This is the third chapter of Brian’s massively ambitious four-volume song-writing master-class, to be released in four installments over the space of a year. This issue digs into the news and – in an impressive variety of musical dialects – doesn’t pussyfoot around when it comes to the current state of the world – or of individual psychologies. At the same time it delivers a procession of jaw-dropping musical moments as Brian skids through twisty harmonic shifts, takes compositional risks, pulls off some amazing coups of arrangement – while delivering songs and lyrics of proper substance. Great imagination coupled with a journeyman’s skill and a journalist’s approach to music: working fast, taking the occasional risk and not worrying too much because this isn’t Madam Bovary, while turning in high quality, high detail, minutely wrought – and sometimes brilliant – copy. A listening pleasure, worthy of study and studded with some really great musicianship, this is also a discreet cri de cour. Anyone who cares about the art of songwriting or the state of the world – or the clockwork behind how this music stuff works – should buy this record.
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| 1. Next Time I See You |
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| 2. While Supplies Last |
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| 3. We Can’t Breathe |
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| 4. Better |
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| 5. Get Out of Your Car |
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| 6. Welcome to America |
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| 7. Why Can’t It Be Like It Was? |
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| 8. Jury Duty |
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| 9. If It Ain’t Broke, Break It |
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| 10. Good Cop/Bad Cop |
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| 11. Lucy, I’m Home |
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| 12. Shut Up and Listen |
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| 13. Poor Landlord |
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| 14. I Oppose the Troops |
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| 15. Guns and Ammo |
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| 16. Beware of Famous People |
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| 17. The Law of Attraction |
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| 18. The South Will Rise Again, Again |
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| 19. Small Penis |
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| 20. Save the World |
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