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- Date Released: August 28, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter
- Label: One Little Indian
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Over a decade and a half into his career, Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott shoots for his definitive album on Noise from Words -- his Tonight's the Night, his Late for the Sky, his Nebraska. Released three years after his last album, Noise from Words is, McDermott claims, an intensely personal autobiographical song cycle about addiction and recovery. Unfortunately, McDermott's strength as a songwriter is not naked, raw emotion; it's likely that anyone who hears these 12 songs without the foreknowledge of their creation would be hard-pressed to catch the underlying theme outside of the fairly obvious opening and closing tunes, "Mess of Things" and "I Shall Be Healed." Furthermore, McDermott is a talented but not particularly emotive singer whose rather plain voice doesn't deliver much of an emotional wallop. Noise from Words is an entirely inoffensive piece of adult alternative songcraft, but unfortunately, it seems that McDermott was going for something more than that.
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| 01. |  |
Mess of Things |
3:09 |  |
| 02. | |
Still Ain't Over You Yet |
5:33 | |
| 03. | |
Tread Lightly |
3:27 | |
| 04. | |
The American In Me |
3:27 | |
| 05. | |
A Kind of Love Song |
3:37 | |
| 06. | |
No Words |
3:15 | |
| 07. | |
All My Love |
3:40 | |
| 08. | |
Just A Little Blue |
2:58 | |
| 09. | |
Broken |
4:38 | |
| 10. | |
A Long Way From Heaven |
4:00 | |
| 11. | |
My Father's Son |
4:44 | |
| 12. | |
I Shall Be Healed |
4:24 | |
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Credits
- Michael McDermott - Bass // Michael McDermott - Guitar // Michael McDermott - Piano // Michael McDermott - Producer // Denny Fongheiser - Drums // Dan Petty - Bass // Dan Petty - Guitar // Dan Petty - Mandolin // Dan Petty - Producer // Dan Petty - Mixing // Doug Petty - Piano // Patrick Warren - Chamberlin // Jim Wirt - Bass // Jim Wirt - Mixing // Larry Beers - Drums // Brian Fitzpatrick - Design // Brian Fitzpatrick - Design // Brian Fitzpatrick - Layout Design // Brian Fitzpatrick - Layout Design // John Spiegel - Dobro // John Spiegel - Guitar // C.J. Eiriksson - Digital Editing // C.J. Eiriksson - Editing // C.J. Eiriksson - Mixing // Dan Stout - Mastering // Rick Barnes - Producer // Rick Barnes - Engineer // Rick Barnes - Mixing // Paul David Hager - Mixing // Joe Cassidy - Guitar // Joe Cassidy - Piano // Joe Cassidy - Producer // Joe Cassidy - Engineer // Joe Cassidy - String Arrangements // Joe Cassidy - Mixing // Jason Batchko - Drums // Niva Bringas - Photography // Jon Paul LoMonaco - Design // Jon Paul LoMonaco - Layout Design // Bobby Macintyre - Drums // Merritt Lear - Violin // Matthew Wheeler - Assistant // Ryan Hinshaw - Violin // Sejo Navajas - Assistant // Bobby O'Mullan - Executive Producer // John Pirrucello - Pedal Steel // Angelo Santucci - Mandolin // Lyle Waisman - Assistant Photographer
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