Album of the Day

Bruce Hornsby: Harbor Lights. In the Spring of 1993, my freshman year of college, I finished up a couple of final exams, sold the textbooks, went to the local cheapo CD place, and bought a few discs. This was one of them. I went back to the dorm and promptly put it in, only to have my jaw literally dropped as I heard the beginning of "Harbor Lights." This was the beginning of phase two of Bruce's career, one that veered away from the polished pop of The Range's days into jazzier territory, with lots of instrumental workouts and cool collaborators. Bruce's trademark songwriting skill was still evident, but tweaked a notch. Anybody who still thinks of Bruce as only a VH1 one-hit wonder needs to get this album ASAP.