1 Fenario
2 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
3 The Island
4 Hazel's House
5 Che Guevara T-Shirt
6 Cancion Sencilla
7 There Goes Mavis
8 So Says The Whipporwill
9 The Last Fare Of The Day
10 Gray Green

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For the songwriter aficionado

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Richard Shindell has some of the most insightful compositions out there. Not every cut on this album is a gem, but enough of them are to make it a classic for the audio library.

I like Hazel's House, Che Guevara T-Shirt, There Goes Mavis and So Says The Whipporwill best, but I can understand others choosing other selections as their faves. Two or three of the songs on this album are bound to stick with you.

This is an acoustic, singer/song writer style of album. If you're into heavy handed production, go elsewhere.

One of Richard's Best

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: My husband & I happened upon Richard listening to NPR and went right out and bought the CD "Somewhere Near Patterson." This was our favorite CD ever, playing right alongside Gordon Lightfoot on a regular basis. I would never have thought I'd like another CD better until this one. I never tire of listening to it.

tired, repetitive, un-lyrical

 Album Rating: (1 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: as a big shindell fan (have all his albums including cry, cry, cry) I was bitterly disappointed in this album. His delivery of unnecessarily convoluted lyrics seems forced. His songs all seem to be in the same key with the same picking pattern, despite a variety of instruments and production elements.

The delivery and emotion that you love Richard for just weren't there for me in this album. Any other album, I'd be forced to find a song I didn't like.

Sultry

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: From the first song to the last, Richard Shindell has a natural ability to compose and perform with strength and softness simultaneously. This is one of my favorite recordings.Beautiful !

New Sound But Better :)

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: It took me about five or six listenings to begin to let the beauty of this CD sink in. This recording, like "Somewhere in Patterson" takes awhile to rub off on you, and when it does you are hooked for good. What an eloquent style and sensitive collection of songs. Best tracks are "Fenario," "Hazel's House" and "Big Muddy." The instrumentation is great. The album also seems to be a bit more political, which is OK, as long as he doesn't hang his hat on politics like Jackson Browne started to do.

The only criticism I have, and it is minor, is that Lucy Kapansky should be used more for back up vocals. They have a unique vocal chemistry that cannot be replaced.