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A Moment of Forever (1995)

Where the lyrics of A Moment of Forever take you, and where it was really made.

Its song 'Johnny Lobo' is about the Indian activist John Trudell, yet the album was made with a roster of session musicians rather than a band.

Key places

Recorded at Ocean Way in Hollywood (1995)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood is listed as one of the two studios where this album was recorded. The point is placed at city-center level, not at the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Chomsky Ranch in Beverly Hills (1995)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — The Chomsky Ranch in Beverly Hills is listed as the second recording location for this album. The point is placed at city-center level, not at the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• A Moment of Forever: studio album by Kris Kristofferson
• Released in 1995 on Justice Records, an independent label
• Contains 14 tracks, all written by Kristofferson unless noted
• Co-writers include Daniel Timms and Guy Clark
• Track list opens with the title track and ends with 'Sam's Song (Ask Any Working Girl)'

Background

• First studio album of original material since Third World Warrior (1990)
• Predecessor Third World Warrior is described as relatively unsuccessful
• Also follows Repossessed (1986), another politically charged record
• Features several well-known studio musicians, including Jim Keltner and Benmont Tench
• Personnel include Waddy Wachtel, Dean Parks, Don Was and Reggie Young

Recording

• Recorded at Ocean Way in Hollywood and The Chomsky Ranch in Beverly Hills
• Mixed at Brooklyn Recording and Mix This!, both in Los Angeles
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood
• Rik Pekkonen credited as recording engineer
• Ed Cherney credited as mixer on most tracks, assisted by Ronnie Rivera
• Doug Sax credited as mastering engineer

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• American musician, songwriter and actor, born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas; died September 28, 2024 in Hana, Hawaii, aged 88.
• A pioneer of the 1970s outlaw country movement, moving away from the polished Nashville sound toward a rawer, introspective style.
• Signed to Monument Records in 1969 after one single for Epic Records; recorded ten albums for Monument.
• Songs such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" became hits for other artists.
• "Why Me" and "Highwayman" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1973 and 1985.
• Member of the supergroup the Highwaymen (with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash) from 1985 to 1995.
• Acting career in films including A Star Is Born (1976, Golden Globe for Best Actor), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Heaven's Gate (1980) and the Blade trilogy.
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004; received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014; three Grammy wins from 13 nominations.
• Announced retirement from performing in January 2021; final performance at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29, 2023.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Wikipedia says the album keeps the recurring theme of freedom from oppression
• That theme is handled to a lesser extent than on his previous two politically charged records
• Those two records are Third World Warrior (1990) and Repossessed (1986)
• Third World Warrior is described as a relatively unsuccessful political record
• The album is his first studio album of original material since Third World Warrior
• It features several well-known studio musicians, including Jim Keltner and Benmont Tench
• Daniel Timms co-wrote the title track and 'Worth Fighting For' with Kristofferson

Records

• The source gives no chart position, sales figure, certification or award for this album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'Johnny Lobo' is about the Indian activist John Trudell
• Daniel Timms co-wrote the title track and 'Worth Fighting For'
• Guy Clark co-wrote 'Under the Gun'
• Suzie Katayama plays accordion and cello on the album
• Waddy Wachtel plays acoustic, electric, steel and slide guitar

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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