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Brendan Benson
Released 1996

Sittin' Pretty
02:53
629 plays

Emma J
03:49
426 plays

Me Just Purely
02:44
399 plays

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songs

- 1
- Tea
- 01:08
- 375 plays

- 2
- Bird's Eye View
- 01:28
- 325 plays

- 3
- Sittin' Pretty
- 02:53
- 629 plays

- 4
- I'm Blessed
- 03:00
- 309 plays

- 5
- Crosseyed
- 04:22
- 398 plays

- 6
- Me Just Purely
- 02:44
- 399 plays

- 7
- Got No Secrets
- 03:22
- 309 plays

- 8
- How 'Bout You
- 03:02
- 254 plays

- 9
- Emma J
- 03:49
- 426 plays

- 10
- Insects Rule
- 03:08
- 322 plays

- 11
- Maginary Girl
- 03:06
- 267 plays

- 12
- House in Virginia
- 03:49
- 301 plays

- 13
- Cherries
- 07:00
- 280 plays

album review

Brendan Benson probably knew his time in the majors was doomed even before 1996's One Mississippi came out: he had recorded a full version of this album with producer Jason Falkner that was rejected by Virgin in favor of this more straightforward effort. (Falkner's fingerprints are all over this album regardless; he co-wrote over half of the songs, which sound like a more rocking version of tracks from his own major-label bow, Author Unknown. Several of the Falkner-produced tracks were eventually released by Virgin on the vinyl-only promo Well Fed Boy.) Still, you have to give him credit for trying. An album whose catchiest tune's chorus involves a woman tied to a chair and which opens with a heartfelt song called "Tea" (about the hot beverage, not the outdated slang term for marijuana) is not a record that will set charts afire. That said, Benson's gifts as a tunesmith in the Todd Rundgren-meets-Alex Chilton mode are undeniable; the hooks are plentiful and catchy and his appealingly rough voice puts over the relentlessly smart-alecky lyrics well. There are a couple of duff tracks, but the power pop charms of a song like the snarling "Me Just Purely" mostly make up for occasional blunders like the underwritten "Bird's Eye View." ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide