Name: Satellite Sky by Mark Heard
Brand: Mark Heard
SKU: 026297975128
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (105 reviews)

ALBUM

This final release of new music by Mark Heard remains one of his greatest. The entire album features an electric steel mandolin, which provides a high-pitched chime-y melody to every track. There are great lyrics all the way through. The passionate "Tip of My Tongue" bursts with an aggressive energy about the inability to express one's self. "Orphans of God" is a gentle track with subdued vocals -- a heartfelt expression of the human condition. Things take a darker turn on "We Know Too Much," with a myth-like mysticism resonating with the Garden of Eden story, complemented by ominous instrumentation. The only shortcomings to this recording are its length and its lack of a follow-up. There is a lot of music here, and it's difficult to get through in just one sitting. The electric mandolin is nice, but 70 minutes worth is a little like eating too much candy. This record is best listened to in smaller doses. One can only wonder what other masterpieces might have lain in wait had Heard's life not been cut so short.

Satellite Sky

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1. Tip of My Tongue

2. Satellite Sky

3. Big Wheels Roll

4. Orpans Of God

5. Another Day In Limbo

6. Language Of Love

7. Freight Train to Nowhere

8. Long Way Down

9. A Broken Man

10. Love Is So Blind

11. Hammers And Nails

12. We Know Too Much

13. Lost On Purpose

14. Nothing But The Wind

15. Treasure Of The Broken Land

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