COWBOY JUNKIES - RENMIN PARK (180g IMPORT LP)

Cowboy Junkies Renmin Park on 180g Import LP

With the release of Renmin Park, Cowboy Junkies are beginning their most ambitious period yet. In late 2008, Michael Timmins and his family were given an opportunity to spend three months in China. Renmin Park is a reflection of his family’s adventure in the that country and it’s another chapter in the band’s ongoing twenty-five year journey.

Renmin Park (translated, it means “People’s Park,” as found in every Chinese town) is a celebration of the sights, sounds, and characters of Jingjiang, a small town situated on the Yangtze River, about two hours from Shanghai. Several of the tracks were actually built on loops made from “field recordings” Michael made in China where he recorded a myriad of sounds from music and conversations to badminton games to students chanting their lessons or performing their morning callisthenics. The album also includes covers of songs by two of the country’s most important rock artists with “I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side” by Zuoxiao Zuzhou (ZXZZ) and Xu Wei’s “My Fall.”

Cowboy Junkies Renmin Park Track Listing

1.  Intro
2.  Remnin Park
3.  Sir Francis Bacon At The Net
4.  Stranger Here
5.  A Few Bags Of Grain
6.  I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side
7.  (You've Got To Get) A Good Heart
8.  Cicadas
9.  Interlude
10. My Fall
11. Little Dark Heart
12. A Walk In The Park
13. Remnin Park (Revisited)
14. Coda