YMU Album Playlist: Bruce Cockburn - 'Anything, Anytime, Anywhere'

Back again from out of country shenanigans, and let's start with an album YMU recommended to me, and I actually adore - Bruce Cockburn's 'Anything, Anytime, Anywhere' [YMU Link], which is subtitled 'Singles 1979-2002', according to Wikipedia.

Actually the Wikipedia entry is useful on Cockburn, who I suspect is slightly better known in North America than he is in England (where I was til '99, lest we forget), but it turns out he's a wonderfully understated Canadian singer-songwriter. I reckon he was dismissed as cheese by many at one point in the '80s, but a longer listen reveals extremely smart, literate power pop, at least imho.

The entry on him also notes: "In addition to a highly successful solo career, Cockburn's songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Barenaked Ladies ("Lovers in a Dangerous Time"), Jimmy Buffett ("Pacing the Cage", "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere", "Wondering Where the Lions Are" (in the movie "Hoot")), Lori Cullen ("Fall"), Anne Murray ("One Day I Walk", "Musical Friends"), Ani DiFranco ("Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long"), and the Jerry Garcia Band ("Waiting for a Miracle")." Fun!