Jackie Leven
Forbidden Songs of the Dying West
1995 · Album
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Cooking Vinyl
- Catalogue number
- COOK CD 090
Listen to the album
Track listing
- Young Male Suicide Blessed By Invisible Woman 3:21
- Some Ancient Misty Morning 4:36
- Working Alone / A Blessing 8:23
- Leven's Lament 4:36
- Marble City BarLive London, 12 Bar Club · Bremen 1999 · Deep in the Heart of Nowhere · Kiel 2003 4:34
- The WandererLive Kiel 2003 4:36
- Exultation 1:08
- Men In PrisonLive Bremen 1999 · Bergen 2003 4:24
- Birds Leave Shadows 4:00
- Stornoway Girl 2:58
- Silver Roof 3:43
- Lammermuir Hills 4:22
- Come Back Early Or Never Come 4:27
- By The Sign Of The Shattered Star 2:30
- The Scene That Haunts My Memory 1:11
- My Lord What A Morning 0:55
In the press
- Record review: Jackie Leven – Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West
Short review: the former Doll by Doll singer presents a successor to the previous year's “pearl”; for the uninitiated Leven is a cross between Bryan Ferry and Van Morrison and proves once again what a good singer he is.
- Liv og Leven – JACKIE LEVEN: Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West
Positive review: big boys who cry, mothers who took their own lives, but also blessed moments – the songs are about personal growth, the basic mood is not depressing but heart-warming, soothing, almost spiritual.
- Lite Leven
Praising review despite an ironic headline (“little noise”): the album is doomed to be a critics' darling and will hardly sell much, but is gloriously melancholy, full of catchy melodies and free of pop clichés.
- Ujevn Leven
Reserved short review in the “Speilet” column: Forbidden Songs of the Dying West (Amigo) is a collection of atmospheric, slightly pompous songs, a three-part “concept album” with Ireland as its starting point.
- I arkiv: Jackie Leven – Forbidden Songs of the Dying West
In the “I arkiv” column, Tore Bø recommends the 1995 album: Defending Ancient Springs is, for him, the best album of the year, and the recent Bergen concert was his first Leven concert – a “middle-aged heavyset man in Harry clothes” alone with a guitar, who hit him straight in the soul.
- Jackie Leven - Great Songs From Eternal Bars - Review
Carter recommends the low-priced four-CD box as the best introduction to Leven's “Celtic Soul” of folk, rock and poetry.
Musicians & credits
- Vocals, guitar, whistling
- Jackie Leven
- Bass, keyboards
- James Hallawell
- Drums, percussion
- Steve Jackson
- Pedal steel guitar
- Melvin Duffy
- Vocals
- Andy White