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Too Far to Care
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596205023
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 62050
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: June 17, 1997
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Editorial Review:
If the Waco Brothers sound like the Clash playing country music, an Old '97s song like "Barrier Reef" sounds like Rancid doing the Wacos. That's not a bad thing, but lead singer Rhett Miller is more distinctive pining for his gal on the sweetly beautiful "Salome" and "Streets of Where I'm From," a jazzy number about living in a place where romance ends as roadkill. The band--Miller, lead guitarist Ken Bethea, bassist Murry Hammond, drummer Phillip Peeples--sounds most like a rock outfit on the album-opening "Time Bomb," and most like a country crew on "West Texas Teardrops," featuring banjo and Hammond's nasal twang.
On at least half his songs, Miller reveals himself to be a guy who falls in love easily but takes getting dumped hard. The subject matter might get old, but the '97s vary things enough musically to steer clear of trouble. If the story of a guy scared to death of Manhattan on "Broadway" is too obvious, Miller easily redeems himself on the album's closer, "Four Leaf Clover." Sung as a duet with Exene Cervenka, it sounds like X riding a Bo Diddley beat, but the bitter lyrics send it to the moon. "I got a four-leaf clover, but it ain't done me a single lick of good/I'm still a drunk and I'm still a loser/And I'm still living in a lousy neighborhood." After all the crying he's done, it's nice to hear Miller get good and pissed. --Keith Moerer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - By far the best Old 97s album.
Not to say the others are shabby, but this one just has that je ne sais quas.
Rating: - Yay!!!
Love, love, love this album. One of my favorites of all time. Great lyrics, beautiful alt-insurgent-country-rock sound. Cheers to Murray Hammond & Rhett Miller's songwriting!!
Rating: - the quintessential altcountry album
I bought this album when it first came out despite the fact that I was rather underwhelmed by its predecessor, "Wreck Your Life". This was their major label debut, and it would seem that the Old 97s took extra care with this album as it improves greatly upon their previous work. Everything on this album is better--the songs, the music, the production. This is the perfect Old 97s album.
So what makes this album so great? Rhett Miller's lyrics and delivery. He had already shown ... Read More
Rating: - "This Ain't Our Home Anymore, It's Just Four Walls and A Floor..."
This album is a serious a**-kicker from start to finish.
No matter how old you are, where you're from, or what kind of music you normally listen to, I dare you not to stomp your feet when "Timebomb" gets going. This is the perfect driving album.
But as any Old 97's fan will tell you, the music's only half the story. Rhett Miller and company are kings of the lyrical one liners... and their skills truly shine in Too Far to Care.
Buy this album - you won't regret ... Read More
Rating: - Old 97's - Too Far To Care
A must have for anyone who enjoys X, The Reverend Horton Heat, or anything else that rides the line between punk rock and country.
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