Trap Door (EP)

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Trap Door
Trap Door EP.jpg
EP by
Released1982
Genre Rock
Label Warner Bros.
Producer T Bone Burnett, Reggie Fisher
T Bone Burnett chronology
Truth Decay
(1980)
Trap Door
(1982)
Proof Through the Night
(1983)

Trap Door is an EP by T Bone Burnett, released in 1982. It was his first release on the Warner Bros. label after leaving Takoma Records. [1]

Contents

Although the EP is out of print, all the songs were reissued on CD by Rhino Handmade on March 27, 2007. The double CD also includes the Behind the Trap Door EP and Proof Through the Night , [2] and was issued in a numbered limited edition of 5,000. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s A− [4]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [5]

In his review, music critic Brett Hartenbach of AllMusic called the EP "Intelligent and compelling... well worth hunting down." [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by T Bone Burnett; except where indicated.

  1. "Hold on Tight"
  2. "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (Jule Styne, Leo Robin)
  3. "I Wish You Could Have Seen Her Dance"
  4. "A Ridiculous Man"
  5. "Poetry"
  6. "Trap Door"

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hartenbach, Brett. "Trap Door > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. Allmusic entry for reissue compilation Proof Through the Night & The Complete Trap Door
  3. T Bone Burnett- Proof Through The Night & The Complete Trap Door - Press Release Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved May 13, 2021 via robertchristgau.com.
  5. Hull, Tom (May 10, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 13, 2021.