Harbor Lights

Artist	Bruce Hornsby
Producer	Bruce Hornsby, Ron Fair
Label Name	Sbme Special Mkts.
Song List	1: Harbor Lights (7:11) 2: Talk of the Town (5:11) 3: Long Tall Cool One (4:59) 4: China Doll (5:16) 5: Fields of Gray (4:52) 6: Rainbow's Cadillac (4:37) 7: Passing Through (4:12) 8: The Tide Will Rise (3:55) 9: What a Time (4:03) 10: Pastures of Plenty (6:37)
Format	CD
Run Time	50:53
Release Date	2008 04 29
Genre	Rock
Style.Categories	Heartland Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary

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Leaving behind the Range, Bruce Hornsby trades heartland rock for a cooler, jazzier sound with Harbor Lights, an album that nonetheless retains his affinity for sincere portraits of American life, love, and heartache. The title track is a humid, celebratory song that evokes a romantic summer evening in the South, setting the stage for a collection of humanistic songs. If the album has an underlying theme, it's the necessity of seeing yourself and the ones you love through the hard times as well as the good. The purely upbeat songs, like "Rainbow's Cadillac" and "What a Night," are counterbalanced by the sober "Fields of Gray" and "Tide Will Rise," and the cultural commentary of "Talk of the Town." The music is uniformly excellent, with Hornsby's piano work blending seamlessly into the rich arrangements. Each song usually ends with an extended instrumental section, but these flow naturally instead of feeling like tacked-on jam sessions. And Hornsby isn't just showing off here, as he lets other voices, like Branford Marsalis' sax and Pat Metheny's guitar, get their say. In later albums, Hornsby's focus on music would tend to overtake his lyrical content, but Harbor Lights marks the point at which he found the right balance between virtuosic playing and personal storytelling. ~ Skyler Miller, All Music Guide