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- Date Released: January 24, 2006
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: Bar/None Records
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They Say...
Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Birdie Busch has one of those voices that draws you in on the first phrase and breathes you out at the end of the record. It's not devastatingly beautiful, brimming with venom, or capable of coaxing small birds from their nests, but it's as familiar as storm clouds in July and as easy to ingest as a small-town milkshake. Busch and her slightly funky, sometimes quirky, and always-relaxed backing band blow through 11 slices of East Coast humor, pathos, and earnest observation that treat the word "pretense" as if it never existed. From the gentle swing of "Cup" to the bluesy Randy Newman-esque closer "Room Above the City," The Ways We Try is so subtle in its execution that it may get lost among the bevy of louder, lamer, and more opulent acts of 2006, but if the business were fair, and the cream really did rise to the top, there would be one less employee doing the serving.
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The Cup |
2:27 |
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| 02. | |
South Philly |
2:29 |
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| 03. | |
Gigi |
3:22 |
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| 04. | |
Secret Hour |
3:31 |
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| 05. | |
Drunk By Noon |
3:36 |
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| 06. | |
Old Fashioned Way |
4:51 |
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| 07. | |
The Ways We Try |
4:55 |
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| 08. | |
Lightest Whitest |
3:36 |
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| 09. | |
Zeros |
2:28 |
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| 10. | |
Keys to the Car |
3:11 |
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| 11. | |
Room in the City |
4:38 |
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11 Total Tracks, 39:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Jerry Klause - Percussion // Jerry Klause - Executive Producer // Joe B - Guitar // Joe B - Slide Guitar // Devin Greenwood - Organ // Devin Greenwood - Bass // Devin Greenwood - Harmonica // Devin Greenwood - Percussion // Devin Greenwood - Piano // Devin Greenwood - Guitar (Electric) // Devin Greenwood - Vocals (Background) // Devin Greenwood - Producer // Devin Greenwood - Engineer // Devin Greenwood - Drums (Snare) // Devin Greenwood - Mixing // Devin Greenwood - Lap Steel Guitar // Birdie Busch - Guitar // Birdie Busch - Vocals // Darcy Ataman - Vocal Producer // Alex DaCorte - Artwork // Alex DaCorte - Layout Design // Ivan Funk - Drums // Ivan Funk - Lap Steel Guitar // Christopher Luxton - Artwork // Christopher Luxton - Layout Design // Neil Simpkins - Drums // Emily Zeitlyn - Vocals (Background) // Matt Muir - Drums
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