Tim Hardin 2 (studio album) by Tim Hardin

From mdbaxter 09/03/2020 16:49

Another nice collection of songs from Tim Hardin. A little lower in quality but more cohesive in comparison to his debut, I think. A great display of songwriting.

From Mercury 10/19/2017 20:33

Of All these classic singer-songwriter statements in 1967, this album seems the most unassuming. It sounds the least adventurous and the least flashy with its wordplay. There are no epic lyrical intensities of Leonard Cohen. Nor is there the brilliant rhythm section heroics or Biblical parables and mysteries of John Wesley Harding. Nor is there the fearless experimentation and vocal flights of Goodbye and Hello. Nor is there the quiet political tensions of Jerry Moore, or the classical aspects and chamber folk experimentations or 7-9 minute poems of Pleasures of the Harbor or the psychedelic experimentation and child-like flights of fancy of Donovan, or the Proto-Buckley dreamy production and velvety pipes of Fred Neil. And yet this album may just be the most succintly well-rounded and best written and most affecting of all these albums in many ways. Its a perfectly distilled 23 minute set of songs with absolutely no wasted anything. The vocals ache and the words ring completely true, and the band adds non-showy yet brilliant touches with a gorgeous horn here and a killer drum fill there, the guitars shimmer and cut, etc. The whole Tim Hardin 2 album floats through, completely serene, completely immaculate, untainted by silliness or extravagance. Its just about as perfect an album as was released in the 1960s.

Grade: 9.6/10

From Norman Bates 04/29/2012 09:51

Unbelievable collection of eternal folk classics. A must-listen for folk-likers out there.