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Texas singer/songwriter Robert Ellis is not shy about citing his influences, name-checking "Lefty [Frizzell], Willie [Nelson], Hank [Williams], and Townes [Van Zandt]" in "Comin' Home," a song on his second album, Photographs. In keeping with the disc's nostalgic tone, Ellis has nearly divided it into two sides like an old LP, in musical and thematic terms. On the first five songs, he creates restrained arrangements based on his gently picked acoustic guitar, singing specific, confessional lyrics in a wispy country tenor. After two tunes devoted to the subject of friendship ("Friends Like Those," "Bamboo"), he traces the beginnings of a relationship on "Cemetery" (where, ominously, it is consummated) and "Two Cans of Paint" (in which housekeeping is set up). A transition is effected in "Westbound Train," as, halfway through, Ellis builds up a traditional country arrangement with drums kicking in. The second part of the CD is full of such band tunes, the sound harking back to the 1950s of Frizzell, as Ellis describes the deterioration of the love story he began earlier. He, it seems, drinks; she, he thinks, cheats. The traditional sound gives the words a more generalized tone and even undercuts them somewhat, however. "No Fun," for instance, is set to a honky tonk hoedown that belies its vindictive lyrics. Meanwhile, as a singer Ellis has built up to a George Jones-like belt, the better to give his words a more universal context. Photographs thus has it both ways as an intimate singer/songwriter effort and a tribute to the country music Ellis reveres.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
ROBERT ELLIS, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Texas singer/songwriter Robert Ellis is not shy about citing his influences, name-checking "Lefty [Frizzell], Willie [Nelson], Hank [Williams], and Townes [Van Zandt]" in "Comin' Home," a song on his second album, Photographs. In keeping with the disc's nostalgic tone, Ellis has nearly divided it into two sides like an old LP, in musical and thematic terms. On the first five songs, he creates restrained arrangements based on his gently picked acoustic guitar, singing specific, confessional lyrics in a wispy country tenor. After two tunes devoted to the subject of friendship ("Friends Like Those," "Bamboo"), he traces the beginnings of a relationship on "Cemetery" (where, ominously, it is consummated) and "Two Cans of Paint" (in which housekeeping is set up). A transition is effected in "Westbound Train," as, halfway through, Ellis builds up a traditional country arrangement with drums kicking in. The second part of the CD is full of such band tunes, the sound harking back to the 1950s of Frizzell, as Ellis describes the deterioration of the love story he began earlier. He, it seems, drinks; she, he thinks, cheats. The traditional sound gives the words a more generalized tone and even undercuts them somewhat, however. "No Fun," for instance, is set to a honky tonk hoedown that belies its vindictive lyrics. Meanwhile, as a singer Ellis has built up to a George Jones-like belt, the better to give his words a more universal context. Photographs thus has it both ways as an intimate singer/songwriter effort and a tribute to the country music Ellis reveres.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:18
- Main artists: Robert Ellis
- Composer: Robert Ellis
- Label: New West Records
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
2011 New West Records, LLC 2011 New West Records, LLC
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