World So Bright

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World So Bright
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Studio album by
Adam Schmitt
Released1991
Studio Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, additional recording at Private Studios in Urbana and Schmitt's house in Champaign
Genre Pop, power pop [1]
Length44:58
Label Reprise [2]
Producer Greg Edward, Adam Schmitt
Adam Schmitt chronology
World So Bright
(1991)		 Illiterature
(1993)

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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
The Record Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Republican Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adam Schmitt.

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Borack, John M. (2007). Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide. Not Lame Recordings. ISBN   978-0-9797714-0-8.
  2. 1 2 Wild, David (July 12, 1991). "Rating the Recordings". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Rolling Stone. p. 4F.
  3. ↑ "Adam Schmitt Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Corcoran, Michael (July 21, 1991). "Record File". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 2.
  5. 1 2 Jaeger, Barbara (November 7, 1991). "Adam Schmitt, 'World So Bright'". The Record. p. C1.
  6. ↑ Caro, Mark (June 21, 1991). "National debuts". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. N.
  7. ↑ Smith, Liz (August 12, 1991). "Yes, summer is more than half over...". News. Newsday. p. 11.
  8. ↑ "Album Reviews — World So Bright by Adam Schmitt". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 25. June 22, 1991. p. 70.
  9. 1 2 "Adam Schmitt". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  10. 1 2 Mueller, Paul (August 16, 1991). "Adam Schmitt nearly does it all in debut showing much promise". The Telegraph. Macon. p. 5D.
  11. ↑ Wolff, Carlo (February 6, 1992). "Adam Schmitt World So Bright". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 6.
  12. 1 2 "World So Bright". AllMusic.
  13. 1 2 Kening, Dan (July 4, 1991). "Adam Schmitt World So Bright". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  14. 1 2 O'Hare, Kevin (August 11, 1991). "Ethereal to earthy – New discs run gamut". The Republican. p. D10.
  15. ↑ Benarde, Scott (August 18, 1991). "Troubadours, Genre Fusion Latest in Pop". The Palm Beach Post. p. 1L.
  16. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 984.
  17. ↑ Borack, John M. (November 30, 2001). "New Releases". Goldmine. Vol. 27, no. 24. p. 52.
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