| TURN THE DIESELS (2004) | | | :: recording industry of New Zealand Best Folk Album of 2005 | | 
Turn the Diesels is Bob McNeill's second album, recorded in his own studio at Blueskin Bay in the south island of New Zealand in the winter of 2004. Starkly different from his first record Covenant, Turn the Diesels has a more contemporary sound that McNeill calls "Celtic new folk", a sort of cross between the Scottish music he grew up with and the modern North American folk he started listening to a few years ago as an adult.
:: what the papers said
"Turn the Diesels is his second album; a more contemporary batch of country and folk that allows his smooth voice to stand proud in the subtle arrangements. Opening track Landing Light has touches of Jackson Browne's songwriting feel; and McNeill is true to his Celtic roots, with a melody reminiscent of James Taylor's later work. Brendyn Montgomery, Davy Stuart, Patsy Ryan, John Dodd and Pamela Secombe all add gentle, encouraging colours to McNeill's fine songs. Fans of Dougie McLean will find much to like here. Signs of Trouble and Strong Winds for Autumn remind me somewhat of Martin Zellar's country-folk stylings. And the title track is a perfect end to a lovely album, shadowing the work of Luka Bloom, offering tasteful modern Celtic folk. "
The Dominion Post
"The songs reward repeated listening. The imagery draws us again and again to the sea. The language is dense, often allusive, but in songs like Strong Winds for Autumn or Waves of Skerry the melody opens up into a lovely refrain that lingers in the memory like a good malt" The Otago Daily Times |
| | | | FREE DOWNLOADS!>Signs of trouble (whole track)  | | | 1 | | Landing Light  | | 2 | | Signs of Trouble  | | 3 | | Genevieve (Portree 1994) | | 4 | | Strong Winds for Autumn | | 5 | | Last Time I Saw Him | | 6 | | Back Home With Me | | 7 | | Waves of Skerry | | 8 | | Harbour | | 9 | | Once on a Long Day | | 10 | | Turn the Diesels |
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