Here are the reviews of this album from the previous discography review on this site. Archived here now.
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A review of Triage posted by deep throat on 6/17/2006
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| God, first heard this CD back in 92 when I was studying Political Science at Uni. Needless to say, it asisted in influencing my current skeptical viewpoint on politics and all that goes with it. That aside, this album is awesome. A favorite I can't do without and one I'l recommend to others consistently. You can make what you want out of the lyrics - depending on your bent - but the overriding message in Baerwalds cycnicism is clear. I've read that the intent of the album is linear in its content - leading the listener to follow the subject from innocence to desolation to love. After reading that, the album made sense in it's entirety as I was always a little confused as to the jumbled arrangement and the Born to Love track at the end. When put into context of the Bush administration and the national suspicion of government conspiracy (X-Files was another enditement) the album is an accurate record of the feelings of the person on the street. | |
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A review of A Secret Silken World from Triage posted by Toctoc on 7/20/2005
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| Triage is one of my all time favorite albums. | |
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A review of Triage posted by WCCalvert on 4/3/2005
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| When I first listened to Triage all the way through I wasn't so sure about it. I had really been hooked from my first listen to David and David and Bedtime Stories, so Triage took me by surprise. I finally got over my initial shock and couldn't get over it's brilliance both musically and lyrically. It makes the listener actually have to think. What an excellent album! | |
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A review of A Bitter Tree from Triage posted by so on 2/18/2005
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A review of Triage posted by Anonymous on 11/24/2004
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| Plain and simple, my music library contains nearly 1000 CDs and this album is in the top 3. David Baerwald is timeless! | |
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A review of Triage posted by Vt Will on 2/13/2004
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| On the whole, a very good album with several great songs. An all-time top ten in my book because of many of the lyrics and the sound scapes. Thanks David. PS I paid full retail for New Folk Unground! | |
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A review of A Bitter Tree from Triage posted by Chris on 11/7/2003
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| One of the struggles that both artists and audiences face is lyric interpretation. At least I think so. I'm forever wondering and pondering the flint against which a lyrical spark is struck. And sometimes, I feel guilty for making a song my own, so to speak. But such it is with this song, "A Bitter Tree." The first time I listened to "Triage," I was ecstatic. I thought it was a brilliant album. Paranoid and noisy, and full of ideas. But by the time "A Bitter Tree" had come and gone, I was stock still, nearly quivering with emotion. A lot of what David had just sung started to bounce around inside of me, making contact with various synapses of memory and unleashing a rapid series of flashbacks, returning me to an occasion when I was much younger that was very similar to the song's lyrics. Just thinking about the song and that instance have me shivering with goosebumps. It's a fantastic song, and it never fails to fill me with a mix of sadness, joy and nostalgia. Thank you for writing it, David. And I hope you don't mind the artistic license that I've taken to forever keep this song my own, and hidden deep within my soul. | |
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A review of The Got No Shotgun Hydrahead Octopus Blues from Triage posted by Swirled on 10/29/2003
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| This is an old thing I recorded off the radio and could not find for the longest time. Finally I am able to say thanks... "thanks"... for the "The Got No Shotgun HydraHead Octopus Blues" what a sturdy rock'n roll smash. Not to mention the lyrics that bravely go where not too many go! Peace: Duane http://www.DuaneSwirled.com | |
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A review of China Lake from Triage posted by Robert on 6/9/2003
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| At the grand canyon...on Heron lake..my buddy thought it was John Denver. This song will always be associated in my mind with a big trip to New Mexico and Arizona back in 2000. I was a late bloomer to the talents of Baerwald but that was the time that the hook was in. Beautiful song with so much meaning and melody. The crippled all were dancing and the blind they all could see.... Classic. Robert | |
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A review of A Brand New Morning from Triage posted by Robert on 6/9/2003
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| This is truly a song of hope. The canvas is painted with brush strokes of morning, dogs and such. Gets me rolling along with optimism. Robert | |
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A review of Born For Love from Triage posted by Lily on 5/31/2003
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| I think it s great!! Now, just tell me where can I buy it? Has anyone ever told you that you look like Jimmie Rodgers...(meant as a compliment) | |
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A review of Born For Love from Triage posted by syncronspiracy on 5/31/2003
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| plagarizing the lyrics to born for love usually gets me laid. i'm drunk too | |
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A review of Born For Love from Triage posted by Dan on 3/18/2003
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| I change my favorite from this album quite often. Right now this is the one. David's version of this track in the Triage short film is simply stunning. David, laid out bare with only a guitar while a firing squad does their business in the background - how could you not like that. I also love the long fade at the end...a perfect ending (or non-ending) for Triage. | |
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A review of A Bitter Tree from Triage posted by PatBrown on 3/15/2003
