| Swept Away | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Label | Ridgetop Music [1] | |||
| Producer | Jesse Colin Young | |||
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Swept Away is an album by the American musician Jesse Colin Young, released in 1994. [2] [3] A mostly acoustic album, it followed the more rock-oriented Makin' It Real. [4] [5] Its cover photo depicts a naked Young and his guitar. [6]
The album was produced by Young. [7] His daughter Juli sang on the album. [8] "Misty Roses" is a cover of the Tim Hardin song. [9] The guitar used on "Love Is You" employs a Hawaiian tuning. [8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [11] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [12] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [13] |
| The Tampa Tribune | [7] |
The Washington Post called the album "an unabashed and nearly uninterrupted series of love songs and confessional ballads," writing that, "for the most part, Young plays to his strengths as a folk balladeer." [9] The Indianapolis Star determined that "Young sure has a melancholy way of singing about his happiness... Young describes the close connections between sorrow and joy, and the tenuous balance we strive to maintain for fear of losing the joy part." [12] The Tampa Tribune thought that "digital production and Young's soothing vocals enhance this new age folk-rock outing." [7]
The Rocky Mountain News noted the "typically soaring vocals and numerous ballads," writing that "it also would have benefited mightily from more variety." [14] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram lamented that "even the cover of Tim Hardin's ethereal 'Misty Roses' can't save this wallow in emotional extremism." [15]
AllMusic wrote that "the album worked because of its sincerity: thirty years into his recording career, Jesse Colin Young retained a remarkable, childlike openness that invited listeners into his world." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Swept Away" | |
| 2. | "Misty Roses" | |
| 3. | "Love Is the Moment" | |
| 4. | "Cheyenne" | |
| 5. | "Desire" | |
| 6. | "Waterfall" | |
| 7. | "Our Wedding Song" | |
| 8. | "Sweet as a Song" | |
| 9. | "Catfish" | |
| 10. | "Laimana" | |
| 11. | "Street of Broken Dreams" | |
| 12. | "Spring Is Here" | |
| 13. | "Love Is You" |
Perry Miller, known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, Young embarked on a solo career, releasing a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, including Song for Juli (1973), Light Shine (1974), Songbird (1975) and the live album On the Road (1976). Young continued to release music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records, before deciding to release music through his personal label, Ridgetop Music, in 1993. After the Mount Vision Fire in 1995, Young relocated with his family to a coffee plantation in Hawaii, periodically releasing music. Young received a diagnosis of "chronic Lyme disease" in 2012, and decided to retire from music. He began performing again in 2016 with his son Tristan, releasing a new album Dreamers in 2019 through BMG.
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