The Criminal Under My Own Hat

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The Criminal Under My Own Hat
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 14, 1992 (1992-07-14)
Studio
Genre Rock
Length38:14
Label Columbia
Producer T Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth
T Bone Burnett chronology
The Talking Animals
(1987)
The Criminal Under My Own Hat
(1992)
The True False Identity
(2006)

The Criminal Under My Own Hat is an album by T Bone Burnett that was released in 1992. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Music critic Mark Deming of Allmusic said the album was "easily T Bone Burnett's strongest album since Proof Through the Night, and a rare pleasure for thinking music fans". [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by T Bone Burnett; except where indicated

  1. "Over You" – 2:20
  2. "Tear This Building Down" – 4:37
  3. "It's Not Too Late" (Burnett, Elvis Costello, Bob Neuwirth) – 4:26
  4. "Humans from Earth" – 2:48
  5. "Primitives" – 3:15
  6. "Criminals" – 3:44
  7. "Every Little Thing" (Burnette, Neuwirth) – 2:53
  8. "I Can Explain Everything" – 1:53
  9. "Any Time at All" – 3:03
  10. "I Can Explain Everything (Reprise)" – 3:19
  11. "The Long Time Now" (Burnett, Neuwirth) – 3:00
  12. "Kill Switch" – 2:55

Personnel

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References

  1. Sachs, Lloyd (4 October 2016). T Bone Burnett: A Life in Pursuit. University of Texas Press. p. 110. ISBN   978-1477303771.
  2. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "The Criminal Under My Own Hat > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 22, 2011.