Name: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 18740
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Bruce Cockburn (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, chimes, synthesizer); Pat Godfrey (piano, marimba, background vocals); Larry "Sticky Fingers" Silvera (bass, background vocals); Robert Boucher (bass); Ben Bow (drums, background vocals); Bob DiSalle (drums).
Recorded at Manta Sound, Toronto, Canada between May and June 1979. Include liner notes by Nicholas Jennings.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Bruce Cockburn (guitar, dulcimer, synthesizer, chimes); Patrick Godfrey (piano, marimba, background vocals); Benbow (drums, background vocals); Bob Disalle (drums).
Liner Note Author: Nicholas Jennings.
Recording information: Manta Eastern Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (05/1979-06/1979).
Translator: Marcel Moussette.
After nearly a decade spent in relative obscurity outside of his native Canada, Bruce Cockburn finally made a dent in the US market with the Top 40 hit "Wondering Where the Lions Are" from 1979's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws. The album continues the jazz-inflected folk he had been pursuing on his past several releases, but with a heavier emphasis on the worldbeat rhythms that would play a larger part in his music in the years to come. This album is the gentler side of Bruce Cockburn, beautiful and searching, with his acoustic guitar once again at the forefront; his intricate, yet melodic patterns the perfect backdrop for his poetic ruminations on spirituality and nature. From the opener, "Creation Dream," his vision of the Earth's genesis to the meditative "No Footprints" Cockburn is overcome by the wonderment of God's work. Even amidst the "concrete vortex" and "people looking ill-at-ease," there's a sense of peace and overwhelming faith that runs throughout. Only "Incandescent Blue" (coincidentally the only song written outside of Canada) exhibits the kind of urban tension and consciousness that would become so evident in his work throughout the next decade; although he still finds a sort of respite in the chorus with its "white birds...[soaring] away free." Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, though it can't match the sheer power of his next few releases, may be his most beautiful record, as well as an excellent culmination of his '70s work. ~ Brett Hartenbach

Professional Reviews

Q (7/95, p.138) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The inspirations behind Cockburn's AOR stylings are his Christian convictions, strong environmental concerns and a loathing of genocide and oppression. If it sounds over-worthy, surprisingly it isn't."

Album: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Creation Dream
2)	Hills of Morning
3)	Badlands Flashback
4)	Northern Lights
5)	After the Rain
6)	Wondering Where the Lions Are
7)	Incandescent Blue
8)	No Footprints
9)	Dawn Music - (bonus track)
10)	Bye Bye Idi - (bonus track)

Album: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Creation Dream
2)	Hills of Morning
3)	Badlands Flashback
4)	Northern Lights
5)	After the Rain
6)	Wondering Where the Lions Are
7)	Incandescent Blue
8)	No Footprints
9)	Dawn Music - (bonus track)
10)	Bye Bye Idi - (bonus track)