848064018292

Friction, Baby

Better Than Ezra

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Format: LP

Cat No: RLGM18291PMI

Format Details: Tan Vinyl / Tan Vinyl Edition

Release Date:  11 October 2024

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064018292

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    Any album that takes its title from a Keith Richards quote ("Friction, baby" was his response to an interviewer asking him what the secret was behind the durability of his partnership with Mick Jagger) has a lot going for it from the get-go…and a certain responsibility to live up to the legacy of the Glimmer Twins. Thankfully, this 1996 album from the celebrated New Orleans alternative rock band Better Than Ezra doesn't monkey (man) around.
    On the heels of their success with Deluxe, BTE actually had a real recording budget for the first time, and, with the help of producer Don Gehman (R.E.M., Hootie and the Blowfish), they successfully merged songwriter Kevin Griffin's
    Southern boy pop with the heavy guitar sound of the era to form a college radio wet dream of a record spearheaded by the hits "King of New Orleans" and "Desperately Wanting." Tan vinyl pressing complete with hidden track, with printed inner sleeve. Fully authorized by the band…Ezralites, rejoice!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. King of New Orleans
      • 2. Rewind
      • 3. Long Lost
      • 4. Normal Town
      • 5. Scared, Are You?
      • 6. Return of the Post Moderns
      • 7. Hung the Moon

      Side 2

      • 1. Desperately Wanting
      • 2. Still Life with Cooley
      • 3. WWOZ
      • 4. Happy Endings
      • 5. Speeding Up to Slow Down
      • 6. at CH DEGAULLE, etc.