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Track Listings
| 1. Northwest Passage |
| 2. The Field Behind The Plow |
| 3. Night Guard |
| 4. Working Joe |
| 5. You Can't Stay Here |
| 6. The Idiot |
| 7. Lies |
| 8. Canol Road |
| 9. Free In The Harbour |
| 10. California |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I wish I'd discovered the music of Stan Rogers years ago, so I would have had the pleasure all along. As it is, having finally been introduced, I'm making up for lost time. NORTHWEST PASSAGE is a wonderful collection of music and as good a place to start as any. I love the stories he tells, how you feel you have actually met these people. The retired rodeo rider in NIGHT GUARD fighting to protect his stock. The guy who got laid off in THE IDIOT, going west to find work in a place he dislikes rather than lose his self respect by going on the dole. The farmer's wife (they are farmers too!) lamenting her lost youth and beauty in LIES. How can you not love a writer who references a dance at the Legion Hall and Rodin's "Belle Heaulmiere" in the same lyric? The music runs a gamut of styles, each appropriate to the tale he tells.
The title song, NORTHWEST PASSAGE, I actually heard years ago, but thought it was a traditional OLD folk song and never followed up on it, assuming it had no author of record. It is my favorite song on the album, full of history and wonderful images. I particularly like the fact it is a'capella and the rich harmonies of the mens voices gives me goosebumps. I have ordered and am waiting delivery of 3 more Stan Rogers collections. Canada lost a native voice, but the world lost a treasure when Stan Rogers died. Thank god we have the music.
The title song, NORTHWEST PASSAGE, I actually heard years ago, but thought it was a traditional OLD folk song and never followed up on it, assuming it had no author of record. It is my favorite song on the album, full of history and wonderful images. I particularly like the fact it is a'capella and the rich harmonies of the mens voices gives me goosebumps. I have ordered and am waiting delivery of 3 more Stan Rogers collections. Canada lost a native voice, but the world lost a treasure when Stan Rogers died. Thank god we have the music.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
I can't give any of Stan Roger's albums less than 5 stars. This might only be my 3rd favorite album after Fogarty's Cove and Home in Halifax, but it has 3 outstanding tracks that really stay in my mind over time, Free in the Harbour, Idiot, and Northwest Passage.
Format:Audio CD
Great album by one of the best Canadian songwriters. Stan delivers songs that paint pictures of the West much like Canadian West Coast band Fraser Union sings songs that tell stories of British Columbia. The songs are well crafted and well delivered.
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Northwest Passage
This is a great Stan Rogers album- especially the beautiful Northwest Passage - the first song on the CD. It alone is worth the price of buying a piece of Canadian legend. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2006 by H. Luft
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Every Song Tells
Truly great albums seem to move in phases -- each song on the album takes a turn as the "best song on the album." So it is with The Northwest Passage. Read more
Published on Oct 30 2000 by Riddick Smiley
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Northwest Passage - the greatest song ever!
I first heard "Northwest Passage" on February 2, 1988 when the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) broadcasted a NOVA episode titled "Buried in Ice". Read more
Published on Sep 16 2000
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NORTHWEST PASSAGE
I first heard of Stan Rogers from due south. i loved the song Northwest passage so much that i bought the album. the rest of this album is just as good if not better. Read more
Published on May 19 2000 by CATHERINE
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THIS IS A GREAT CD
I heard the song "Northwest Passage" on the last episode of the television series "Due South" and at once fell in love with the song. Read more
Published on July 2 1999
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One of Stan's best
Like many of Stan's songs, it's hard to believe that he never went to some of the places or time periods that he wrote of. Read more
Published on Jun 27 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent singing and instrumental, good stories.
I got this CD because I heard the title song, Northwest Passage, on the radio in Canada and I thought it was powerful. The other songs are, if anything, better. Read more
Published on Jan 8 1999 by Roger Cutler
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