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Jack's Crows | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Gorka
Label: RCA Victor
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 17798
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 729021030925
EAN: 0729021030925
ASIN: B000001316
Release Date: April 9, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | Silence | | • | Treasure Islands | | • | Jack's Crows | | • | Houses in the Fields | | • | The Mercy of the Wheels | | • | Good | | • | Semper Fi | | • | Where the Bottles Break | | • | Night Is a Woman | | • | I'm from New Jersey | | • | My New Neighborhood | | • | The Ballad of Jamie Bee | | • | You're on Your Way |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
John Gorka's Single Most Signifcant Offering September 4, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Back in the early 90's, a very mellow young man who was a co-worker of mine and was completely sixties in his way although he wasn't even born then, commandeered me to a music store and convinced me to purchase a tape by someone named John Gorka entitled Jack's Crows. I thought it was either a bad joke of his or maybe one of those esoteric peccadilloes that he had and no one else in the world could verify it.But just as I was outstandingly impressed as I was when I first listened to Steve Poltz and Thea Gilmore for the first time, John Gorka struck me as unusually interesting and pleasurable as a folk recording artist. As in his compositions Where the Bottles Break and I'm from New Jersey and Houses in the Field we see a very masculine and imposing style where lyrics are king and technique a strong equalizer. You will have to forgive me but it is hard for me to believe that how with all the sheer mediocrity and trite delivery that we see in some of today's "Idol Music" which applies to both amateur and professional attempts at producing musical content, that singer songwriters like Gorka and Poltz do not have the name recognition that you would think would follow such competent artists. Again I will tell my readers that I am pushing the purchase button on this CD myself because after all these years my John Gorka tape is a little skewed and I really need to hear his music, which never goes out of style in my view.
Jay Adler, Massapequa, New York
Timeless Tunes June 16, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brilliant effort by John Gorka. This album rises high above most anything out there today. He waxes nostalgic on the beautiful ballad "Mercy of the Wheels" and longs for a way to reunite with his Dad. The imagery of the train is poetic, poignant, and rich. His advice on the short tune "You're On Your Way" is characteristically optimistic. I only wish he had made this song a bit longer. How timeless is the song "Semper Fi" a graceful, tactful song of protest that aches for our attention. If you don't won this CD...buy it today...it has remained in my CD rotation for years.
 Somewhere Between Good and Great April 13, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The headline of my review could be a title of an upcoming Gorka song, expressing the ratings we all give ourselves in our home and work life.
This is a very interesting CD. After buying it in Madison last weekend, I've given it several listenings, and these songs are my favorites:
Track 1. Silence
Track 2. Treasure Islands
Track 4. Houses in the Fields
Track 7. Semper Fi
Track 8. Where the Bottles Break
I heard track four "Houses in the Fields" about 12 years ago, and that song is what got me very interested in John. "Silence" is also a very good song, a great way to start the CD. "Where the Bottles Break" is powerful and very realistic.
Check out Gorka's latest CD called "Old Futures Gone." You'll like that one if you like this one!
Intense Thought Provoking and Rare July 31, 2003
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is rare in this world of mass-produced and mass marketed music to find an artist who chooses to focus on his personal strengths and not try to follow the crowd. Gorka is such an artist. He first came to my attention as part of the Bleeker Street compilation. As far as my reseach can discerne, this is his critical high point but that diminishes his other CDs. "Where the Bottles Break", "Treasure Island", "Houses In the Fields" - all classic tracks. Artists who write and perform material of this quality ought to be held up to their nation as an example of the best the national psyche can produce. Check out Between Five and Seven and Land of the Bottom Line and take pity on those of us who can not see Gorka live.
Silence April 12, 2003
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This song a learnt to know when i met my girl-friend and it is so beautiful also the other songs are really great. It gives you a feeling that the world is great after all.
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