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Fortune's Favour
by Great Big Sea
from Great Big Sea

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• The Life of My Time
  After the Hard and the Easy and a very welcome return to the salt, sea and shores of Newfoundland found in those playful and traditional style songs by the greatest band on earth, I was a little put off by my first few listens to this newest effort. The songs sound good and are well produced but I was a little bored about half way through by, what seemed to me, to be lots of the same old thing. I know it is in vogue to recycle these days, but not when it comes to music. I'm still not sure after a few more... more info

• Great cd by a great band
  This is a great album from the guys. The new songs blended in really well in the live set on the current tour. A+++ Also recommended, download the GBS cover of "Gallow's Pole."

• Great CD from Great Big Sea
  Just saw Great Big Sea in concert (NYC - 9/19/08) and fell in love with some of their new songs (Walk on the Moon, Love Me Tonight, England). I had to hear them again!
  This CD is not like their old ones - more rocky, less folksy - the love songs pull on the heart, their defiant ones make you want to dance, and their ballads fill you with longing. I wish they had compiled a live CD of these songs because this group ROCKS in person... It's true, the band sounds less like Great Big Sea of 10 years ago,... more info

• A lot of pop.
  Following up on "The Hard and the Easy", the boys head back to the sound of "Something Beautiful" with a pop fueled CD. The odd thing is that you don't recognize it's GBS until the 6th song. The first five are cannon fodder. They all sound the same, could be made by any band in the country and I find myself skipping over them quickly. Starting with "Oh Yeah" you finally recognize the boys. From there songs like "Company of Fools", "Banks of Newfoundland" and "Straight To Hell" keep with their theme of... more info

Tracks:

1. Love Me Tonight
2. Walk on the Moon
3. England
4. Here and Now
5. Long Lost Love
6. Oh Yeah
7. Banks of Newfoundland
8. Dream to Live
9. Company of Fools
10. Hard Case
11. Rocks of Merasheen
12. Dance Dance
13. Heart of Stone
14. Straight to Hell

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