This is the most consistent of the Lost Dogs albums.
Understandably so, as Terry Taylor wrote ten of the 11 tracks.
While previous Lost Dogs albums dabbled with blues, country, folk, gospel, and modern rock with varying degrees of continuity, Gift Horse has implemented those ingredients almost exclusively in a jangly, country-rock vein.
This is Taylor's finest songwriting to date, at least from a melody standpoint.
Lyrically, his themes have always centered around tongue-in-cheek queries into the challenges of righteous living and the foibles of human nature.
In the '70s his band Daniel Amos released two dreadful albums with which they tried, in vain, to mimic the popular soft country-rock craze of that era.
His work with the Lost Dogs is a true testament to his growth as a songwriter; 20 years later Taylor's country-tinged songwriting is nothing less than superb.
He is joined again by singers and guitarists by trade Mike Roe, Derri Daugherty, and Gene Eugene, whose respective home-bands, the 77's, the Choir, and Adam Again are becoming more irrelevant with each passing year.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Train to Nowhere | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 2 | A Vegas Story | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | If You Loved Here You'd Be Home by Now | Lost Dogs | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Diamonds to Coal | Lost Dogs | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | A Blessing in Disguise | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Loved and Forgiven | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | Rebecca Go Home | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | Honeysuckle Breeze | Lost Dogs | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | Ditto | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | The Wall of Heaven | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | Farther Along | Lost Dogs | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 45 mins | 105 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 299 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derri Daugherty | Group Member |
| 2 | Gene Eugene | Group Member |
| 3 | Lost Dogs | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Mike Roe | Group Member |
| 5 | Terry Scott Taylor | Group Member |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |