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Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 60263
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 613209
UPC: 116613209256
EAN: 0011661320925
ASIN: B00006LLPS
Release Date: November 19, 2002
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | Creation Dream | | • | Hills of Morning | | • | Badlands Flashback | | • | Northern Lights | | • | After the Rain | | • | Wondering Where the Lions Are | | • | Incandescent Blue | | • | No Footprints | | • | Dawn Music (Bonus Track) | | • | Bye Bye Idi (Bonus Track) |
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| Customer Reviews:
I HAVE TO JOIN THE CHORUS! November 4, 2008
D. G. Evans (VISTA CALIFORNIA)
I ENTHUSIASTICALLY AGREE THAT THIS IS COCKBURN'S PINNACLE MOMENT, AT LEAST FOR ME.
IN MY LONG LIFE OF PLAYING MY MUSIC FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I HAVE ADOPTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT ARTIST'S SONGS, MY "CEREMONIAL" SONGS, ALL OF WHICH REACH INTO MY HEART AND SOUL.
"HILLS OF MORNING" HAS BEEN MY CEREMONIAL TAKE AWAY SONG FROM BRUCE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS IN MY OWN POOR WAY AS AN AMATEUR PERFOMER. IT TOUCHES A DEEP SPIRITUAL VEIN IN ME. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SUNG WELL AND PLAYED GUITAR FOR OVER 40 YEARS, I HAVE NOT EVEN BEGUN TO TOUCH COCKBURN'S BRILLIANCE ON HIS INSTRUMENT. I PLAY THIS SONG IN AN OPEN TUNED E-MINOR CONFIGURATION ON A GUITAR TUNED TO RELATIVE D INSTEAD OF E.
THE CD IS ONE TO TAKE ON A LONE DRIVER LONG TRIP WITH YOU, WHERE THE DISTRACTIONS ARE MINIMAL, THE ROAD STRAIGHT, YOUR BLADDER EMPTY AND THE SOUND SYSTEM GOOD. IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO BEAUTY ALL AROUND.
THANK YOU, BRUCE.
 Gentle and poetic December 2, 2006
Pieter (Johannesburg)
This beautiful and moving album contains evocative lyrics and an instrumental mix that includes guitar, chimes, dulcimer, synths, marimba, piano, bass and drums. The musical style is typically singer-songwriter but some of the arrangements provide the songs with an exotic, world music flavour. Some of my favorites are Creation Dream with its intricate guitar and percussive textures, Hills Of Morning with its lovely scriptural imagery and the uptempo Northern Lights with its urgent rhythm and celebration of nature. Of course the highlight of the album is the exquisite Wondering Where The Lions Are, a spiritual masterpiece with its hypnotic, lilting beat and stirring lyrics. It reminds me a lot of the music of Van Morrison, not so much in the structure but in the sentiment, truly inspired and inspiring. Because this song is so magnificent, it overshows the rest of the album as the other songs suffer by comparison. Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws is tuneful and intelligent throughout, and worth it just for Lions alone.
Wondering Where The Christians Are? February 15, 2006
Brian E. Erland (Brea, CA - USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Whether intended or not, 'Dancing In The Dragon's Jaw' is by far the most overtly Christian of all Bruce Cockburn's albums/CD's. While all his earlier works were also deeply spiritual in content, this album with songs like 'Wondering Where The Lions Are', 'Creation Dawn' and 'No Footprints' seemed to exude the Christian message and finally caught the attention of the Protestant community-at-large. Despite his attempt to dis-associate himself from mainstream evangelical Christianity, this album was an overnight hit with young believers and he was immediately embraced as one of the flock. It was probably this unwanted association with Protestantism that accelerated his departure from the mellow folk roots of his early work to pursue a hard-edged, secular rock sound ever since.
Whatever the case, Christian or otherwise, this -11 track re-issue of the CD (containing 2 unnecessary bonus tracks) is without doubt the most upbeat, joyous collection of songs in the immense and eclectic Cockburn collection.
Highly Recommended!
Cockburn's best work December 26, 2005
David (Atlanta, GA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After 25 years, this album remains my favorite of Cockburn's, and in fact my favorite from any artist. Cockburn's work from other eras is compelling and from time to time even inspired. Dancin' in the Dragon's Jaws, however, reaches a plateau of transcendent perfection that is simply stunning. The songs are beautifully written and fit perfectly in their melodies. (To be honest, some of Cockburn's later poetry seems shoe-horned into the tunes he writes.) The tunes are fleshed out in a rich mix of acoustic guitar, piano, and percussion. Beneath everything is the power of Cockburn's poetry. He is reaching for a deep spiritual vision that is glimpsed "just beyond the range of normal sight" but never fully grasped. The overall effect is both spiritual longing and tranquility. It has never failed that whenever I have shared this album with friends that they have loved it at once and invariably bought a copy for themselves. If you aren't yet a Cockburn fan, this is the place to start.
Bruce's Spiritual Masterpiece October 18, 2005
A Reader (The East Coast)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I know Bruce, even in the 70's, has always tried to distance himself from the Comtemporary Christian Music scene - and I can understand why. However, this work should be required listening for every CCM artist. It is wonderful in every way; from it's joyful, poetic, never heavy-handed lyrics to superb musicianship. A case could definitely be made that this is Bruce's finest work. Every song is a success; there is no low point. The remastering makes this cd sound better than ever. The only disappointment is the 2 new instrumentals, which add nothing to an already perfect album.
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