Rain on the City

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Rain on the City
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Studio album by Freedy Johnston
Released January 12, 2010
Recorded House of David, Nashville
Genre Alternative rock
Length41:03
Label Bar/None
Producer Richard McLaurin
Freedy Johnston chronology
My Favorite Waste of Time
(2007)
Rain on the City
(2010)
Neon Repairman
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media 6.7/10 [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Rain on the City is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 2010 on Bar/None Records. It is Johnston's first album of original material since 2001's Right Between the Promises .

Freedy Johnston American singer

Freedy Johnston is a New York City-based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas.

Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

<i>Right Between the Promises</i> 2001 studio album by Freedy Johnston

Right Between the Promises is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 2001 on Elektra Records.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic's Mark Deming said the album "strikes a more comfortable balance between the bright and blue sides of Johnston's musical personality, and in terms of getting a sound that suits his songs, this is his most effective set since This Perfect World in 1994." He continues that "Johnston also seems to have gotten his stride back as a songwriter, and these 11 tunes are full of the sharp but thoughtful wordplay and unique characters that make his best work so pleasurable." And concludes "this collection is a beautiful example of Johnston playing to his strengths and reminding us why he's one of the best and most singular American songwriters at work today. With any luck, it won't take quite so long for him to make something this comfortable but pleasantly surprising again." [2]

AllMusic Online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

<i>This Perfect World</i> 1994 studio album by Freedy Johnston

This Perfect World is the third album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1994 on Elektra Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Freedy Johnston.

  1. "Lonely Penny" – 3:48
  2. "Don't Fall in Love with a Lonely Girl" – 4:08
  3. "Rain on the City" – 5:24
  4. "Venus is Her Name" – 3:04
  5. "The Other Side of Love" – 3:06
  6. "The Devil Raises His Own" – 4:51
  7. "Livin' Too Close to the Rio Grande" – 3:08
  8. "Central Station" – 2:59
  9. "The Kind of Love We're In" – 3:54
  10. "It's Gonna Come Back to You" – 2:41
  11. "What You Cannot See, You Cannot Fight" – 4:00

Personnel

The Silver Seas, formerly the Bees, are a pop-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, that formed when producer-musician Jason Lehning met singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian, son of Barry and Holly Tashian. They played their first show as the Bees in 1999 and toured as an opening act for Guster in 2004 after the independent release of their debut album, Starry Gazey Pie. High Society followed in May 2006.

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References

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