Night Vision (Bruce Cockburn album)

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Night Vision
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Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedFebruary–May 1973
Thunder Sound Studios Toronto
Genre Folk
Length40:39
Label True North
Producer Eugene Martynec
Bruce Cockburn chronology
Sunwheel Dance
(1972)
Night Vision
(1973)
Salt, Sun and Time
(1974)
Singles from Night Vision
  1. "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long"
    Released: 1973

Night Vision is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn released domestically on True North Records. The album earned Cockburn's first Canadian gold record award in 1979. It was the first full album that Cockburn recorded with a band. [1] [2] The album's artwork is an adaptation of a painting by Alex Colville entitled "Horse and Train".

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Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic music critic James Chrispell, wrote retrospectively "A little darker this time out (hence the title), Bruce Cockburn's fourth album finds even greater rewards... No matter what type of music you're looking for, there's something here that will tickle your fancy." [3]

Track listing

All songs by Bruce Cockburn

  1. "Foxglove" – 1:29
  2. "You Don't Have to Play the Horses" – 3:49
  3. "The Blues Got the World..." – 1:52
  4. "Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long" – 4:14
  5. "Islands in a Black Sky" – 7:40
  6. "Clocks Don't Bring Tomorrow – Knives Don't Bring Good News" – 6:49
  7. "When the Sun Goes Nova" – 2:42
  8. "Déjà Vu" – 5:36
  9. "Light Storm" – 2:33
  10. "God Bless the Children" – 4:17

Personnel

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References

  1. Cockburn, Bruce (2014). Rumours of Glory. HarperCollins. pp. 123–124. ISBN   978-1-44342-072-3.
  2. ""Night vision." (Words and music): Bruce Cockburn", Collections Canada, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, OCLC   38139140, AMICUS No. 5025183, retrieved March 12, 2012
  3. 1 2 Chrispell, James. "Night Vision > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved December 15, 2011.