| World So Bright | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, additional recording at Private Studios in Urbana and Schmitt's house in Champaign | |||
| Genre | Pop, power pop [1] | |||
| Length | 44:58 | |||
| Label | Reprise [2] | |||
| Producer | Greg Edward, Adam Schmitt | |||
| Adam Schmitt chronology | ||||
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World So Bright is the debut album by the American musician Adam Schmitt, released in 1991. [3] [4] Schmitt supported the album by opening for the BoDeans on a North American tour. [5]
Recorded at Chicago Recording Company and in Schmitt's Champaign, Illinois, basement, the album was produced by Greg Edward and Schmitt. [6] [7] [8] It contains contributions from Lisa Germano, Kenny Aronoff, John Richardson, and Jay Bennett. [9] [10] "Scarlet Street" addresses the problem of homelessness in the United States. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [13] |
| The Record | [5] |
| The Republican | [14] |
| The Telegraph | [10] |
Trouser Press thought that the "well-crafted songs are mega-tuneful guitar-driven gems with hooks galore and lyrics that rise above the prosaic 'boy meets girl/boy loses girl/boy misses girl/boy goes looking for another girl' fodder." [9] The Chicago Tribune determined that "the album's dozen songs resound with the innate humability that informs the best work of Squeeze, XTC and the dB's." [13]
The Palm Beach Post wrote: "A hopeful romantic, [Schmitt] infuses love song after love song with memorable hooks. A tough, heartfelt delivery gives them an added edge." [15] The Republican concluded that "it's pop alright, but the hooks don't hook and the thing don't swing." [14] Rolling Stone called it "more than a promising debut, it's a confident piece of work from a canny singer-songwriter who's going to be around for a good long while." [2]
AllMusic wrote that "things are less impressive when the amps get cranked too high ('River Black'), but fortunately that's not a frequent mistake, and one that's more than redeemed by songs like the wistful, touching ballad 'Elizabeth Einstein'." [12] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed the album "a flawless disc," writing that the title track is a "symmetrical diamond." [16] In 2001, Goldmine labeled World So Bright "a pop manifesto to the max, brimming with catchy tunes delivered in a classic pop style." [17]
All tracks are written by Adam Schmitt
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dead End" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "World So Bright" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Can't Get You on My Mind" | 3:28 |
| 4. | "River Black" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Lost" | 3:36 |
| 6. | "Garden of Love" | 4:13 |
| 7. | "My Killer" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Remembered Sun" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Everything Turned Blue" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Elizabeth Einstein" | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Scarlet Street" | 3:49 |
| 12. | "At Season's End" | 4:06 |
Additional musicians
Production
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