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- Date Released: October 15, 2002
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Powerless Pop Recorders / IODA
College rock-smarts mixed with a healthy dose of Nashville melodrama.
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We Say...
Chicago-born and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Chris Mills has had a restless career, meandering from almost Elvis Costello-ish New Wave to full-fledged orchestral pop — which may be the reason he has never quite attracted the kudos he's due for his considerable flair as a country songwriter. 2002's Silver Line is not orthodox country by any means — both the exquisite ballad "Everything's Gonna Be Cool" and the sardonic love song "Silver Line" suggest the college-rock smarts of someone like Ben Folds as they do the Nashville melodrama of Ryan Adams — but it draws heavily, as does all Mills' work, on the baleful humour of the genre, and country's understanding that the only thing sadder than tragedy is comedy.
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They Say...
Chris Mills is a talented singer/songwriter who specializes in heartache with occasional undercurrents of bitterness and self-pity. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to sound somewhat generic, a limitation that is particularly evident on "Sleepwalking," which seems so much like the work of a run-of-the-mill (no pun intended) bar band that it's easy to overlook the less-routine lyrics. On some of the other tracks, David Nagler and Eric Roth contribute tasteful string and horn arrangements that don't necessarily enhance the individual songs; for example, "Don't Be Crushed" loses some of its emotional impact because of the saccharine string accompaniment. Mills has mastered an earnest, melancholy vocal style, but he has a tendency to stick with this approach even when a greater sense of anger or sarcasm would seem better-suited to his own lyrics; he even manages to sing the opening of "Diamond" ("I heard you're a drunk/And you never shut up/The word on the street/Is that your sweet ass/Is totally f*cked") as if he was wistfully describing another rainy day. Nonetheless, the songs themselves are fairly solid and hold up well to repeated listening, even if the performances don't always make the most of their potential.
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The Silver Line |
2:55 |
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| 02. | |
Suicide Note |
4:13 |
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| 03. | |
I Could Not Stand To See You |
4:19 |
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| 04. | |
Sleeptalking |
3:00 |
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| 05. | |
Everything's Gonna Be Cool |
3:26 |
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| 06. | |
Dry Eye |
4:24 |
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| 07. | |
Diamond |
4:46 |
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| 08. | |
Floorboards |
2:55 |
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| 09. | |
Lullaby |
3:09 |
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| 10. | |
Don't Be Crushed |
4:06 |
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10 Total Tracks, 37:13 Total Length
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Credits
- Brian Deck - Producer // Brian Deck - Engineer // Fred Lonberg-Holm - Cello // Fred Lonberg-Holm - Cello // Jeb Bishop - Trombone // Dan Stout - Mastering // Sam Prekop - Drawing // Sheila Sachs - Design // The Colonel - Engineer // Chris Mills - Guitar // Chris Mills - Vocals // Chris Mills - Producer // Ryan Hembrey - Bass // Ryan Hembrey - Piano // Ryan Hembrey - Vocals (Background) // Ryan Hembrey - Producer // Ryan Hembrey - Shaker // Ryan Hembrey - Fender Rhodes // Gerald Dowd - Percussion // Gerald Dowd - Drums // Gerald Dowd - Vocals (Background) // Nate Lepine - Sax (Tenor) // Laurent Bichara - Engineer // Colin Studybaker - Engineer // Nate Wolcott - Trumpet // David Nagler - Piano
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