Track Listing

1. The Day We Met
2. Come Back To Me
3. Stop And Think It Over
4. Around 9
5. Lonely Town Of Love
6. False Eyelashes
7. Modern Trick
8. Belle Of The Bar
9. Open Up Your Back Door
10. Lord Only Knows
11. Diablito
12. Blind Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46171 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
It's not by happenstance that "Come Back to Me," a fairly candid cover from X's Under the Big Black Sun, is the kickoff to Sarah Borges's second album, nor that the feisty country-singing Bostonian would find inspiration from a 25-year-old punk album. Actually, despite a host of twangy guitars and songs about love, longing, and retribution, Borges admits to having a greater fondness for Exene Cervenka's caterwauling--and '80s and '90s indie rock--than any vocal tutorial from Loretta Lynn. Pulsating tracks such as "Lonely Town" and "Diablito," and the poppy "Stop and Think It Over," tugged from the mold of the Go-Go's' Beauty and the Beat, are in debt to those influences without overshadowing what's left of the record: a rummage through the roots of American music. Borges lays down the honky-tonk ("False Eyelashes"), dishes out the blues ("Open Up Your Back Door"), and two-steps her way through an admission of commitment, inquiring "How many ways can I say that I love you?" ("The Day We Met"). Twelve songs. No filler. And a gifted artist on the rise. --Scott Holter

Review
Blessed with brassy pipes and charisma aplenty, Borges is irresistible in The Day We Met, a jangly ode to new love that could easily be one of the summer s top singles. --Time Out New York

Review
Diamonds in the Dark shines as brightly as the gem it s named after, and proves that Borges impressive 2005 debut was no fluke. --Harp Magazine

Customer Reviews

Superb Sarah
I was walking down the street in Seattle and heard a band playing at one of those lunch time concert things. The music is usually so bad at those shows that I run away, but this time I heard the loveliest voice echoing around concrete and glass "park." I was hooked. I wandered over to watch the band, and it was even better than I had hoped. Sarah and her top-notch band were exhausted from travel, but rockin' out and having so much fun that the crowd kept growing and growing. I bought the Diamonds in the Dark CD after the concert, and they're every bit as good in the studio as they are live. A rich, varied disc with a lot of heart. Buy it! You won't be disappointed.

Fasten your seat belts! You're in for a ride!
Whoa! Sarah roars back with another fantastic CD. Every song is great. A little country, a little punk. Pure pop for now people. Sarah played Fitzgeralds last weekend and she blew the roof off. Just unbelievable. There truly is no god if 'The Day We Met' isn't playing on every ipod by the end of the summer. Actually, any song on this CD could be a hit. It's a pleasure to hear 'Come Back to Me' again. I think Sarah played every song from her two records at Fitgeralds and it was easily one of the best and coolest shows I've ever seen. Whether she's wailing louder than her guitar onslaught or purring softly she is in full command. This is ROCK at its very best. Yesterday I heard Nick Lowe on the radio and he said that there is nothing new worth listening to. Someone give this guy a copy of this CD. Hell, Sarah could've been in Rockpile! Nick, do yourself a favor and check this out!

Sarah Borges "Diamonds in the Dark"
Excellent alt-country from Boston's newest queen of alternative country. Follows in the footsteps of her first cd. Her backup band is extremely tight. A solid follow up to a stellar first album.