Inside (Bill Morrissey album)

Inside
Studio album by
Bill Morrissey
Released1992
RecordedAugust 12–22, 1991
GenreFolk music
Length41:15
LabelPhilo
Bill Morrissey chronology
Standing Eight
(1989) 		Inside
(1992) 		Friend of Mine
(1993)

Inside is the fourth album by New England singer-songwriter Bill Morrissey, released in 1992 on Philo Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[6]
People(favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Village Voice(choice cut)[5]

Alex Henderson described Inside as "not perfect but consistently enjoyable" and gave it a rating of three stars out of five.[1] Stephen Holden wrote in 1992 that Inside was Morrissey's best-sounding record,[7] and it is described as "probably his best effort" in the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.[8]

Track listing

  1. Inside (duet with Suzanne Vega)[3]
  2. Everybody Warned Me
  3. Offwhite
  4. Gambler's Blues
  5. Long Gone
  6. Man From Out of Town
  7. Rite of Spring
  8. Robert Johnson
  9. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
  10. Chameleon Blues
  11. Sister Jo
  12. Casey, Illinois

Personnel

  • Bill Morrissey—vocals, guitar
  • Johnny Cunningham—violin
  • Tom McClung—piano
  • Ron Levy—organ
  • Doug Plavin—drums
  • John Jennings—lead guitar on "Robert Johnson"
  • Greg Brown—vocal harmony on "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me"

References

  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Inside Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (February 6, 1992). "Bill Morrissey: Inside". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Picks and Pans Review: Inside". People. June 8, 1992. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  4. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist. Random House. p. 488. ISBN 9780679737292.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Album review: Inside". Village Voice. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  6. ^ Wyman, Bill (June 19, 1992). "Inside". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Holden, Stephen (February 23, 1992). "From Bill Morrissey, Blue-Collar Angst With a Folk Touch". New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  8. ^ Inside (Bill Morrissey album). Oxford University Press. 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.