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- Date Released: January 1, 2008
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Joe Pug / CD Baby
The "Pug" is for pugnacious: a straightforward, plainspoken record of twangy defiance
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We Say...
"I've come to say exactly what I mean," Joe Pug declares in "Hymn #101," the very first song on his very first record. That sums up the simplicity at the heart of this young songwriter's art. Not so much in a literal sense, perhaps; his lyrics aren't always as clear-cut as that salient line. But the spare and straightforward manner in which Pug presents these seven songs — his confident, craggy voice backed by deft acoustic guitar picking and occasional touches of harmonica, very rarely anything more — leaves no doubt about his preference for the direct approach. Decades ago, Pug undoubtedly would've been saddled with the "New Dylan" tag, but Pug's older-than-his-years twangy rasp is really more reminiscent of John Hiatt. "Hymn 101" is the mission statement, but it's not the only standout: "Nobody's Man" features anthemic chord-strums and a defiant chorus ("I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child"); "I Do My Father's Drugs" gets political in a pointedly personal way ("If you see me with a rifle, don't ask me what it's for/I fight my father's war"); "Speak Plainly Diana" connects immediately with its infectious sing-along chant, "I don't mind riding around." That restless sentiment notwithstanding, Pug knows exactly where he's going.
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| 01. |  |
Hymn #101 |
4:40 |
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| 02. | |
Call It What You Will |
2:56 |
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| 03. | |
Nobody's Man |
3:36 |
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| 04. | |
Hymn #35 |
3:11 |
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| 05. | |
I Do My Father's Drugs |
2:48 |
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| 06. | |
Speak Plainly Diana |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Nation of Heat |
4:19 |
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07 Total Tracks, 24:19 Total Length
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