Johnny Dowd, Temporary Shelter - 54m 23s

Tracks & Durations

1. Vengeance is Mine	4:15
2. Big Wave	3:38
3. Cradle to the Grave	6:10
4. Golden Rule	3:12
5. Hell or High Water	5:16
6. Hideaway	3:52
7. Angel Eyes	8:09
8. Sky Above, Mud Below	3:27
9. Stumble and Fall	6:20
10. Lost Avenue	3:54
11. Death Comes Knocking	6:01

Note: The information about this album is acquired from the publicly available resources and we are not responsible for their accuracy.

Review

While Johnny Dowd seemed like a throwback to the era of Appalachian murder ballads on his 1997 debut, Wrong Side of Memphis, his third album finds the late-blooming, 52-year-old artist extending his stylistic reach. His lyrics continue to probe the psyche's darkest recesses--the feverish obsessions with death, Jesus, and the disease of love--but the settings range from the nightmarish disco of "Vengeance Is Mine" to the surf beat of "Big Wave" to the cinematic expanse of "Angel Eyes." ("Zombies prowl the streets," sings the monotone Dowd. "Dead souls fill the bars.") With his voice evoking a private hell, the ethereal innocence of singer Kim Sherwood-Caso offers glimmers of redemption. Dowd's dread-laced primitivism might strike some listeners as oddly funny--unsettlingly so--but this singular artist sounds deadly serious throughout. --Don McLeese

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Temporary Shelter

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 56m 57s (+2m 34s)

Please note: we do not provide any Johnny Dowd music downloads, have no any mp3 music including music samples and music ringtones, and can not assist you where to buy music CDs and used CDs. You can search for it on music sites all over the Internet or visit one of our advertisers. We appreciate any ideas and comments about this experimental music database.