Track Listing

1. Can't Help Wondering Why
2. Are You Ready
3. Rena
4. Stuck On You
5. Up On That Cloud
6. I Will
7. Phaedra's Meadow
8. Runaway Train
9. Beverley Street
10. Finger Lakes
11. Tired Of Pretending
12. Don't Get Angry

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17020 in Music
• Released on: 2005-04-05
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.ca
With an impressive total of 10 Blue Rodeo studio recordings and five Juno awards in 20 years, Canada’s most consistent country-pop kings have stuck to what they do well on Are You Ready: making toe-tappin’ music that fans of torch and twang will welcome with open arms. The disc’s kickoff track, "Can’t Help Wondering Why" is a three-minute, sunshine-y joyride that leads straight into the rockabilly-riffs of the Orbison-esque number "Are You Ready?" Near the end of the CD, however, the exact opposite emotion is evoked. "Tired of Pretending" brings Keelor’s full-frontal passion to the surface, the result is a compelling, gut-busting rant about apathy, where the co-frontman screams out "I’m tired of pretending that I still care."

Rockabilly pokes its head out on more than one occasion; a strong Celtic influence bleeds through as well, courtesy of Keelor’s "Phaedra’s Meadow" which features the legendary Paddy Moloney from the Chieftains on the Aeolian pipes and flute. The song’s sparse, spooky opening verse proves to be the disc’s highlight, a musical moment in time that is neither country, nor pop, but shows that the boys of Blue Rodeo continue to take inspiration from a host of styles, ultimately making their own rich, warm musical mélée.--Denise Sheppard

Album Description
Album features the songs 'Cant Help Wondering Why', 'Runaway Train', & 'Tired Of Pretending'. Warner. 2005.

Album Details
Like Fine Wine, Blue Rodeo's Music Gets Better as Time Passes, and the Country-tinged "Are You Ready" (The Band's Tenth Studio Album) is a Rich, Earthy Recording That, in Overall Feel, is Reminiscent of their Quintessential 1993 Album, "5 Days in July".