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Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith (1995)

Track listing:
  1. Secret Heart 3:11
  2. There's A Rhythm 3:09
  3. Words We Never Use 3:02
  4. Summer Blowin' Town 2:16
  5. Lebanon, Tennessee 2:52
  6. Speaking With The Angel 3:33
  7. In Place Of You 3:25
  8. Heart With No Companion 3:07
  9. Several Miles 3:33
  10. From A Few Streets Over 2:41
  11. First Chance I Get 1:58
  12. Wastin' Time 2:42
  13. Galbraith Street 3:00
  14. There's A Rhythm 3:20

Notes

Ron Sexsmith is so anti-cool that this may actually be one the coolest albums you hear. The Toronto singer/songwriter's appearance matches his music perfectly — hair falling in tousled bangs over doe eyes and baby face; one of those guys who always got beat up in high school and couldn't string two words together in front of a real live girl without stammering. A wide-eyed innocent, Sexsmith's eponymous release marries the wonder of Jonathan Richman with the darker atmosphere of a Daniel Lanois. Superficially, the songs are so sparsely childlike that you're tempted to wonder if Sexsmith is either a master of affectation or some kind of idiot savant.