Torn Again

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Torn Again
Peter Case Torn Again.jpg
Studio album by Peter Case
Released August 25, 1995
Genre Alternative Rock, Alternative Country, Folk Rock
Length47:56
Label Vanguard
Producer Larry Hirsch, Steven Soles
Peter Case chronology
Sings Like Hell
(1993) Sings Like Hell1993		Torn Again
(1995)		 Full Service No Waiting
(1998) Full Service No Waiting1998

Torn Again is an album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 1995.

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Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A+ [2]

Music critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic called the album a return to form, calling it "More heartfelt and less hardened, Case sings for the grown-ups." [1]

Denise Sullivan is an American music journalist and historian who is the author of music biographies as well as the critically acclaimed music-history book, Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop.

Track listing

All songs by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Turnin' Blue" – 4:28
  2. "Baltimore" – 4:30
  3. "Workin' for the Enemy" – 4:20
  4. "Breaking the Chain" (Case, Fontaine Brown) – 3:25
  5. "Anything" (Case, Mark Hart) – 4:15
  6. "Blind Luck" (Case, Fred Koller) – 4:16
  7. "Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)" (Case, Tom Russell) – 3:56
  8. "Punch & Socko" – 2:43
  9. "Wilderness" – 4:48
  10. "Takin' It" – 3:50
  11. "Airplane" – 4:22
  12. "Moves Me Deeply" (Case, Billy Swan) – 3:03

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Sullivan, Denise. "Torn Again > Review". Allmusic. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Torn Again > Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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