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After the commercial falloff of Keys to the Highway, Rodney Crowell took two and a half years crafting his seventh album, Life Is Messy, in the interim going through a divorce from his wife, Rosanne Cash. The most notable characteristic of Life Is Messy was that it marked a complete return to his original style. With nary a steel guitar or fiddle to be heard, and featuring top pop session musicians as well as a slew of pop guest stars (Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Steve Winwood, etc.), Life Is Messy wasn't really a country record at all. A couple of songs had a country-rock, honky tonk feel, but the dominant musical style was a pastiche of late-'50s/early-'60s pop. The title song was a somewhat abstract meditation on romantic discord and career disappointment that was followed by the equally despairing "I Hardly Know How to Be Myself," which actually had been co-written with Cash. These songs sounded so pained and deeply felt that some of the more uptempo songs came off as trivial, even if they made for a change of pace. But other songs came up to their standard without being quite so low in mood. "Alone But Not Alone" found the singer beginning to find his way, and "It's Not for Me to Judge" revealed the noncommittal feelings one can have when emotional certainties are uprooted. Taken together, the songs on Life Is Messy made for a fascinating portrait of an artist at a personal and professional crossroad -- but it didn't have much to do with commercial country music circa 1992, which is what it was primarily marketed as. After a few months, Columbia Records pulled the plug on promotion and parted ways with Crowell, who moved on to MCA Records.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Rodney Crowell, Producer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - John Leventhal, Producer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Larry Klein, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Will Jennings, Composer - Will Jennings, Lyricist - Roy Orbison, Lyricist - Roy Orbison, Composer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - John Leventhal, Producer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - CJ Vanston, Producer - John Leventhal, Producer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Rosanne Cash, Composer - Rosanne Cash, Lyricist - John Leventhal, Producer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - John Leventhal, Producer - John Leventhal, Composer - John Leventhal, Lyricist - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Larry Klein, Producer - Larry Klein, Composer - Larry Klein, Lyricist - Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Larry Klein, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
1992 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - John Leventhal, Producer - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rodney Crowell, Performer - Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Producer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - John Leventhal, Producer - John Leventhal, Composer - John Leventhal, Lyricist - Randy Kling, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Chronique
After the commercial falloff of Keys to the Highway, Rodney Crowell took two and a half years crafting his seventh album, Life Is Messy, in the interim going through a divorce from his wife, Rosanne Cash. The most notable characteristic of Life Is Messy was that it marked a complete return to his original style. With nary a steel guitar or fiddle to be heard, and featuring top pop session musicians as well as a slew of pop guest stars (Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Steve Winwood, etc.), Life Is Messy wasn't really a country record at all. A couple of songs had a country-rock, honky tonk feel, but the dominant musical style was a pastiche of late-'50s/early-'60s pop. The title song was a somewhat abstract meditation on romantic discord and career disappointment that was followed by the equally despairing "I Hardly Know How to Be Myself," which actually had been co-written with Cash. These songs sounded so pained and deeply felt that some of the more uptempo songs came off as trivial, even if they made for a change of pace. But other songs came up to their standard without being quite so low in mood. "Alone But Not Alone" found the singer beginning to find his way, and "It's Not for Me to Judge" revealed the noncommittal feelings one can have when emotional certainties are uprooted. Taken together, the songs on Life Is Messy made for a fascinating portrait of an artist at a personal and professional crossroad -- but it didn't have much to do with commercial country music circa 1992, which is what it was primarily marketed as. After a few months, Columbia Records pulled the plug on promotion and parted ways with Crowell, who moved on to MCA Records.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 10 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:42:23
- Artistes principaux : Rodney Crowell
- Compositeur : Rodney Crowell
- Label : Lucky Dog
- Genre : Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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