Happy Most of the Time 5. Good songs and lots of heartfelt lyrics. Benson was once a genuinely lovelorn songsmith, a guy that could pine after the girl on record and still sound charming. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. "On the Fence" is bit more subdued and dusty, a muted road tune about a guy that can't quite hit the road but can't quite stay home either. My own personal favourite is "Light Of Day". In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. This is. Dean Fertita, who played keyboards with the Raconteurs on tour and now is with Queens of the Stone Age and The Dead Weather, plays piano on all the Benson demos, with all other instruments played by Benson. The romantic air around the self-defeating, love-seeking male feels out of place for a songwriter of Benson's talent and maturity, and as a result What Kind of World falls well short of being the kind of great pop record it could be. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012, I was not overly impressed with My Own Familiar Friend. Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2015. The sense of scarcity instantiates itself. Though, even though it's never dull sonically, lyrically Benson feels a bit stilted here, harkening back to the sad, self-deprecating romantic of past albums, even as that persona becomes less and less convincing. Clean power pop/rock. What Kind of World is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Brendan Benson.The album's release on April 21, 2012 coincided with his son's second birthday. [2][3] It peaked at number 7 on the UK Indie album chart in the week of release.[4]. Again the critical plaudits poured in, but this time the record enjoyed a certain degree of commercial success, selling more than three times as many copies as One Mississippi. This is not new, except for the way an unembarrassed opportunism has been enshrined among the laws of nature and has flourished destructively in the near absence of resistance or criticism. His fifth studio album, What Kind of World is a further look inside the songwriter's wiry inner world, thankfully for his listeners a world that has as many ELO-inspired bombastic hooks and killer guitar tones as it does personal hangups. But despite the attempts to recapture old tropes, he still immerses us in his earworm riffs for plenty of What Kind of World. The subjects, mostly male, of these songs are both constantly in search of love and so often thwarted by evasive or unattainable women. Mipso present a new music video that shows signs of perseverance and determination that they possess as versatile and accomplished musicians ready to release the fifth album in their nine-year career. What It Is, the new album from multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Quantic collaborator Sly5thAve, represents a triumph of musicianship over genre conventions. Here is the first question that must be asked: What have we done with America? Sure, he's channeling a version of the loner archetype here, but it's hard to tell why Benson is still so held up on that image. 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Keep Me 6. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Brendan Benson - What Kind Of World at Discogs. Benson worked as a producer for The Greenhornes, The Nice Device, The Mood Elevator (a permutation of The Well Fed Boys), Whirlwind Heat, and the Stiff Tissues member Dean Fertita's former band, The Waxwings. But now he's found a new home on his new record What Kind of World. Another outstanding chorus, that stays in your head for days and day ! Please try again. In March 2007, a handful of demos from Benson's upcoming album were posted on his Myspace. [citation needed], Benson's fourth album was My Old, Familiar Friend. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/brendan-benson-what-kind-of-world Come On 12. PopMatters is moving to WordPress and a new host, but we really need your help to save the site. Closer "On the Fence" points this out most clearly, where Benson sings about how a man's "never been the type to settle down / never had the nerve to ramble on". PopMatters have been informed by our current technology and hosting provider that we have less than a month, until November 6, to move PopMatters off their service or we will be shut down. I celebrate the man's entire discography, so it's only natural to want to feel the same about this record. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. The Light of Day 4. III" – Brendan Benson (2003), "East Grand Blues" EP – The Greenhornes (2005), "Baby I'm With the Band", taken from "Cho Dependent" – Margaret Cho (2010), "Meaning to Write", from "Detroit Now 1.5" – Brendan Benson (2001), "Let's Make Our Descent" – The Waxwings (2004), "Simple Man", taken from "Music Gets You High: Songs of Graham Nash" – Brendan Benson (2010), "Better Days", taken from "A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners" – Brendan Benson (2010), "Last Night in Detroit" – Brendan Benson (2011), "Upstairs at United, Vol 1" EP – Brendan Benson (2011), "Old Believers" – Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons (2012), "The Passing of the Night" – The Lost Brothers (2012), "Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes" EP – Eric Burdon & The Greenhorns (2012), "One Mississippi" – Brendan Benson (1996), "Long Hard Look" EP – The Mood Elevator (2003), "Married Alive" – The Mood Elevator (2003), "One Mississippi/The Wellfed Boy" EP – Brendan Benson (2003), "If We Can't Trust The Dr's..." – Blanche (2004), "Alternative To Love" – Brendan Benson (2005), "Broken Boy Soldier" – The Raconteurs (2006), "Consolers of the Lonely" – The Raconteurs (2008), "My Old Familiar Friend" – Brendan Benson (2009), "Death Won't Send a Letter" – Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons (2009), "Folk Singer", taken from "International Pop Overthrow, Vol. His debut album, One Mississippi, was released in 1996 on Virgin Records. But now, as he appears to have found love in his real life, he seems unable to shift his perspective in song. Met Your Match 9. Thru the Ceiling 10. John Lennon would have been 80 years old today. The Lone Bellow's live performance was a pleasurable distraction in the middle of a pandemic. [7] What Kind of World peaked at No. Sold by RapidPrimePros and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. "On The Fence" is a good type piano shuffle. The opening title track starts unassumingly, with steady drums and bare organ, but when the spacious bass comes in under the moody guitar hook, we're set up for a shimmering chorus that elevates the song nicely. The album was released on Benson's own Readymade Records in the US and British indie label Lojinx in Europe. Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013. The novel coronavirus has the potential for mitigation, treatment, and ultimately prevention. The third album by the impossible-to-categorize no-wave duo Budokan Boys is a meditation on death filled with songs that are both strange and strangely moving. This richest country has been overtaken with a deep and general conviction of scarcity, a conviction that has become an expectation, then a kind of discipline, even an ethic. In November 2008, he uploaded a new song, "Playdown", on his Myspace, but it was quickly taken down. 2012 release, the fifth solo album from the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of The Raconteurs (with Jack White). In 2003, Benson also released Metarie, with his then band The Well Fed Boys, and which featured a cover of Paul McCartney's Let Me Roll It, which featured back-up vocals by Jack White. IV" – Brendan Benson (2001), "Birth of a Lover" – The Nice Device (2003), "Rated X", taken from "Coal Miner's Daughter: a tribute to Loretta Lynn" – The White Stripes (2010), This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 13:38. You'll be hooked. In early February 2009, two songs entitled "The Things I Do" and "Grey" appeared on Monroe's MySpace along with this message: "Hey everyone! He's one of those songwriters that seems to toss off melodies effortlessly, and yet he's never quite caught on as much as he could. Another cover, this time "Strong Boy", from Gram Parsons International Submarine Band 1968 album, Safe at Home, was released as a B-side in 2005.