With Mission of the Crossroad Palms, Steve Forbert turns in an album of craftsmanlike tunes on his seventh album, including story-songs such as "It Sure Was Better Back Then" (a working man's reminiscence) and "The Trouble with Angels" (in which an ex-beauty queen robs the till to pay for her infertility treatments). There is also one of Forbert's philosophical treatises ("It Is What It Is [And That's All]") and the humorously multi-referential "Lay Down Your Weary Tune Again" (risky territory for a former "new Dylan"). But the best song may be Forbert's ode to infidelity, "Don't Talk to Me." The point, though, is that he has flowered into a distinctive, broad-based songwriter and that, in E Street Band bassist Garry Tallent, he has found a sympathetic producer able to showcase his voice and lyrics properly. Now, if he could just reconnect with his audience.
Mission of the Crossroad Palms
Steve Forbert
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Mission of the Crossroad Palms Review
by William Ruhlmann
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Steve Forbert | 02:57 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Steve Forbert | 03:31 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Steve Forbert | 03:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Steve Forbert | 03:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Steve Forbert | 02:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 6 | Steve Forbert | 04:41 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Steve Forbert | 03:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Steve Forbert | 03:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Steve Forbert | 03:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Steve Forbert | 02:33 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 11 | Steve Forbert | 03:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 12 | Steve Forbert | 02:39 | SpotifyAmazon |
