Cat. No. 2849: BONDI CIGARS ~ 32 PREMIUM QUALITY CUTS 1990-2006. THORNY DEVIL TDR002.

THE BONDI CIGARS HAVE BEEN AN INSTITUTION ON THE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA SCENE SINCE THEIR FORMATION IN 1989. INITIALLY, THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH TOUTED AS A ROCK BAND WITH A SLIGHT LEANING TOWARDS BLUES MUSIC BUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS CLEARLY SHOWS A BAND WITH A FULL TILT AT BLUES WITH THE OCCASIONAL VENTURE INTO ROCK. THIS ALBUM COMPRISES 30 TRACKS LIFTED OFF THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUMS ALONG WITH TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE) TRACKS. SHANE PACEY, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBERS, HAS PENNED 26 OF THE TRACKS AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY HE IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST WRITER OF BLUES IN AUSTRALIA. THE BEST PART ABOUT HIS WRITING IS THAT EVERY SONG IS DIFFERENT. THERE IS NO A SAMENESS WITH EACH WHICH CAN OCCUR WHEN ONE MEMBER PENS MOST OF THE SONGS ON AN ALBUM AND IT IS AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO LISTEN TO HIS MASTERY OF SONG-WRITING. THIS TWO CD ALBUM COULD QUITE EASILY BE SUB-TITLED “THE BEST OF THE BEST” AS IT IS A SUPERB FEAST OF BLUES MUSIC ******

TRACK LISTING: CD1 – Right Or Wrong (prev. unreleased) / Ghost Train / Howling At The Moon / Cry To Me / Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds You / Steppin’ In / You’re A Mystery / The Path Is Clear / Bad Weather Blues / The Pain / You Get That / Calling Card / Key To Your Heart / Alberts’ Alley / Got The News / Last Man In Town / Nobody Sees Me.

CD2 – Paris On $10 A Day / Intensive Care / Life After You / Separation Blues / Leaving Thing / Second Skin / Mercy / Betcha Don’t Know / You Can Never Go Back / All I Want Is Everything / I Can’t Sleep / Some Other Man / Talking Tombstone / Tell Me What I Need To Know / Twilight Walking (prev. unreleased).

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