In the Falling Dark is probably Cockburn's best album up to 1976. It is more sophisticated and satisfying. Also, he seemed to have made some effort to curb the overt Christianity of earlier songs. Well, that's apart from the rather peaceful opening number, Lord of the Starfields, which is an obvious prayer to a fictitious supreme being.
Lord of the starfields
Ancient of Days
Universe Maker
Here's a song in your praise
For me, the best song on this piece of vinyl is Silver Wheels. Here are the first two verses:
High speed drift on a prairie road
Hot tires sing like a string being bowed
Sudden town rears up then explodes
Fragments resolve into white line code
Whirl on silver wheels
Black earth energy receptor fields
Undulate under a grey cloud shield
We outrun a river colour brick red mud
That cleaves apart hills soil rich as blood
By the way, if you like Cockburn, you should really check out the Cockburn Project, where you can find all of the lyrics and some notes about the songs.
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