''You've Never Seen Everything'' is the 21st studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter

Bruce Cockburn Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad range of topics including human rights, environmental issues, p ...

, released on July 10, 2003. Special guests on the album include

Hugh Marsh Hugh Marsh (born June 5, 1955) is a violinist from Toronto, known for his electric violin sound. Marsh was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in the best contemporary jazz album category. Early days Marsh was born in Montreal, Quebec and brought ...

, Jackson Browne,

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, includin ...

Sarah Harmer Sarah Harmer (born November 12, 1970) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activist. Early life Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sist ...

, and

Sam Phillips Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis ...

Reception

In a review for

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, critic Thom Jurek wrote: "Of his many gifts, two of his most developed are his journalistic eye for detail, and having one ear always to the ground. This time out, the view is sharply contrasting from one song to the next. Politically, this is Cockburn's angriest record since ''World of Wonders'' or ''Stealing Fire''... It is pointless to place this record in a pecking order with Cockburn's other work; that it adds to that body of work immeasurably is compliment enough. However, to say that it is necessary because it can cause self- and world-examination in any listener who plays it through is as high a compliment as can be offered." Geoff Ashmun of ''

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'' called the album "spellbinding" and noted "Cockburn's as present and relevant as he's ever been better."

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, dobro (track 8) *

- violins (except 5), loops (1, 3), keyboard, percussion (7) *

Andy Milne Andy Milne (born January 30, 1969) is a Canadian jazz pianist, who records and performs both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ensemble Dapp Theory. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Kincardine and Toronto. One of ten sibli ...

- piano (4, 5, 10) * Grégoire Maret - harmonica (5) *

Colin Linden Colin Kendall Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking. He frequently collaborates with ...

- electric mandolins (2), additional bass (7) * John Dymond - bass (1–3, 6) * Richard Brown - bass (4) * Steve Lucas - bass (7, 11) *

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Le ...

- upright bass (8, 9, 12) * Gary Craig - drums and percussion (exc. 5, 7, 11) * Ben Riley - drums (4, 7, 11), additional drums (1, 3) *

Stephen Hodges Stephen Hodges (born February 12, 1952) is an American percussionist and composer. He is best known for his work with Mavis Staples, Tom Waits, Mike Watt, T Bone Burnett, Rick Holmstrom, and film director David Lynch. Discography *Tom Waits ...

- drums and percussion (8, 9, 10), marimba (12) * Dr. Divorce - loop (10) *

John Whynot John Whynot (born April 4, 1959) is a Canadian musician, producer, engineer, film score mixer and composer. Originally based in Toronto, since 1989 he has resided in Los Angeles. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cock ...

- human whistle (10) *

– vocal harmonies (1) *

– vocal harmonies (2, 11) *

– vocal harmonies (3, 7, 10) * Maury LaFoy – vocal harmonies (6) * Graham Powell – vocal harmonies (6) * Jonell Mosser – vocal harmonies (8) * Jackson Browne – vocal harmonies (9) Production * Bruce Cockburn – producer *

– producer, additional recording *

audio engineer at ** Studio Frisson, Montreal ** The Clubhouse, Toronto ** Deep Field, Nashville ** Groove Masters, Los Angeles ** Devonshire, Los Angeles * John Whynot – mixing at Skip Saylor Sound, Los Angeles *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bish ...

– mastering at

Sterling Sound George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

, New York

References

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