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- Date Released: July 1, 2002
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Alt-Country
- Label: Bloodshot Records
Bare Jr.'s solo debut is what alt-country is all about. And yeah, that's a Smiths cover.
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We Say...
Though he'd had a minor alt-rock radio hit with his band Bare Jr., it wasn't until he added his first name back into the equation for this 2002 solo debut that Bobby fully came into his own as a songwriter. From the unstoppably catchy opening track "I'll Be Around" to the hilarious sketch "Monk at the Disco" to the Lone Star State ode "Stay in Texas" to a cover of his late mentor Shel Silverstein's "Painting Her Fingernails," this record is filled with the kind of creativity and personality that fuels the best of alt-country (or any genre, for that matter).
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They Say...
Melancholy, decidedly disheveled, and rootsy, Young Criminals' Starvation League is a captivating and timeless collection of countrified dirges that sound as if they were rendered on a back-porch shanty somewhere in rural America. An therein lies the charm of Bobby Bare Jr.. With a cracked voice and broken spirit, Bare's astute observations of life's little victories and big failures are delivered with all the grace of a lingering hangover. Gallows humor abounds, especially in "Dig Down," a self-deprecating dialogue targeting a myriad of rock stars who stand accused of sucking up all the brilliant ideas while leaving the over-the-counterculture generation in a retro daze. "Monk at the Disco" pumps up the Americana engine akin to post-psychedelic-era Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. Abetted by ramshackle renditions of the Smiths' "What Difference Does It Make" and Shel Silverstein's "Painting Her Fingernails," both of which capture the pathos and misery-loves-company splendor of the originals, Bare Jr. wears his heartbreak rather well.
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| 01. |  |
I'll Be Around |
4:36 |
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| 02. | |
Flat Chested Girl From Maynardville |
3:59 |
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| 03. | |
Mehan |
3:09 |
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| 04. | |
Bullet Through My Teeth |
2:40 |
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| 05. | |
The Monk At The Disco |
2:52 |
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| 06. | |
Dig Down |
3:50 |
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| 07. | |
What Difference Does It Make |
3:44 |
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| 08. | |
The Ending |
3:21 |
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| 09. | |
Track 9 |
0:51 |
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| 10. | |
Stay In Texas |
2:32 |
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| 11. | |
Painting Her Fingernails |
7:18 |
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11 Total Tracks, 38:52 Total Length
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Credits
- Bobby Bare - Vocals (Background) // Lloyd Barry - Horn // George Chambers - Horn // Jim DeMain - Mastering // Mark Nevers - Producer // Matt Swanson - Bass // Markus Greiner - Artwork // Tony Crow - Keyboards // Paul Niehaus - Guitar (Steel) // Paul Burch - Drums // Waldo Weathers - Horn // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Guitar // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Harmonica // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Vocals // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Producer // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Main Performer // Bobby Bare, Jr. - Photography // Thomas Petillo - Artwork // Carey Kotsionis - Vocals (Background) // Kevin Teel - Bass // Kevin Teel - Guitar // Kevin Teel - Mandolin // Kevin Teel - Lap Steel Guitar
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