{"id":535,"date":"2010-08-10T17:48:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T00:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=535"},"modified":"2010-08-10T17:48:56","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T00:48:56","slug":"blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"BLUE RODEO + The Things We Left Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/BLUE-RODEO-The-Things-We-Left-Behind-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-536\" title=\"BLUE-RODEO-The-Things-We-Left-Behind-M-Review-JanFeb2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/BLUE-RODEO-The-Things-We-Left-Behind-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\" alt=\"BLUE RODEO - The Things We Left Behind  \" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/BLUE-RODEO-The-Things-We-Left-Behind-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/BLUE-RODEO-The-Things-We-Left-Behind-M-Review-JanFeb2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>BLUE RODEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Things We Left Behind <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[TeleSoul Records]<\/p>\n<p>In an age of dwindling attention spans, not many acts would consider issuing a double CD. Blue Rodeo has done exactly that on the group\u2019s 12th studio release, and it\u2019s a move that only a band that has such full confidence in its abilities could (or should) try to pull off. The size of <em>The Things We Left Behind<\/em> is justified because it\u2019s chock-full of sweet harmonies, solid melodies and deft lyrical touches. The vocal and songwriting spotlight falls as usual on guitarists Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, who show off their close Everlys-type harmony on the tuneful \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Darkness in Your Head\u201d and the CSN-style \u201cMillion Miles.\u201d What may be surprising to longtime Blue Rodeo fans are the album\u2019s bright splashes of instrumental color. Lush orchestral touches on \u201cOne Light Left in Heaven\u201d and the stately \u201cGossip\u201d add a sophisticated sheen to the group\u2019s trademark roots-rock style. \u2013Bob Cannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUE RODEO The Things We Left Behind [TeleSoul Records] In an age of dwindling attention spans, not many acts would consider issuing a double CD. Blue Rodeo has done exactly that on the group\u2019s 12th studio release, and it\u2019s a move that only a band that has such full confidence in its abilities could (or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[212,214,213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}