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A portrait of the Irishman as an American neo-folkie. Having experimented with extra instrumentation on his first two albums, Luka Bloom made a man-with-guitar record his third time out, the better to emphasize his songs, which combined a strong folk traditionalism (one was called "Black Is The Colour [of my true love's hair]," another described an encounter with a mermaid) with an Amer-Irish social concern ("Freedom Song" mixed the stories of political activists from each country, "Background Noise" was a tale of violence applicable anywhere, even if it referred to the Irish Troubles). All of this made for a more focused record than Bloom's second album, although his debut remained his most satisfying effort. 

01 - Cold Comfort 
02 - True Blue 
03 - Diamond Mountain 
04 - Right Here, Right Now 
05 - Sunny Sailor Boy 
06 - Black Is The Colour 
07 - To Begin To 
08 - Freedom Song 
09 - Holding Back The River 
10 - Background Noise 
11 - The Fertile Rock 
12 - I Did Time 
13 - Sanctuary 

Dank aan Motormuijs.