Track Listing

1. Hard Road
2. Don't Walk Away Eileen
3. Brother Down
4. Where Have All The Good People Gone?
5. Taj Mahal
6. Every Part Of Me
7. Higher Learning
8. Rarefied
9. On The Run
10. No Sleep
11. This Wreck Of A Life
12. Dead End
13. Paranoia
14. When Everything Was Alright
15. This Is How I Live

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66486 in Music
• Released on: 2004-08-31
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
At the 2004 Juno Awards Sam Roberts walked away with three major awards (Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year). Already a huge success in their Canadian homeland, Lost Highway is re-releasing We Were Born In A Flame in the United Stes with two extra tracks.

Customer Reviews

very solid debut
I bought this CD after hearing a "brother down" and "don't walk away eileen", and overall, it is very good. The album starts out with a bang as the first 6 tracks are possibly my favorite 6 songs that go in sequence on any album. He could have spread out the good songs with the not so great ones however. After the first 6, the only ones that are worth listening to are "rarefied" and "no sleep". What you do have here though is 8 very good songs that make purchasing this album worth while.

Hope for Rock 'n Roll? / Best Rock album of 2004!
What a breath of fresh air it is to hear a young artist take such a mature and multi-layered approach to rock n' roll. Many of these songs will remind listeners of later period Kinks, or Paul Simon (lyrically). To help "round out" the more mature songs, "We Were Born In a Flame" also includes a few exceptional power pop nuggets! The song "Don't Walk Away Eileen" will perhaps remind many listeners of both John Mellencamp and the Clash simultaneously. The final result is a debut CD demonstrating a level of songwriting skill and excellent musicianship not often found in rock 'n roll over the last two decades!

Thanks for an amazing album Mr. Roberts and for proving that SMART and REAL rock 'n roll still exists in the hearts and minds of the young. In a musical wasteland where most of todays youth willingly numb their minds to the horrible sounds of a never ending supply of talentless artists, this CD will restore hope to anyone who is a fan of real rock 'n roll.

I can safely pick this release without hesitation as the best rock 'n roll album released by ANYONE in 2004.

"we've got one life to live - but we're doing it wrong" - Sam Roberts

-JM

Excellent!
While perhaps not as hard charging through the whole album as the reviews might suggest, you will find the album on your regular play list. In fact, many times I catch myself listening to other things like commercials, etc and think that reminds me of this album, I had better give it another play. You will too. No idea if Sam Roberts is a passing phase but the album will stand the test of time...