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Before The Robots (CD)

By: Better Than Ezra (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Before The Robots (CD) Album By Better Than Ezra (Artist)
1   Burned
2   Daylight
3   Lifetime, A
4   It's Only Natural
5   Overcome
6   Special
7   American Dream
8   Our Last Night
9   Southern Thing, A
10   Juicy
11   Hollow
12   Our Finest Year
13   Breathless
 

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Title Note

Better Than Ezra: Kevin Griffin (vocals, guitar, piano); Tom Drummond (bass instrument); Travis Aaron McNabb (drums).

Recording information: Fudge, New Orleans, LA; Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Given the title BEFORE THE ROBOTS, one might assume that Better Than Ezra's 2005 album is a concept record with a sci-fi bent. Fear not, though, BTE is still crafting catchy pop songs; drummer Travis McNabb merely nicked the name from a bizarre dream. Here, the New Orleans trio offers 13 tunes that are a crisp mix of storytelling prowess and genre dabbling. The record includes the neo-funk of "Juicy," which finds frontman/composer Kevin Griffin taking on a Mick Jagger-circa-SOME GIRLS falsetto, and the post-modern Bonnie and Clyde tale "A Southern Thing," which finds room for a mix of loops and grungy guitar riffs. Of course, Griffin's strengths are as a raconteur, a talent he displays with a narrative inspired by the demise of country-rock legend Gram Parsons on the jangly "A Lifetime." Equally impressive is the mid-tempo, Tom Petty-like rocker "American Dream," which takes potshots at the major corporations of the world. The biggest anomaly on BEFORE THE ROBOTS is "It's Only Natural," a soulful nugget dotted with strings, subtle organ runs, and a dream-pop aura, co-written by neo-glam rockers Louis XIV.

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