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Details
Contributing artists:
Lambchop, Michael Stipe, Rob Veal
Producer:
John Keane
Distributor:
RED Distribution
Recording type:
Studio
Recording mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
n/a
Album notes
Personnel: Vic Chesnutt (vocals, guitar); Michael Stipe (vocals); John Keane (guitar, 12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar); Alex McManus (guitar, concertina, kalimba); Andy Carlson (violin); Kera Schaley, David Henry (cello); Jimmy Davidson (Hammond b-3 organ, synthesizer, drums); Tina Chesnutt (bass guitar); Liz Durrett (background vocals). Recording information: John Keane's Studio, Athens GA (11/1994). Released just before his media profile was raised by the 1996 tribute/benefit CD Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, Vic Chesnutt's fourth solo album demonstrates his immense talents as both a singer and a songwriter. Integrating electric instruments into his low-key arrangements more fully and successfully than he had on the previous year's DRUNK, the Athens, Georgia auteur turns his songwriting focus on his lyrics, which are his sharpest yet. Whether taking stock of his medical condition on "Gravity of the Situation" and the disturbing, despairingly powerful blues song "Free At Last," or gleefully imagining distant cultures in "Thailand," Chesnutt is a plainspoken, economical writer capable of evoking strong emotion and vivid images in the fewest words possible. John Keane's sympathetic, unobtrusive production supports Chesnutt's songs beautifully. IS THE ACTOR HAPPY? is a wonderful introduction to this underappreciated talent.
Editorial reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Chesnutt appears baffled but not displeased by his growing semi-celebrity, which is fortunate since this brazen, full-sounding tour-de-force promises something approaching stardom. Q Magazine (05/01/1995)
There's so much to listen for lyrically that Chesnutt would be interesting no matter what the musical content, but the music is quite solid, and again, unique....a disarming country influence, and a quirky, almost avante-garde one... Dirty Linen (02/01/1996)
...an uncharacteristically consistent collection, both musically and emotionally. Whereas, before, Vic seemed to feel obliged to relieve his bleakness with glimpses of light relief. Here, happily, he's stark staring sad... Melody Maker (05/06/1995)
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