Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962) by Ray Charles 105. Sweet Baby James (1970) by James Taylor 104. In The Wee Small Hours (1955) by Frank Sinatra 101. There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) by Sly & The Family Stone 100. This Year's Model (1978) by Elvis Costello 99. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) by Bob Dylan 98. Green River (1969) by Creedence Clearwater Revival 96. 20 Golden Greats (1978) by Buddy Holly 93. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) by Elton John 92. Dusty In Memphis (1969) by Dusty Springfield 90. At Folsom Prison (1968) by Johnny Cash 89. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967) by Aretha Franklin 84. Axis: Bold As Love (1967) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 83. Odessey And Oracle (1968) by The Zombies 81. Led Zeppelin II (1969) by Led Zeppelin 76. After The Gold Rush (1970) by Neil Young 72. Physical Graffiti (1975) by Led Zeppelin 71. Off The Wall (1979) by Michael Jackson 69. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) by Led Zeppelin 67. Sticky Fingers (1971) by The Rolling Stones 64. Appetite For Destruction (1987) by Guns N' Roses 62. Greatest Hits (1970) by Sly & The Family Stone 61. Meet The Beatles (1964) by The Beatles 60. Trout Mask Replica (1969) by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band 59. Beggars Banquet (1968) by The Rolling Stones 58. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) by Stevie Wonder 57. Elvis Presley (1956) by Elvis Presley 56. Electric Ladyland (1968) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 55. The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm And Blues Recordings (1991) by Ray Charles 54. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) by Simon And Garfunkel 52. Here's Little Richard (1957) by Little Richard 51. At Fillmore East (1971) by The Allman Brothers Band 50. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) by Public Enemy 49. A Love Supreme (1965) by John Coltrane 48. Legend (1984) by Bob Marley & The Wailers 47. The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) by Pink Floyd 44. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) by Sex Pistols 42. Please Please Me (1963) by The Beatles 40. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) by David Bowie 36. Music From Big Pink (1968) by The Band 35. Let It Bleed (1969) by The Rolling Stones 33. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) by Bob Dylan 32. King Of The Delta Blues Singers, Vol.1 (1961) by Robert Johnson 28.
Live At The Apollo (1963) by James Brown 25. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) by John Lennon 23. The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) by Chuck Berry 22. Born To Run (1975) by Bruce Springsteen 19. Blood On The Tracks (1975) by Bob Dylan 17. Are You Experienced (1967) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 16. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground & Nico 14. The Sun Sessions (1976) by Elvis Presley 12. The Beatles ("The White Album") (1968) by The Beatles 11. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) by Bob Dylan 5. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) by The Beatles 2. A highlight of Blue Boy, the track wears its Flying Burrito Brothers/Box Tops influences lightly, underscoring Sexsmith's determination to explore.1. Sexsmith belatedly went acoustic on the smoochy Thirsty Love, the smoky vocals half obscured by the sunny harmonies emanating from his honky-tonk backing band.
The opener, I Sure Could Use Your Love Right Now, a minor-key paean to love and loss, confirmed Sexsmith's progression as a lyricist. If he's not careful, people are going to stop mentioning him in the same breath as David Gray. For a card-carrying tortured acoustic hero, these are cardinal transgressions. In concert he is dry, self-deprecating, refreshingly bereft of affectation. You get the feeling that the change of direction more honestly reflects Sexsmith's state of mind. Produced by the blues-rock father figure Steve Earle, the recent Blue Boy album saw the wispy Canadian forsaking his slight, folk-tinged balladry in favour of an uptempo indie/nu-country template.
Ron Sexsmith's music has acquired an earthy swagger since he discovered electric guitars last year.
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