it s a shame about ray

On It's a Shame About Ray (1992), songwriter Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield perfected their signature style of Punk-Pop-meets-Folk-Rock. The album is a beautiful collection of sunny melodies and hooks, delivered with typical nonchalance by Dando. A smorgasbord of immediately accessible and thoroughly catchy songs, his laid-back observations of middle-class outcasts are little gems in their own right.

Highlights are the heartbroken title track, "Confetti", "Bit Part In Your Life," the love letter to substances "My Drug Buddy," or the wonderful "Alison's Starting to Happen," where a girl finds herself as she discovers Punk Rock. His warm, friendly voice is offset by Juliana Hatfield's girlish harmonies, giving the songs an emotional resonance.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
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Side A
1. Rockin’ Stroll
2. Confetti
3. It’s A Shame About Ray
4. Rudderless
5. My Drug Buddy
6. The Turnpike Down    

Side B
1. Bit Part
2. Alison’s Starting To Happen
3. Hannah & Gabi
4. Kitchen
5. Ceiling Fan In My Spoon
6. Frank Mills
7. Mrs. Robinson