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| In the early rehersal days of the NFU pre-tour David played this song in every set. Originally when I bought Triage back in 1993 I hated the album. In fact I pitched it out the window going from Austin to San Antonio. I was thinking he was coming out with Bedtime Stories 2 and I was in shock. One particular night he played this song and it finally struck a cord. Bukka handled the keys in subdued fashion but David's guitar and voice emotion were in full swing and I realized what a great song it is. I would love to hear what the story behind it was. I remember it written somewhere that his friend John O'Brien used parts of the lyrics in conversations with David. Now it appears that this song will at long last be part of a movie (Runaway Jury). In music only or with Lyrics? At any rate it should be an interesting version. Maybe this movie thing will be interesting after all :):) | |
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A review of The Postman from Triage posted by Freeman Carmack on 2/18/2003
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| The atmosphere on this one spooked (sorry) me from the very first. The sound of the helicopter,the introduction by the sergeant-at-arms announcing the prez, the sound of a Jim Jones speech, an excerpt from an interview on Jonesville and mind control experiments, then that haunting line that David intones......"There's just too many people in the world," first with a degree of smugness, then with a voice of fear, realizing the import of the phrase. "Rivers of blood, sir, in a sunny foreign clime." Could anything be more prophetic? As the song fades off into the distance, you hear the helicopter again, and the sound of Bush Senior, "I'm not just in the on the deck circle, I'm at the plate." Boy is he ever ! | |
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A review of AIDS & Armageddon from Triage posted by Kravitz on 2/7/2003
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| This song continues to blow me away every time I listen to it. The guitar work is spectacular and the lyrics are simply brilliant, and it has forever changed the way I say "ba-by". I quote lines from this all the time. "I dream assassination, I hallucinate cash", "they talk about Gandhi and go looking for some whores", but the line "our love affair ended the day she tried to kill me" could be my favorite of any. It's funny and light in it's simplicity, yet sad and dark in it's complexity. The song appears in a much different form on the Live @ The Bottom Line disc, which predates Triage by a couple years, as well as being covered by Fishbone as a rap song (with DB on guitar). | |
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A review of Nobody from Triage posted by Leeroi on 2/6/2003
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| This song is fun to play...I mean, you can play this track, and 'hawaiian nose hum' it and it sounds brilliant… | |
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A review of A Secret Silken World from Triage posted by Dan Lindley on 2/5/2003
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| Amazing piece. Seductive is the perfect description. This was the album that got me seriously into David's music, and this one track floored me. I don't know how many times I've listened to this one. I think I had Triage on steady rotation for about 3 or 4 months when I first got it. This is a classic, right up there with (dare I say it?)...'A Day In The Life'. Nothing else comes close. Beautiful music… | |
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A review of The Got No Shotgun Hydrahead Octopus Blues from Triage posted by Dan Lindley on 2/5/2003
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| Somehow the perfect followup to 'Secret Silken World' even though other worldly. A jarring revelation. My 16 year old son loves this one...as do I. | |
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A review of A Secret Silken World from Triage posted by Leeroi on 2/4/2003
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| Herb's trumpet solo made me want to pick up the instrument...have no fucking clue how the trumpet works but I thought he did right by Dave...and as far as him being the 'whore' - he played for Janet Jackson and she couldn't show up for his video...seductive tune… | |
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A review of Born For Love from Triage posted by Leeroi on 2/4/2003
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| 'It came in clear as a local call..' | |
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A review of Triage posted by Dan on 1/30/2003
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| It had been quite some time since I last looked into what David + David had done musically. I think it was 1993. (in an old timer's voice) This was before the internet...or at least the internet we know and love today. I couldn't just google David + David. So there I was staring at this screen of a music search computer in a huge cool music store in VA Beach wondering what to search for. And that's what led me to Triage. The store had it in stock and I walked away with a CD with a disturbing cover. I must say that it took me three maybe four listens to get past the layers of sound effects and screams to get to the meat of the album. But once I was there - I was hooked. I think my first favorite was Bitter Tree...then China Lake...then Postman. I loved the way the album went from crazy to calm. And I loved the way it fades out forever at the end. I think I own 6 or 7 copies of this disc. Everytime I see one for sale in a used bin or something like that - I always feel I need to rescue them. So...if you're reading this and you need a copy - let me know. Dan | |
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A review of Triage posted by Kravitz on 1/27/2003
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| This is an incredible work - outstanding songwriting full of social commentary and satire, all backed by powerful music. The album's artwork is like the songs - colorful yet disturbing. Even after 11 years it is still in heavy rotation in my house and car. | |
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A review of A Secret Silken World from Triage posted by Kravitz on 1/27/2003
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| I remember walking over to State Street to buy the cd, and on the way back to the office reading the sleeve. I saw that Herb Albert was on the first track, and it made me think back to listening to HA and the Tijuana Brass albums when I was a kid. One album had the babe covered with whipped cream. | |
