The Trinity Session - Definition

The Trinity Session is a 1988 album by Cowboy Junkies. It is the band's most famous album.

The album was recorded at Toronto, Ontario's Church of the Holy Trinity on November 27, 1987. The album includes a mixture of original material by the band and covers of classic pop, rock and country songs, including the band's most famous single, a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" (an almost note-for-note copy of the version on the VUs 1969 Live album). Also included is one song, "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)", which is both a cover and an original, combining a new song by the band with the pop standard "Blue Moon".

The album was named by many music critics as one of the best albums of 1988. Several noted publications, in fact, hailed it as the best album of the year.

The album was released in early 1988 on Latent Records in Canada, and rereleased worldwide later in the year on RCA Records. "Working on a Building" and "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" did not appear on the Latent Records release. "Blue Moon Revisited" was originally released on a compilation of Canadian independent bands.

Track Listing

1. "Mining for Gold" (1:34) - traditional
2. "Misguided Angel" (4:58) - Margo and Michael Timmins
3. "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" (4:31) - Margo and Michael Timmins with "Blue Moon" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
4. "I Don't Get It" (4:34) - Margo and Michael Timmins
5. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (5:24) - Hank Williams
6. "To Love is to Bury" (4:47) - Margo and Michael Timmins
7. "200 More Miles" (5:29) - Michael Timmins
8. "Dreaming My Dreams With You" (4:28) - Allen Reynolds
9. "Working on a Building" (3:48) - traditional
10. "Sweet Jane" (3:41) - Lou Reed
11. "Postcard Blues" (3:28) - Michael Timmins
12. "Walkin' After Midnight" (5:54) - Don Hecht and Alan Block