Neon Repairman
| Neon Repairman | ||||
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| Released | June 25, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 38:41 | |||
| Label | Singing Magnet | |||
| Producer | Freedy Johnston | |||
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Neon Repairman is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston, as well as his first self-produced album.[1] It was released in 2015 on Singing Magnet Records.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| American Songwriter | (favorable)[2] |
| Magnet | (favorable)[3] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | B+[4] |
Robbie Fulks wrote that on the album, "The music is played with hearts out and dicks in, to coin a phrase that I sincerely hope does not catch on."[5] Peter Gerstenzang of City Pages called the album "another stunning collection brimming with both indelible melodies and wonderfully seedy characters."[6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Freedy Johnston.
- "Neon Repairman" – 5:00
- "Baby, Baby Come Home" – 4:27
- "TV in My Arms" – 3:07
- "Summer Clothes" – 4:21
- "By the Broke Streetlight" – 2:27
- "The First to Leave the World, Is the First to See the World" – 3:51
- "Angeline" – 3:53
- "The Sentimental Heart" – 3:13
- "Her Hair Is Blowing in the Wind of Another Planet" – 4:04
- "A Little Bit of Somethin' Wrong" – 4:18
Personnel
[edit]- Freedy Johnston – vocals, instruments
- John Calarco – drums
- David Raven – drums
- Chris Boeger – bass
- Dusty Wakeman – bass
- Chris Lawrence – guitar, pedal steel
- Doug Pettibone – guitar
- Jim Chapdelaine – guitar
- Dave Adler – mellotron, rhodes
- James Cowan – bongos, percussion
- Biff Blumfungagnge – violin
- Mary Gaines – cello
References
[edit]- ↑ Deming, Mark. "Freedy Johnston Biography". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Gerstenzang, Peter (May 27, 2015). "Freedy Johnston Shines on Neon Repairman". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Poet, J. (July 17, 2015). "Essential New Music: Freedy Johnston's "Neon Repairman"". Magnet. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (August 28, 2015). "Yo La Tengo Made Their Loveliest Album Ever: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Fulks, Robbie (June 30, 2015). "Robbie Fulks Talks Freedy Johnston's Neon Repairman". Talkhouse. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Gerstenzang, Peter (May 12, 2015). "Freedy Johnston Fixes Up a New Album". City Pages. Retrieved May 24, 2017.