Stan Rogers

Turnaround (1978)


Rogers' second album, Turnaround, is a little patchier, containing such gems as "The Bluenose" and "The Jeannie C.”, but also containing some rougher, early material that shows a developing Stan Rogers rather than the later, mature artist.

This is the album that introduced me to both DADGAD and Drop D tunings that proved to be a milestone in my own playing and learning.


Track Listings:

1. Dark Eyed Molly
2. Oh No, Not I
3. Second Effort
4. Bluenose
5. Jeannie C
6. So Blue
7. Front Runner
8. Song of the Candle
9. Try Like the Devil
10. Turnaround

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Between The Breaks...Live (1979)


Between the Breaks...Live!, one of two live albums in Rogers' discography, is a classic that provides a good blend of Stan's original material mixed well with that of other songwriters. His cover of Archie Fisher's "Witch of The Westmorland" is one of the album's highlights. The version of "Barrett's Privateers" on this album is considered by many to be definitive.


Track Listings:

1. The Witch of The Westmoreland (Archie Fisher)
2. Barrett's Privateers
3. First Christmas
4. The Mary Ellen Carter
5. The White Collar Holler (Nigel Russell)
6. The Flowers Of Bermuda
7. Rolling Down To Old Maui
8. Harris and The Mare
9. Delivery Delayed

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Northwest Passage (1984)


This is the original release and not the 2008 re-release.

From the opening, achingly beautiful a cappella "Northwest Passage" to the gently lingering "California" that rounds out the album, Northwest Passage may be Rogers' finest work. It continues his exploration of the songwriting possibilities of Canada, this time the Canadian prairies and Canadian West. The album features some of his strongest lyrics: "Lies," "Free in the Harbour," "The Field Behind The Plow," "The Idiot," and, of course, "Northwest Passage."



Track Listings:

1. Northwest Passage
2. Field Behind the Plow
3. Night Guard
4. Working Joe
5. You Can't Stay Here
6. Idiot
7. Lies
8. Canol Road
9. Free in the Harbour
10. California

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For the Family (1983)


Interspersed between Northwest Passage and From Fresh Water is Stan's "fun" album, For the Family on which he performs the traditional music his musically-talented family grew up on. A tribute to his roots, Family provides an insight into the direction Rogers might have taken. This was the first, and only, album he produced himself. He dispensed with the background strings, returning to a plainer, more traditional folk sound.


Track Listings:

1. Lookout Hill
2. Cliffs of Baccalieu
3. Strings & Dory Plug
4. Badger Drive
5. Cape St. Mary's
6. Two Bit Cayuse
7. Scarborough Settler's Lament
8. Yeastcake Jones
9. Up in Fox Island
10. Three Fishers

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From Freshwater (1984)


From Fresh Water, released posthumously (1992), was Rogers' last major project--a set of songs he wrote about the Great Lakes region of Canada where he was raised. His song cycles about Canada had come full circle, back to his home. The album includes some great Rogers' compositions, including "Lock-Keeper," "White Squall," "The Last Watch," and "The Nancy." It also displays a rarer side of Rogers--a pair of protest songs: "Tiny Fish for Japan," and "The House of Orange."


Track Listings:

1. White Squall
2. The Nancy
3. Man With Blue Dolphin
4. Tiny Fish for Japan
5. Lock-Keeper
6. Half of A Heart
7. MacDonnell on The Heights
8. Flying
9. The Last Watch
10. The House of Orange

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