ARTiST: Greg Trooper
ALBUM: Upside-Down Town
BiTRATE: 160kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Blue Rose Records
GENRE: Folk/Rock
SiZE: 57.48 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 47min 28sec total
RiP DATE: 2011-02-26
STORE DATE: 2011-02-25
Track List:
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01. Nobody In The Whole Wide World 4:13
02. Dreams Like This 3:42
03. They Call Me Hank 4:48
04. Bulletproof Heart 4:03
05. We've Still Got Time 3:56
06. Might Be A Train 3:24
07. First True Love 2:40
08. Could Have Been You 4:43
09. Time For Love 4:18
10. Second Wind 4:38
11. Just One Hand 4:10
12. Everything Will Be Just Fine 2:53
Release Notes:
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Greg TrooperÆs just-released Upside-Down Town ranks with his best work û and
thatÆs saying something.
His last studio album, the Dan Penn-produced Make It Through This World in 2005
was a compelling melding of folk and R&B, and this album builds on that, with
touching songs and a Hammond B3.
Trooper remains a storyteller and Upside-Down Town reminds us what a fine
lyricist he is.
ôThey Call Me Hankö is a good example of that. The song, reminiscent of Rodney
CrowellÆs recent work, paints a portrait of a homeless manÆs life in vivid
detail, including the fishing that occasionally pays for a beer at ôthe last bar
in town that lets me in the doorö and a hint of the circumstances that brought
Hank to this place in his life.
Most striking are two songs that touch on aging. ôWeÆve Still Got Timeö is a
song of redemption, reminding a woman that ôif life were not a crooked road,
youÆd never find out who you are.ö
A similar, but infinitely more joyous sentiment can be found in ôTime for Love,ö
an upbeat and funny take on love a little later in life: ôTime is flying by,
before you know it honey, thereÆll be coins on our eyesà so get ready Andretti,
weÆre into overdrive.ö
ItÆs probably not a coincidence that this most optimistic of Trooper songs
features his son Jack on drums and wife Claire Mullally on harmony vocals.
There are also a number of songs of regret, from the melancholy ôDreams Like
Thisö to the kicking- youself anthem ôCould Have Been You.ö
TrooperÆs band is terrific, and includes Kevin McKendree on keyboards and
guitar, Dave Jacques on bass and Kenneth Blevins on drums (when JackÆs not
playing.)
Upside-Down Town is an impeccably written and performed album, with soul in all
the right places.