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Here's what Rolling Stone said about Last Train Home's 1998 self-titled debut CD:

"Doch dafur sind ihre im Balladen und Midtempo gehaltenen Songs allesamt Meisterwerke in puncto Aufbau und Zusammenspiel."

Okay, so it was the German edition of Rolling Stone, but basically it says, "Last Train Home's songs are masterpieces in every way".

The Tennessean described Last Train Home's sound as "a little Duane Eddy twang, wisps of steel guitar, roller rink organ, touches of R.E.M.-ish college rock and killer harmonies".

Last Train Home have forged a sound that puts them squarely ahead of most alt country combos. No fake twang, no obsessing over trucks and diners and cowgirls. Just great songs about real life played like these folks mean it.

A feature of Travelogue is a beautiful version of the recently deceased Fred Neil's Everybody's Talkin', best known from Nilsson's version on the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack.

Friends, Last Train Home are the real deal. Miss them and Travelogue at your peril.

REVIEWS

"The new album (or rather compilation of tracks from their first two records) by Washington based outfit Last Train Home kicks off with a track called "Louisiana," a song which if you didn't know any better you'd be forgiven for thinking was an out-take from Elton John's "Madman Across the Water" album, complete with the almost identical voice and trademark piano. And then it changes into something entirely different with "All Eyes Do," a piece of country-tinged almost college rock. And then it changes again into something more different still with "Tonight," a hillbilly number sounding like it came straight out of a Johnny Cash songbook. You get the picture then - this isn't a straightforward album, meandering its way through everything from pop to country to folk. And yet it kind of works when it comes down to it - there's a consistency to the whole thing through the strong songwriting and obvious interactivity of all the band members, lead vocalist Eric Brace perhaps having the lion's share of tracks but without a monopoly on the talent. Songs like "Long Time Gone" and "Angelina" gently pull all the right strings without any hint of overproduction. Despite the variety, the album does occasionally become over-familiar too quickly towards the end of proceedings - it'd be nice for them to break out a little more - but then maybe it's not that sort of record, and it ends with a cover of the Blasters' "So Long Baby Goodbye" which really is about as good as it gets. More please." 31/2 stars - Americana-UK Website

"If you like great traditional stuff like on the Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack then check out Last Train Home. With a sense of humour and a sense of songsmith agility these guys could give the Soggy Bottom Boys a run for their money." - Drum Media

"Being a compilation of tracks from two previously released albums, this one is a little schizophrenic, but there are some great songs here nonetheless. Originals like "Tonight" are raw country at its best, while their cover of the late-lamented Blasters' "So Long Baby, Goodbye" shows the band's skill at arrangements." - JUICE

"It's something of a hint how good this collection is that it features sleeve notes by none other than acclaimed crime-writer George Pelecanos. "Their songs resonate like the images of an Edward Hopper painting, and linger like the taste of your first kiss," he opines of this Washington-based band, and who could doubt him? This is the sort of stuff that will gladden the hearts of anyone who has always loved the eclectic, good-timey but musically razor-sharp likes of NRBQ or, on this side of the pond, Brinsley Schwarz, in their heyday. The songs on this collection are subtle, humorous,, unpretentious, and elegantly borrowed from all manner of rootsy influences - they're so far out of fashion that they're way ahead of it. They are taken from their two U.S. released albums and a couple of stray contributions to tribute albums. Pelecanos is not the band's only high-profile fan, either. When Dave Alvin of The Blasters heard their version of his own song So Long Baby, he not only burst into tears at how good it was but he promptly changed his own version of the song to their arrangement." - 4 / 5, Manchester Evening News

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http://www.laughingoutlaw.com.au

Track List:
1. Louisiana
2. All Eyes Go
3. Tonight
4. Doughnut Girl
5. True North
6. My Sally
7. Sugar
8. Never Been To Memphis
9. Angelina
10. Sentimental Value
11. Loving Arms
12. Long Time Gone
13. So Long Baby, Goodbye
14. Everybody's Talking

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Other Genres:

• COUNTRY: Modern Country
• COUNTRY: Country Rock
• TYPE: COMPILATIONS