Cass McCombs Songs List

Rolling Stone: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[D]owntempo numbers inject venom into plush chords -- see 'To Every Man His Chimera,' a chillingly real diss track that McCombs drapes in found sound."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Love Thine Enemy
• 2.The Living Word
• 3.The Same Thing
• 4.To Every Man His Chimera
• 5.Robin Egg Blue
• 6.Mystery Mail
• 7.Meet Me At the Mannequin Gallery
• 8.Mariah

Spin: "The yearning piano plinking of 'Saturday Song' could pass for the theme to a '40s noir flick. The harpsichord-limned 'Buried Alive' is everything its title suggests."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.County Line
• 2.The Lonely Doll
• 3.Buried Alive
• 4.Saturday Song
• 5.Memory's Stain
• 6.Hermit's Cave
• 7.Pleasant Shadow Song
• 8.A Knock Upon the Door

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Music Is Blue
• 2.Karaoke
• 3.New Earth
• 4.Unproud Warrior
• 5.Krakatau
• 6.A Blue, Blue Band
• 7.Belong to Heaven
• 8.Heartmind

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's an economical guitarist, and the vibe here is mostly late-Seventies Dead, grooves more burbling than rushing."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 2.The Great Pixley Train Robbery
• 3.Estrella
• 4.Absentee
• 5.Real Life
• 6.Sleeping Volcanoes
• 7.Sidewalk Bop After Suicide
• 8.Prayer For Another Day
• 9.American Canyon Sutra
• 10.Tying Up Loose Ends
• 11.Rounder
• 1.I Followed The River South To What

Spin: "'Bum Bum Bum' features a nimble guitar line, dreamy electric organ, and an effortless rhythmic pulse, sounding gentle even as there's war all around him."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Bum Bum Bum
• 2.Rancid Girl
• 3.Laughter Is the Best Medicine
• 4.Opposite House
• 5.Medusa's Outhouse
• 6.Low Flyin' Bird
• 7.Cry
• 8.Run Sister Run
• 9.In a Chinese Alley
• 10.It
• 11.Switch
• 12.I'am a Shoe

Spin: "McCombs' protests against love's insincerity are lifted by punk-lite bass....Suffering has rarely sounded so comforting."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Love Thine Enemy
• 2.The Living Word
• 3.The Same Thing
• 4.To Every Man His Chimera
• 5.Robin Egg Blue
• 6.Mystery Mail
• 7.Meet Me at the Mannequin Gallery
• 8.Mariah

Mojo (Publisher): 4 stars out of 5 - "PREFECTION's diverse arrangements span rich, cymbal-crashing melancholia, garage-surf reverberations and death-dueling honky-tonk."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Equinox
• 2.Subtraction
• 3.Multiple Sons
• 4.Tourist Woman
• 5.Sacred Heart
• 6.She's Still Suffering
• 7.Cuckoo
• 8.Bury Mary
• 9.City of Brotherly Love
• 10.All Your Dreams May Come True

Spin: "The yearning piano plinking of 'Saturday Song' could pass for the theme to a '40s noir flick. The harpsichord-limned 'Buried Alive' is everything its title suggests."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.County Line
• 2.The Lonely Doll
• 3.Buried Alive
• 4.Saturday Song
• 5.Memory's Stain
• 6.Hermit's Cave
• 7.Pleasant Shadow Song
• 8.A Knock Upon the Door

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Followed The River South To What
• 2.The Great Pixley Train Robbery
• 3.Estrella
• 4.Absentee
• 5.Real Life
• 6.Sleeping Volcanoes
• 7.Sidewalk Bop After Suicide
• 8.Prayer For Another Day
• 9.American Canyon Sutra
• 10.Tying Up Loose Ends
• 11.Rounder

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's an economical guitarist, and the vibe here is mostly late-Seventies Dead, grooves more burbling than rushing."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Followed The River South To What
• 2.The Great Pixley Train Robbery
• 3.Estrella
• 4.Absentee
• 5.Real Life
• 6.Sleeping Volcanoes
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Sidewalk Bop After Suicide
• 2.Prayer For Another Day
• 3.American Canyon Sutra
• 4.Tying Up Loose Ends
• 5.Rounder

Spin: "'Bum Bum Bum' features a nimble guitar line, dreamy electric organ, and an effortless rhythmic pulse, sounding gentle even as there's war all around him."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Bum Bum Bum
• 2.Rancid Girl
• 3.Laughter Is The Best Medicine
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Opposite House
• 2.Medusa's Outhouse
• 3.Low Flyin' Bird
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Cry
• 2.Run Sister Run
• 3.In A Chinese Alley
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.It
• 2.Switch
• 3.I'm A Shoe

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's an economical guitarist, and the vibe here is mostly late-Seventies Dead, grooves more burbling than rushing."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Followed The River South To What
• 2.The Great Pixley Train Robbery
• 3.Estrella
• 4.Absentee
• 5.Real Life
• 6.Sleeping Volcanoes
• 7.Sidewalk Bop After Suicide
• 8.Prayer For Another Day
• 9.American Canyon Sutra
• 10.Tying Up Loose Ends
• 11.Rounder

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Went To The Hospital
• 2.Bobby, King Of Boys Town
• 3.What Isn’t Nature
• 4.AIDS In Africa
• 5.A Comedian Is Someone Who Tells Jokes
• 6.Gee, It’s Good To Be Back Home
• 7.Meet Me Here At Dawn
• 8.When The Bible Was Wrote
• 9.My Pilgrim Dear
• 10.Bedding Down Post-Xmasime
• 11.My Master