Handsome Devil (album)

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Handsome Devil
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Studio album by
Released2004
Genre Acoustic Rock
Length41:24 minutes
Label Independent
Producer Jim Bianco and Brad Gordon
Jim Bianco chronology
Jim Bianco and the Tim Davies Big Band
(2003)
Handsome Devil
(2004)
Steady
(2006)

Handsome Devil is the first official studio album released by recording artist Jim Bianco. The song "So Far, So Good" was featured on an episode of HBO's "Real Sex" and also used in a German car commercial in 2009. In August 2010, "So Far So Good" was featured in episode 33 of "True Blood" on HBO. In the 2005/2006 season, A&E's show "Random 1" featured the following songs over the course of three episodes:

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Jim Bianco

  1. “Best That You Can Do“– 3:51
  2. “Handsome Devil“– 4:09
  3. “Goodness Gracious“– 3:58 [1]
  4. “Sorry” –3:55
  5. “The River Waltz“– 3:22
  6. “Tennessee Wedding“– 4:48
  7. “So Far, So Good“– 3:47
  8. “More Hands“– 3:15
  9. “Ready or Not“– 4:44
  10. “Untended Fires“– 3:22
  11. “Handsome Devil (Reprise)” –4:53

Personnel

Production information

Jim Bianco on Handsome Devil

Videos

Bianco filmed and produced one video for this album.
Best That You Can Do

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References

  1. Keyboard -2004 Volume 30, Issues 7-12 - Page 8 "Handsome Devil Jim Bianco is a talented singer and songwriter making ... a touch of noir in Bianco's music, exemplified in the excellent title song and the organ-laced "Goodness Gracious."
  2. Reverte, Michele LAist Interview:Jim Bianco Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine “LAist.com“ May 23, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2010
  3. Freeman, Jennifer Bianco Reveals Musings of Sex-Driven Male Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine "The Mix" April 11, 2005. Retrieved January 06, 2010