Format Details: Tan Vinyl Edition / Tan Vinyl
Release Date: 14 July 2023
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064015499
Description
You probably heard Alabama-born multiinstrumentalist Will Owsley before you
heard of him; he was a mainstay in the bands of Amy Grant and Shania Twain
during the mid-'90s. He then pulled a Tom Scholz of Boston-style maneuver
and recorded his own album, which he shopped to the major labels as a
take-it-or-leave-it deal. The Giant label bit, as well they should have; Owsley is one of the better power pop albums of the '90s and certainly one of the best power pop debuts ever to come down the pike (that this self-recorded album got a Grammy nom for best engineered album is further testimony as to
Owsley's many talents). You'll hear a little Cars, a little Todd Rundgren, and
a healthy helping of Owsley's former bandmate Ben Folds, but the crunch of
Owsley's guitars makes sure the "power" gets as much play as the "pop."
Highlights include "Oh No the Radio," "Coming Up Roses," and "Good Old
Days," but really this is a remarkably consistent album, full of hooks and some sonic surprises (cello! organ!). Owsley makes its LP debut in a tan vinyl edition limited to 1000 copies, complete with a full-color inner sleeve.
You'll be playing some of these songs on repeat in your head after a couple
of listens.
Tracklisting
Tyketto
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright Iii
Petula Clark
The Donnas
Dusty Springfield
Tiny Tim
Henry Franklin
Jim Bob
Jim Bob
Highdelberg
The Kirkbys
The Haunt
Vivabeat
Tom Speight
Miike Snow
