Promises of Gold

As the saying goes: not all that glitters is gold. But then again, not all that is gold necessarily glitters. It was this idea that struck Finnish singer Tarja Turunen as she began work on her seventh solo album, “In The Raw”. “Gold - we think - is something polished and perfect, sophisticated, a luxury, but in its natural state, it’s a raw element”, explains Tarja…

Crimson Gold presents John Denver ‘Gold’, the only John Denver compilation you’ll ever need. John Denver is the American singer, guitarist and songwriter who became one of the biggest-selling singers in the world in the 1970s, with over a million copies of the single ‘I’d Rather be a Cowboy’. He had a six-week television series on BBC 2 in the early 70s where the public warmed to his cowboy shirts, boyish good looks. Success included 15 LPs in the top 40 between 1971-1982, 11 gold and five platinum albums.

Gold, a double-disc rendering of hits, singles, album cuts, and B-sides, provides Cranberries fans with a nice balance between 2002's single-disc Stars: The Best of 1992-2002 and the mammoth Treasure Box: The Complete Sessions, 1991-1999, the latter of which featured all of the popular Irish band's remastered albums stocked with 21 bonus tracks. The Cranberries called it quits in 2003, but they left an impressive string of radio gems – like "Dreams," "Linger," "Zombie," and "Salvation" – that successfully blended the Celtic-infused melodies of their homeland with the lush and accessible modern rock that grew out of the early-'90s alternative scene.

As the saying goes: not all that glitters is gold. But then again, not all that is gold necessarily glitters. It was this idea that struck Finnish singer Tarja Turunen as she began work on her seventh solo album, “In The Raw”. “Gold - we think - is something polished and perfect, sophisticated, a luxury, but in its natural state, it’s a raw element”, explains Tarja…