Big Harvest (studio album) by Indio

From buzzdainer 09/04/2021 18:14

Big Harvest was the one and only album released by Indio, the solo project of Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Peterson. It's long been rumored that Peterson has had other material to be released, but so far the only thing that's materialized is the 2007 single "No Way Down." Despite this ever-tantalizing history, Peterson's achievement on Big Harvest is pretty impressive. This album contains the great single "Hard Sun," which was later recorded by Eddie Vedder for the Into the Wild soundtrack, as well as several other songs that built upon the eighties work of Paul Simon, Sting, and other artists who capitalized on the "world" music trend that was dominating North American pop music by the mid-eighties, thanks to the Live Aid concert and other international efforts and collaborations. The album sounds a little dated now, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for it because of its earnestness and environmental themes. An unjustly overlooked record.