Freedy Johnston

Possessing a remarkable gift for sterling melodic craft and richly drawn lyrical scenarios, Freedy Johnston remains one of the most compelling songwriters in contemporary American pop. This, his fourth album, is one of his strongest efforts, as impressive for the vividly drawn characters of "Western Sky" and "Hotel Seventeen" as it is for the pure-pop brilliance of "On the Way Out" and "I'm Not Hypnotized." Despite the unlikely presence of middle-of-the-road specialist Danny Kortchmar as producer and guitarist, the songs are well-served by compact, sharply focused arrangements that spotlight the artist's compositional strengths, and Johnston's plaintive, keening vocals possess an understated strength that gives his tunes an added level of urgency.


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On the Way Out (LP版)

I'm Not Hypnotized (LP版)

Western Sky (LP版)

One More Thing to Break (LP版)

He Wasn't Murdered (LP版)

You Get Me Lost (LP版)

Hotel Seventeen (LP版)

Gone to See the Fire (LP版)

Seventies Girl (LP版)

If It's True (LP版)

Something's out There (LP版)

Can You Fly (Deluxe Edition)

The Lucky One

In The New Sunshine

Back on the Road to You

There Goes a Brooklyn Girl

Freedy Johnston's best songs can convey more in a single detail--"And these pills won't even let me cry," mourns the haunted narrator of "This Perfect World"--than most artists can express in an entire album. There's nothing quite so poignant on Right Between the Promises, Johnson's fourth album for Elektra and sixth overall. In fact, the album's most aching sentiments are reserved for something not at all human, as the riffy verses of "Back to My Machine" melt into a chamber-pop chorus with Johnston crooning "Oh how I wish you were real." Tasteful string arrangements also complement Johnston's melancholy vocals on "That's Alright with Me," "In My Dream," and the gorgeous "Arriving on a Train," while "Radio for Heartache" strips the formula down to its essence, just Johnston and his ukulele. There's also a pleasant, if not particularly revelatory, cover of the 1970 Edison Lighthouse hit, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)," but with the entire album clocking in at just 38 minutes, more of Johnston's original hook-filled heartbreak would have been welcome. All in all, a must for Johnston followers, but newcomers may want to start out with This Perfect World and work their way forward.


Right Between The Promises

The latest in an illustrious series that includes Elliott Murphy, Marshall Crenshaw, Paul Kelly, and John Hiatt, Freedy is an exquisite singer-songwriter for the critics to champion and the masses to disregard. Butch Vig's crisp sonics and the restrained, almost old-fashioned rock and folk caress of the music make Johnston's deceptively easy-going tunes easy to fall in love with. "Evie's Tears," "Two Lovers Stop" and "Bad Reputation" are favorites. 


This Perfect World

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