Twilight of the Renegades
Twilight of the Renegades | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy Webb | ||||
Released | August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16) | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
Studio | Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 54:34 | |||
Label | Sanctuary | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Twilight of the Renegades is the tenth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in August 2005 by Sanctuary Records.[1]
Production
Twilight of the Renegades was recorded at Sunset Sound, Cherokee Recording, and Calliope Studios in Los Angeles, California, and Right Track, Sound on Sound, and Jimmy Webb Music in New York City.
Release
Twilight of the Renegades was released in the United Kingdom in May 2005 before being released in the United States on August 16, 2005.[1]
Critical response
In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album a mixed review, welcoming the artist's "ambitious songwriting and arranging that characterized his classic work of the 1960s" while noting that "vocals remain the weak spot in the performing aspect of Webb's career".[1] Ruhlmann continued:
The 12 songs are mostly piano-based ballads, the extended melodies of which will sound familiar to anyone who's heard "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" or "The Highwayman" (in other words, everyone). The song structures tend to be extended, too, often eschewing the conventional verse-chorus patterns of pop. The lyrics are imaginative and touch on surprising subjects, starting with "Paul Gauguin in the South Seas," one of several songs about unusual characters in search of individual happiness, only some of whom succeed in finding it. In this sense, the most touching song must be "Class Clown", which follows a character from the schoolroom through life to the point when Webb concludes his story by repeating, "He's homeless." But there are also touching love songs, notably "Why Do I Have To...", the arrangement for which strongly recalls Burt Bacharach with its single muted trumpet.[1]
While acknowledging that Webb's singing has improved over the years, he "continues to listen to him to hear a composer's individual interpretation of his work, rather than for definitive renditions of the songs".[1] The AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimmy Webb
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Paul Gauguin in the South Seas" | 6:50 |
2. | "Skywriter" | 5:11 |
3. | "Why Do I Have To..." | 3:44 |
4. | "Class Clown" | 5:01 |
5. | "Spanish Radio" | 4:53 |
6. | "Time Flies" | 3:51 |
7. | "How Quickly" | 4:48 |
8. | "High Rent Ghetto" | 2:48 |
9. | "She Moves..." | 4:20 |
10. | "Just Like Marilyn" | 4:19 |
11. | "No Signs of Age" | 5:09 |
12. | "Driftwood" | 3:40 |
Total length: | 54:34 |
Personnel
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ruhlmann, William. "Twilight of the Renegades". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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- Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb (1968)
- Words and Music (1970)
- And So: On (1971)
- Letters (1972)
- Land's End (1974)
- El Mirage (1977)
- Angel Heart (1982)
- Suspending Disbelief (1993)
- Ten Easy Pieces (1996)
- Twilight of the Renegades (2005)
- Live and at Large (2007)
- Just Across the River (2010)
- Still Within the Sound of My Voice (2013)
- SlipCover (2019)
- Up, Up, and Away (1966)
- The Magic Garden (1967)
- Rewind (1967)
- A Tramp Shining (1968)
- The Yard Went On Forever (1968)
- Sunshower (1969)
- The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972)
- Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974)
- Earthbound (1975)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1977)
- Watermark (1977)
- Breakwater Cat (1980)
- The Last Unicorn (1983)
- The Animals' Christmas (1986)
- Light Years (1988)
- Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989)
- Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- This Kind of Love (2008)
- Cottonwood Farm (2009)
- Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session (2012)
- Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972)
- And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998)
- Archive (1994)
- Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999)
- Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
- The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004)
- Archive & Live (2005)
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- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
- "Didn't We"
- "Galveston"
- "The Girls' Song"
- "Highwayman"
- "Honey Come Back"
- "MacArthur Park"
- "Still Within the Sound of My Voice"
- "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
- "Up, Up and Away"
- "Where's the Playground Susie"
- "Wichita Lineman"
- "Worst That Could Happen"