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Michael Penn - Resigned (1997)

Track listing:
  1. Try 3:12
  2. Me Around 2:30
  3. Like Egypt Was 3:50
  4. Out Of My Hands 3:37
  5. All That That Implies 4:14
  6. Selfish 2:53
  7. Cover Up 2:51
  8. Figment 5:32
  9. Small Black Box 2:27
  10. Comfort 3:03
  11. I Can Tell 5:06

Notes

Backing away from the introspective inclinations of Free-for-All, Michael Penn delivers a concise and thoroughly infectious guitar-pop album with Resigned. Like most of Penn's music, the album relies heavily on Revolver-era Beatles, but his melodies are uniformly tighter and catchier than before, and producer Brendan O'Brien gives the record a crisp, attractive sound. None of the tracks initially stand out like "No Myth" or "Long Way Down," yet each song is well constructed and filled with hooks, making Resigned a terrific third album from Penn.