Bruce has gone through many changes as a musician. I started buying his records in the 70's. "Dancing" is an incredible record. Others from that late 70's period, before he got into his really political phase, were "Further Adventures" (the one after Dancing I think), and some before; "In the Falling Dark" (one of my all time favorites), and "Joy Will Find A Way". Those records are still mainly acoustic, but with a great band behind him. The ones preceding "Joy" are simpler acoustic albums, and very beautiful; "Night Vision", "Sunwheel Dance", "Salt Sun and Time" are great. In the 80's Bruce went electric and political. "Humans" is a terrific record. Some of the other 80's stuff sounds a bit dated now but the songs are very good (but maybe that's the "Burn-head" in me talking; pretty indiscriminant when it comes to Cockburn's work). In the 90's he reinvented himself once again. "Nothing But A Burning Light" and "Dart To The Heart" kind of have a more country feel to them, back to more acoustic stuff (though not exclusively)and edgy; still distinctively Cockburn. And I agree; the Christmas album is terrific. Oh yeah; if you like the earlier stuff, you might like the live "Circles In the Stream", and if the later stuff floats your boat, there's another live one in the late 80's that's good too.