Milne, Carl Walker)6:16
5."Everywhere Dance" (Cockburn, Milne)4:20
6."Put It in Your Heart"5:27
7."Postcards from Cambodia"6:57
8."Wait No More"4:09
9."Celestial Horses"5:59
10."You've Never Seen Everything"9:16
11."Don't Forget About Delight"5:49
12."Messenger Wind"3:28
Total length:67:04

Personnel

  • Bruce Cockburn - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, dobro (track 8)
  • Hugh Marsh - violins (except 5), loops (1, 3), keyboard, percussion (7)
  • Andy Milne - piano (4, 5, 10)
  • Grégoire Maret - harmonica (5)
  • Colin Linden - electric mandolins (2), additional bass (7)
  • John Dymond - bass (1–3, 6)
  • Richard Brown - bass (4)
  • Steve Lucas - bass (7, 11)
  • Larry Taylor - upright bass (8, 9, 12)
  • Gary Craig - drums and percussion (exc. 5, 7, 11)
  • Ben Riley - drums (4, 7, 11), additional drums (1, 3)
  • Stephen Hodges - drums and percussion (8, 9, 10), marimba (12)
  • Dr. Divorce - loop (10)
  • John Whynot - human whistle (10)
  • Sam Phillips – vocal harmonies (1)
  • Sarah Harmer – vocal harmonies (2, 11)
  • Emmylou Harris – vocal harmonies (3, 7, 10)
  • Maury LaFoy – vocal harmonies (6)
  • Graham Powell – vocal harmonies (6)
  • Jonell Mosser – vocal harmonies (8)
  • Jackson Browne – vocal harmonies (9)

Production

  • Bruce Cockburn – producer
  • Colin Linden – producer, additional recording
  • John Whynot audio engineer at
    • Studio Frisson, Montreal
    • The Clubhouse, Toronto
    • Deep Field, Nashville
    • Groove Masters, Los Angeles
    • Devonshire, Los Angeles
  • John Whynot – mixing at Skip Saylor Sound, Los Angeles
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "You've Never Seen Everything > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Ashmun, Geoff (July 1, 2003). "Bruce Cockburn: You've Never Seen Everything". PopMatters. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review, June 10, 2003[dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b Cuthbertson, Ian (June 28–29, 2003). "Dark side of the mon" [title of another review on the same page, but this review is listed under the genre "folk"]. Review : Music. No. 12055?. p. R12. ISSN 1038-8761. EBSCOhost 200306281B12584535. Factiva austln0020030627dz6s00020. Nexis Uni 4900-TCM0-015G-P12J-00000-00.

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