Borrowed & Blue is the fifth studio album by Australian country musician Troy Cassar-Daley, released on 19 April 2004[2] and peaked at number 89 on the ARIA Charts. The album is a covers album in which Cassar-Daley acknowledges as songs "he loves and that have influenced his own writing and singing style".[3]
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| Released | 19 April 2004 | |||
| Recorded | The Beach House, The Music Cellar, The Shed [1] | |||
| Genre | country | |||
| Length | 41:57 | |||
| Label | Essence Records, EMI Music | |||
| Producer | Nash Chambers | |||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[4]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone |   [5] |
Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review saying "While American Country goes down the road of super-slick production and overblown pomp, Australian artists have won hearts by bearing their songs, unadorned and honestly. So when Troy Cassar-Daley covers a set of tunes by his favorite artists, it's on that same honesty that the success of the risky project is riding. Fortunately, Cassar-Daley is shooting straight as ever - his casual charisma takes tracks as disparate as Tom Petty's "Yer So Bad" and Slim Dusty's "Losin' My Blues Tonight" and turns them into his own brand of Australian country music." adding "It's his love of these tunes, and his consistently genuinely delivery of them, that makes this a real album and not just a novelty project."[5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Factory Man" | Shane Howard | 3:09 |
| 2. | "My Old Friend the Blues" | Steve Earle | 3:02 |
| 3. | "River Boy" | Fred Carter, Jr. | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Yer So Bad" | Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty | 3:06 |
| 5. | "Big City" (featuring Dead Ringer Band) | Merle Haggard, Dean Holloway | 3:05 |
| 6. | "The Dark End of the Street" | Chips Moman, Dan Penn | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Why Baby Why" (featuring Paul Kelly) | Darrell Edwards, George Jones | 2:15 |
| 8. | "I Got a Name" | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | 2:59 |
| 9. | "'Til I Gain Control Again" | Rodney Crowell | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Losin' My Blues Tonight" | Slim Dusty | 1:55 |
| 11. | "I Still Miss Someone" | Johnny Cash, Roy Cash | 3:31 |
| 12. | "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (featuring Don Walker) | Clarence Williams | 2:06 |
| 13. | "I'm an Old Old Man Tryin' to Live While I Can" | Lefty Frizzell | 2:47 |
| 14. | "Still Can't Say Goodbye" | 3:03 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 89 |
Release history
edit| Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 19 April 2004 | CD, Cassette | Essence Records, EMI Music | 5979432 |
References
edit- ^ "Borrowed & Blue by Troy Cassar Daley". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Troy Cassar-Daley. "News Tour Dates Merchandise Bio". Troy Cassar-Daley. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Troy Cassar-Daley, Borrowed and Blue". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Award Search Troy Cassar-Daley". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Troy Cassar Daley in the Saturday Night Country Studio". Rolling Stone. ABC. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Report Issue 640" (PDF). 26 April 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2018.