Based on Happy Times

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Based on Happy Times
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Studio album by
Tommy Keene
Released1989
Genre Rock
Label Geffen
Producer Joe Hardy, John Hampton, Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene chronology
Songs from the Film
(1986)		Based on Happy Times
(1989)		 Ten Years After
(1996)

Based on Happy Times is an album by the American musician Tommy Keene, released in 1989. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Washington Post called the album "a pleasant, tuneful collection of songs in Keene's familiar wistful mode." [5] The Gazette wrote that "it's a simple story Keene tells over the course of 12 tough rock songs: a broken heart, a summer night, limitless possibility thwarted by equally limitless romantic angst, all of it transformed into keening, melodic guitars, poignant hooks and evocative lyrics." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted

  1. "Nothing Can Change You" – 3:19
  2. "Light of Love" – 3:00
  3. "This Could Be Fiction" – 3:24
  4. "Based on Happy Times" – 3:47
  5. "When Our Vows Break" – 3:20 (Keene, Jules Shear)
  6. "The Biggest Conflict" – 3:42
  7. "Highwire Days" – 3:37
  8. "Our Car Club" – 3:22 (Brian Wilson, Mike Love)
  9. "If We Run Away" – 4:06 (Keene, Shear)
  10. "Hanging on to Yesterday" – 3:53
  11. "Where Have All Your Friends Gone" – 2:25
  12. "Pictures" – 3:34
  13. "A Way Out" – 4:09

Personnel

The band

Additional musicians

Production

Additional credits

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References

  1. ↑ Abrahams, Andrew (Apr 17, 1989). "Song—Tommy Keene". People. 31 (15): 27.
  2. ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (Jun 1989). "Tommy Keene". Stereo Review. 54 (6): 104.
  3. ↑ "Based on Happy Times Review by Jack Leaver". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ↑ McCormick, Moira (Jun 15, 1989). "Tommy Keene Based on Happy Times". Rolling Stone (554). Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (28 Apr 1989). "Keene, Radioblue: No Breakthrough". The Washington Post. p. N22.
  6. ↑ Lepage, Mark (1 June 1989). "Tommy Keene Based on Happy Times". The Gazette. p. F4.
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