Paradoxaholic

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Paradoxaholic
ParadoxaholicAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 23, 2002 (2002-04-23)
Genre Rock music
Length43:32
Label Diesel Only
Will Rigby chronology
Sidekick Phenomenon
(1985)
Paradoxaholic
(2002)

Paradoxaholic is the second solo album by Will Rigby, released on April 23, 2002 on Diesel Only Records. It is also his first solo album in 17 years, since Sidekick Phenomenon was released in 1985. Paradoxaholic was notably more planned-out than Sidekick Phenomenon was. It was recorded during Rigby's time as a session musician, during which he exchanged time doing sessions for the opportunity to record his own music in the studio. [1]

Contents

Title

Rigby coined the word "paradoxaholic" to be the album's title. In 2002, he explained to Nashville Scene what this term meant to him:

"Some of my songs are kind of funny, and some are really sad, but to me, they don’t seem to go together very well. But that’s what I do, and I was trying to think of a title that reflected that so I just made up the word ‘paradoxaholic,’ which doesn’t really get at the point, but was the closest I could come." [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
City Pages (favorable) [4]
East Bay Express (favorable) [5]
Nashville Scene (favorable) [2]
Village Voice A– [6]

Track listing

  1. Got You Up My Sleeve
  2. This Song Isn't Even About You
  3. The Sweeter Thing To Do
  4. ...Wheelchair, Drunk
  5. Leanin' On Bob
  6. Get Away Get Away
  7. The Jerks At Work
  8. Samamaranda
  9. Midas Beige
  10. If I Can't Be A King
  11. Flap Down
  12. Sensible Shoes

Personnel

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References

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