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Track Listing
1. Bitter
2. Happy Town
3. Barren Egg
4. Half a Heart
5. When My Ship Comes In
6. Clever
7. I'm So Happy
8. Little Guy
9. Underachiever
10. Love Is Never Equal
11. Soldiers of Christ
12. Attic
13. Sold My Soul
14. Super 8
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Steve Earle | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Jill Sobule (vocals, acoustic, acoustic baritone, electric & e-bow guitars, keyboards, vibraphone, bass, drums, percussion); Mark Goldenberg (vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming); Steve Earle (vocals, electric guitar); Brad Jones (acoustic guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, vibraphone, harmonium, bass, percussion); George Bradfute (electric guitar); Al Perkins (pedal steel guitar); Chris Carmichael (strings); Jim Hoke (flute, harmonica, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone); Edward Foote (hurdy gurdy); Ross Rice (piano, Wurlitzer, harmonium, bass, drums); Roger Moutenot (Moog synthesizer); Viktor Krauss, Byron House (upright bass); Mickey Grimm (drums, percussion); Maurico Lewak (drums).
Producers: Brad Jones, Robin Eaton, Mark Goldenberg.
Engineers: Brad Jones, Elijah Shaw, Dom Maita.
On HAPPY TOWN, Jill Sobule moves away from the intense character sketches of her self-titled debut, while continuing to prove herself a skillful storyteller with an eye for the idiosyncratic details of life that ring especially strange and true. HAPPY TOWN is a study in ambivalence, ranging from "Bitter," with its promise not to become so even though "the one who made it, made it/'Cuz her breasts were really big," to the gleeful musical context of "When My Ship Comes In," with its angry, resentful lyrics: "When my ship comes in I might take you/You could swab the deck if you're nice today." Sobule's voice is engaging and emotive, and her lyrics, however biting and satirical, are always deliciously clever.
Industry Reviews
...Clever production, full of dynamic extremes and sweet'n'scrappy sounds, creates a Sam Phillips quality that underlines Sobule's savvy. - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (03/21/1997)
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