Name: Inside
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 20031
Price: 36.49 SGD
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Inside

Rating

Album: Inside
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Inside
2)	Everybody Warned Me
3)	Off-White
4)	Gambler's Blues
5)	Long Gone
6)	Man From Out of Town
7)	Rite of Spring
8)	Robert Johnson
9)	Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
10)	Chameleon Blues
11)	Sister Jo
12)	Casey, Illinois

Performer Notes

New England based folk singer Bill Morrissey's fourth album, INSIDE, is arguably his best effort. Certainly, it's a masterful weave of Morrissey's cracked leather vocal delivery and unflinching eye for detail. With spare but well placed instrumentation (a violin here, a touch of organ there) behind him, the singer encapsulates both utter defeat and hard won happiness. The beauty of Morrissey's take on humanity is that his characters aren't holding for something better. Well-worn brides wear off-white, men hear their telephone ring as they watch their houses burn down, and married couples watch the late, late show to avoid being alone with one another.
The presence of fellow Greg Brown is a welcome one, as his rumble lends "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" an extra air of dread. "Robert Johnson," Morrissey's update of the doomed blues legend's myth similarly paints a chilling portrait of inevitable doom. And when all hope seems lost, along comes the giddy "Rite of Spring," a song that breathes humor and warmth into the usually tired tale of May-December romances.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone - 4 Stars

Entertainment Weekly (6/19/92, p.70) - "..[Morrissey] pits his gravelly voice against his finely rendered portraits of decidedly unlovable losers...[He's] a thoroughgoing pro at using a single line to fasten a song in your mind.." - Rating: A