Description
Among the Living came out in 2001 and is SOM’s first all original CD. It features stand out songs such as Hold On, Among the Living, When The Circus Comes to Town, and Burning Bridges. It was recorded in Halifax at Big Sky Studio One, owned and engineered by Steve Richard (who has since taken all of SOM’s photos for album covers and general photography and produced 2 videos for the band). Tim Feswick once again produced several songs on the record , and ATL reunited the boys with Jon Park-Wheeler as producer for 4 songs. Jon produced the first SOM self titled debut and has been a guitar player in the band several times/year ever since the Among The Living reunion. ATL also saw Dave take the role of producer for the first time on Mile a Minute, and When The Circus Comes to Town.
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10 – When The Circus Comes To Town
*** If you are purchasing the Physical Copy of the CD as a Christmas present, please be aware we cannot guarantee delivery for a certain date due to the volume of mail at that time of year. Also, if you are ordering from overseas or the United States, please allow for additional time in case of any unexpected delays clearing customs.
Dave Carroll
Dave Carroll
Sabine –
I discovered this album by accident – and loved it right away.
I don’t work in the business, so this review might be a little…messy. I will just try to explain how much this album means to me.
I like songs that tell a story, the ones that make me feel and not just hear the music. I often get lost while listening to those. Therefore my favorite songs from the album are “Mrs. Stanley” and “Hold On”. The latter made me pause what I was doing the first time I heard it. It brought tears to my eyes. Maybe it was because I know what it is like to lose someone while he’s sitting right in front of you; or maybe because it is one of the most beautiful love songs I have ever heard. It speaks of the kind of love that is unconditional, grown over many decades, never wavering despite everything. I wish there was more of it in this superficial world we live in. “Mile a Minute” struck a similar chord.
“The 5:07” made me smile. It’s a beautiful love song of a different kind. It also reminded me of my time in Munich. I used to live there for a while, and I spent a lot of time at the train station. I could easily picture a similar scene like the one from the song playing out in front of me.
“Get It Jumpin’” is fun! As is “When the Circus Comes to Town”. I will never look at family reunions the same way.
“Burning Bridges” made me think. Hard. So did “So Confusing”. I need to listen to these songs many times more before I can form my thoughts about them into coherent sentences. Life can definitely be complicated.
I gave this album five out of five stars because after listening to it for weeks, I still haven’t grown tired of it. Sure, there are days where I pick out other CDs, but I always come back to this one.
The only (tiny) negative thing I can say about it is that there are no lyrics in the booklet. I’m not a native speaker, so being able to check if I understood everything correctly can be important to me.
Reading the credits was fun, though. I didn’t know Kim Dunn and J.P. Cormier were part of this project. Seeing Dave Gunning’s name reminded me that there are still some of his albums that I don’t own. And if the mentioned Wendy Gilmour is the one I think it is…well, it seems to be a rather small world when it comes to music from Canada.
Greetings from across the pond. 🙂
Anonymous –
Rather belatedly, I admit, I followed a link to a song that had been created as a protest against United Airlines’ policy of throwing luggage around – and I was bowled over by Dave Carroll’s voice and his lyrics. So I trawled Youtube a bit and decided that I wanted to hear more of his music. Having lost my internet connection and being forced to pay for a top-up as I had been watching too many Sons of Maxwell videos, I bit the bullet and got out my credit card to make a purchase. (Thanks, by the way, to Sharon Carroll for a nice honest customs declaration that meant I wasn’t, for once, chased to pay German tax on my international shopping.)
I admit that I bought this CD not because I had listened to any of the tracks – I lost my connection due to a couple of others – but I don’t regret the purchase, made on the basis of Youtube listeners’/viewers’ recommendations. There are two outstanding tracks, Mile a Minute and When the Circus comes to Town, that I would pick out. The 5.07 probably comes in a close third, but all tracks feature good, intelligent lyrics, lovely voices and great backing music. This CD will join the heap that go in rotation in my car.