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For some artists, winning an Oscar would represent reaching a pinnacle. For Ryan Bingham, who took home the Academy Award for "The Weary Kind," his hauntingly beautiful theme song for the acclaimed film Crazy Heart, it instead represented a crossroads and a decision about which path to take.
Bingham puts that philosophy to the test in a big way on Junky Star, his third album on Lost Highway, which was recorded in a matter of days with producer T Bone Burnett, his collaborator on the Crazy Heart soundtrack. The disc delivers a bracing fusion of pensive, gravelly ballads and raw, rock'n'roll cuts that showcase Bingham's incisive, darkly compelling lyrical bent.
Bingham channels a number of unique spirits over the course of the album. Elsewhere, a vivid evocation of our current social climate that'd have Woody Guthrie nodding in approval and Bingham applies his wizened rasp with precise strokes, wringing emotion from every note.
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TRACK LISTING
1 The Poet 4:57
2 The Wandering 3:08
3 Strange Feelin' In the Air 4:45
4 Junky Star 4:49
5 Depression 4:53
6 Hallelujah 5:00
7 Yesterday's Blues 4:14
8 Direction of the Wind 4:29
9 Lay My Head On the Rail 3:01
10 Hard Worn Trail 3:55
11 Self-Righteous Wall 5:18
12 All Choked Up Again 6:12
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