Legendary Texan artist Terry Allen occupies a unique position straddling the frontiers of country music and visual art; he has worked with everyone from Guy Clark to David Byrne to Lucinda Williams, and his artwork resides in museums worldwide. Widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, his deeply moving (and hilarious) satirical second album, a complex memory palace to his West Texas hometown Lubbock, is often cited as the urtext of alt-country. Produced in collaboration with the artist and meticulously remastered from the original analog tapes, this is the definitive edition: the first to correct the tape speed inconsistencies evident on all prior versions; the first U.S. vinyl reissue; the first CD to restore the full track listing; and the first to contextualize the record within Allen's 50-year career. Deluxe 2×LP package includes tip-on gatefold jacket with lyrics, printed inner sleeves, download code, and 28pp. book with related artwork and photos, an oral history by Allen, and essays by David Byrne, Lloyd Maines, and PoB. 2×CD edition features replica jacket, sleeves, and tipped-in 52pp. book.5 stars; '50 Essential Albums of the 1970s.' Eccentric and uncompromising, savage and beautiful, literate and guttural. - Rolling StoneRaunchy, pithy, and deeply redolent. - PitchforkRiveting. - NPR
Tracklisting
- Amarillo Highway (For Dave Hickey)
- Highplains Jamboree
- The Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy)
- The Wolfman Of Del Rio
- Lubbock Woman
- The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma
- Truckload Of Art
- The Collector (And The Art Mob)
- Oui (A French Song)
- Rendezvous USA
- Cocktails For Three
- The Beautiful Waitress
- High Horse Momma
- Blue Asian Reds (For Roadrunner)
- New Delhi Freight Train
- FFA
- Flatland Farmer
- My Amigo
- The Pink And Black Song
- The Thirty Years War Waltz (For Jo Harvey)
- I Just Left Myself