Dirk Hamilton - Thug of Love (1980)
BAND/ARTIST: Dirk Hamilton
- Title: Thug of Love
- Year Of Release: 1980
- Label: Wounded Bird Records
- Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:08:33
- Total Size: 434 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Out to Unroll the Wheel World
02. Turn Off the T.V.
03. Colder Than Mexican Snow
04. Moses & Me
05. I Will Acquiesce
06. The Main Attraction
07. Need Some Body
08. Wholly Bowled Over
09. Change in a Child's Hand
10. In a Miracle
11. Dance in Deeper Motion (Bounus Track)
12. Dry Jawbone (Bonus Track)
13. New Dark Age (Bonus Track)
14. The World Is Ok (Bonus Track)
15. Soul & Body (Bonus Track)
16. Overcoats (Bonus Track)
17. Moses & Me (Acoustic Version)
Dirk Hamilton's final major-label album before an extended hiatus from professional music-making, 1980's Thug of Love suggests that perhaps he left the game a bit too soon. The newly shorn hair, the leather jacket over the white T-shirt, and the hip black-and-white graphics make it clear that Elektra's A&R department was pitching the album to the emerging new wave audience, and certainly Thug of Love would appeal to fans of, say, Joe Jackson's early work. The album, produced by Hamilton and longtime cohort Don Evans, is a bit harder-edged than his more acoustic earlier efforts, and the more aggressive tone suits his hard-boiled, cynical lyrics well. A Los Angeles black humorist along the lines of Warren Zevon or Tonio K., Hamilton invests songs like "Need Some Body" and "Moses and Me" with a humanizing sense of self-deprecating humor and a hint of compassion for his downtrodden characters. On the haunting "I Will Acquiesce" and the genuinely touching closer "In a Miracle," Hamilton drops the wise-guy shtick in favor of a warmth akin to Graham Parker's more romantic moments.
01. Out to Unroll the Wheel World
02. Turn Off the T.V.
03. Colder Than Mexican Snow
04. Moses & Me
05. I Will Acquiesce
06. The Main Attraction
07. Need Some Body
08. Wholly Bowled Over
09. Change in a Child's Hand
10. In a Miracle
11. Dance in Deeper Motion (Bounus Track)
12. Dry Jawbone (Bonus Track)
13. New Dark Age (Bonus Track)
14. The World Is Ok (Bonus Track)
15. Soul & Body (Bonus Track)
16. Overcoats (Bonus Track)
17. Moses & Me (Acoustic Version)
Dirk Hamilton's final major-label album before an extended hiatus from professional music-making, 1980's Thug of Love suggests that perhaps he left the game a bit too soon. The newly shorn hair, the leather jacket over the white T-shirt, and the hip black-and-white graphics make it clear that Elektra's A&R department was pitching the album to the emerging new wave audience, and certainly Thug of Love would appeal to fans of, say, Joe Jackson's early work. The album, produced by Hamilton and longtime cohort Don Evans, is a bit harder-edged than his more acoustic earlier efforts, and the more aggressive tone suits his hard-boiled, cynical lyrics well. A Los Angeles black humorist along the lines of Warren Zevon or Tonio K., Hamilton invests songs like "Need Some Body" and "Moses and Me" with a humanizing sense of self-deprecating humor and a hint of compassion for his downtrodden characters. On the haunting "I Will Acquiesce" and the genuinely touching closer "In a Miracle," Hamilton drops the wise-guy shtick in favor of a warmth akin to Graham Parker's more romantic moments.
Pop | Folk | Rock | FLAC / APE
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