Out of the Wilderness

Description

Out of the Wilderness is the sophomore and final album by the British country-rock/southern-rock outfit Canaan, released on Myrrh Records in 1976, a division of Word. The album was recorded by Mike Bobak at Morgan Studios in London, England; with Gordon Miller of Brightwinter fame producing. All tracks written by Bob Fraser except track A1 co-written with Dave Lewis and tracks B2, B3, and B4 written by Gus Eyre.

Canaan features Bob Fraser, Gus Eyre, Dave Lloyd, and Dave Lewis. Drums provided by producer Gordon Miller.

Eleven more originals in the same appealing rural-rocking style of their first LP. I think their debut still has the upper hand, but this is not at all a bad follow-up. Nice bits of slide guitar wrapped around «Elinor» and «Burning My Bridges», while the joyful fuzz lines make repeat appearances on «Walk With Me» and the seriously revved-up «Run Run Run». «Haul Away» and «Loving Things» are decent acoustic-oriented tracks, both embellished with mandolin. «I Will Return», «The Stranger» and «Praise The Lord» are all effective ballads. Female backing vocals on a couple songs. Piano and string arrangements are introduced on the final track «Don’t Get Too Earthbound». A far as Jesus country rockers go, these guys definitely set the bar high. [Ken Scott – Archivist]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Walk With Me” – 2:48
A2. “Elinor” – 3:23
A3. “Haul Away” – 2:55
A4. “Run Run Run” – 2:38
A5. “I Will Return” – 4:24
A6. “The Stranger” – 3:51

Side Two
B1. “Burning My Bridges” – 4:34
B2. “Loving Things” – 3:43
B3. “Peace On You” – 2:39
B4. “Praise The Lord” – 3:48
B5. “Don’t Get Too Earthbound” – 3:36