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Trout Fishing in America - Truth is Stranger than Fishin Audio CD

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Trout Fishing in America Band: Trout Fishing in America
Title: Truth is Stranger than Fishin
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Release Date: 1994-07-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Spider's Fence 2: Cracked Up 3: Nothing Tonight 4: Promnight in Pigtown 5: Soon the Night 6: Trouble Let Me Rest in Peace 7: Lost in Her Lips 8: Ode to Big Blue 9: Sleepytime Cartoon 10: Lucky Guy 11: Day the Bass Players Took over the World 12: Tongue Tied 13: Not Fade Away 14: 11 Easy Steps

Excellent!
Trout Fishing sometimes does some humor songs that you might not want to listen to over and over (like if the CD was in constant rotation) but that is not a problem on this CD. This is a great album. The only odd one is The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World and it is not disruptive (of a mood) to keep it out of CD rotation. The quality of every other song is unsurpassed. The best song in my opinion is "Not Fade Away" which sounds like a Buddy Holly tune but better. "Lost in Her Lips" and "Tongue Tied" are two other of my favorites but there are no sound bytes for them. The best test to see if you will like the album is listen to the clips for "Spider's Fence", "Cracked Up" and "Soon the Night". If you like those, they are pretty indicative of the album. "Soon the Night" is another that is especially good.


Who Are These People?
These guys have been playing together for over 20 years and it shows - very together - you wonder how two guys can produce such a full sound. I will answer my own question - these people are quite possibly the best duo in America.

My favorites are 'Not Fade Away' - a great rendition of the Buddy Holly clasic; 'The Day the Bass Players Took Over The World' - price some better speakers and watch out for this Napoleonic bass player; and 'Lucky Guy' - hilarious and touching. Buy this one.


Best Trout alblum
The only songs on it whih do not do much for me are "Ode to Big Blue" which is a not-so-hot rendition of an old Lightfoot song and "lost in her lips". I think this is the best album the guys have ever produced. Otherwise, it is a really great, free-spirited album and I encourage anyone who likes TFIA to buy this one first. For those who do not know TFIA, this is a great introduction to their music.


Some great songs mixed with some "not so hot"
Most of the music on this cd does not do much for me, BUT there are 3 or 4 that are GREAT. . . Ode to Big Blue, Lost in Her Lips, and, my favorite, The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World are worth the whole cd.


Their first CD (but not their first Album)
I see them live whenever they come thru Texas. As a 10 year fan of Trout Fishing in America, I can unequivocally say that this is my favorite band of all time.

My personal ranking of their 3 Adult CD's has "Who Are These People?" first, "Truth is Stranger than Fishing" second, and "Over the Limit" third.


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