Robbie Fulks: Revenge!
Revenge! is the new release from Robbie Fulks, a 2-disc, 23-track "live record" that invests that term with fresh thinking. One disc stars the songwriter's ferociously rocking four-man road band (and interpolates sound check and studio-grown material). The other has Robbie in an acoustic cabaret setting, and highlights his Carolina-bred flat picking and communicative dynamism. Together, they form a singular document of the country contrarian's musical range - rock, bluegrass, honky-tonk, jazz - and spontaneity. Half the tracks are new ('Fixin' to Fall' with Casey Driessen's mind-altering violin; a flailing Carter Family drive-by with silken-throated Kelly Hogan at the wheel, an emotional read on Cher's 'Believe'), and all are newly fired, with an ideal blend of audiophile clarity and on-the-spot joy. More than sweet, Revenge! is a mid-career summation and vital addition from an artist who still looks curiously forward, and works best without a script.
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TRACK LISTING
| Disc 1: | |||
| 1 | We're On The Road | (3:30) | |
| 2 | You Shouldn't Have | (4:15) | |
| 3 | Fixin' To Fall | (2:54) | |
| 4 | Mad At A Girl | (3:41) | |
| 5 | The Buck Starts Here | (4:32) | |
| 6 | Goodbye, Good-Lookin' | (3:09) | |
| 7 | Busy Not Crying | (3:15) | |
| 8 | You Don't Mean It (soundcheck) | (3:56) | |
| 9 | Rock Bottom, Pop. 1 | (2:48) | |
| 10 | Cigarette State | (4:41) | |
| 11 | Let's Kill Saturday Night | (3:27) | |
| Disc 2: | |||
| 1 | Introductory Remarks by Amy Warren | (0:17) | |
| 2 | That's A Good Enough Reason | (4:09) | |
| 3 | Believe | (3:44) | |
| 4 | In Bristol Town One Bright Day | (5:39) | |
| 5 | I Wanna Be Mama'd | (6:16) | |
| 6 | Fake Jews Everywhere/The Death of Enthusiasm | (2:53) | |
| 7 | I Like Being Left Alone | (3:14) | |
| 8 | Bluebirds Are Singing For Me | (3:33) | |
| 9 | On A Real Good Day | (5:08) | |
| 10 | President Garfield's Hornpipe/Suza | (4:42) | |
| 11 | Kelly Hogan's Looking Hot/Closing Remarks | (0:52) | |
| 12 | Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbath | (3:57) | |
