Giant Sand's first two albums,
Valley of Rain and Ballad of a Thin Line, were reissued on a single compact disc from Diablo. Even at the beginning of their career,
Giant Sand had a distinctive take on dusty country-rock in the vein of
Neil Young, and while both records have some clunkers,
Howe Gelb's songwriting is often quite impressive.
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Thom Owens, Rovi