# Such Ferocious Beauty — Cowboy Junkies

- **Artist:** [Cowboy Junkies](https://musiclist.ca/artist/cowboy-junkies)
- **Format:** ALBUM
- **Release Date:** 2023-06-02
- **Record Label:** Latent Recordings
- **Total Tracks:** 10
- **MusicList Registry URL:** https://musiclist.ca/releases/such-ferocious-beauty
- **Spotify:** https://open.spotify.com/album/1yLGPDA9BaSLnYbXK55deX

## The Story of the Release

Such Ferocious Beauty is the critically lauded studio album by legendary Canadian alt-country pioneers Cowboy Junkies, released on June 2, 2023 on Latent Recordings. Produced and engineered by Michael Timmins in Toronto and mastered by longtime collaborator Peter J. Moore, the album delivers a searing, poetic contemplation of mortality, aging, and memory loss that stands among the band's most powerful late-career works.

## Canadian Press & Critical Reception

> "Such Ferocious Beauty is a visceral, unflinching masterpiece that tackles grief, dementia, and human frailty with arresting sonic urgency."
> — **Spill Magazine** by Ljubinko Zivkovic (2023-06-02) [Read Article](https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-cowboy-junkies-such-ferocious-beauty/)

> "Nearly four decades into their career, Cowboy Junkies deliver one of their most emotionally raw and sonically dynamic statements."
> — **Exclaim!** by Stuart Derdeyn (2023-05-31) [Read Article](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cowboy_junkies-such_ferocious_beauty)

## Complete Track-by-Track Liner Notes & Credits

### 01. What I Lost
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)
- **Performance & Session Musicians:**
  - **Margo Timmins**: Lead Vocals [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/margo-timmins)

### 02. Flood
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 03. Hard to Build. Easy to Break
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 04. Circe and Penelope
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 05. Hell Is Real
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 06. Shadows 2
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 07. Knives
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 08. Mike Tyson (Here It Comes)
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 09. Throw a Match
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

### 10. Blue Skies
- **Songwriting & Composition:**
  - **Michael Timmins**: Songwriter, Guitar [SOURCED] [Profile](https://musiclist.ca/person/michael-timmins)

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