The Band Northern Lights-Southern Cross

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• Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Band’s sixth studio album, Northern Lights-Southern Cross includes classic Band favorites “Ophelia,” “Acadian Driftwood,” and “It Makes No Difference” in a premium package.

  Northern Lights-Southern Cross feels like The Band returning to themselves with a calmer, deeper sense of purpose. Released in 1975, it was their first album of new original material since Cahoots, recorded at their Shangri-La studio and built around songs all written by Robbie Robertson. What makes it land so strongly is the balance between looseness and precision: the group still sounds lived-in and earthy, but the playing is more spacious, the atmosphere more nocturnal, and Garth Hudsons keyboard work gives the whole record a ghostly glow. Acadian Driftwood, It Makes No Difference, and Ophelia are among