| World So Bright | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Reprise [1] | |||
| Producer | Greg Edward, Adam Schmitt | |||
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World So Bright is the debut album by the American musician Adam Schmitt, released in 1991. [2] [3] Schmitt supported the album by opening for the BoDeans on a North American tour. [4]
Recorded at Chicago Recording Company and in Schmitt's Champaign, Illinois, basement, the album was produced by Greg Edward and Schmitt. [5] [6] [7] It contains contributions from Lisa Germano, Kenny Aronoff, John Richardson, and Jay Bennett. [8] [9] "Scarlet Street" addresses the problem of homelessness in the United States. [10]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [12] |
| The Record | [4] |
| The Republican | [13] |
| The Telegraph | [9] |
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." [8] 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." [12]
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." [14] The Republican concluded that "it's pop alright, but the hooks don't hook and the thing don't swing." [13] 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." [1]
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'." [11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed the album "a flawless disc," writing that the title track is a "symmetrical diamond." [15] In 2001, Goldmine labeled World So Bright "a pop manifesto to the max, brimming with catchy tunes delivered in a classic pop style." [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dead End" | |
| 2. | "World So Bright" | |
| 3. | "Can't Get You on My Mind" | |
| 4. | "River Black" | |
| 5. | "Lost" | |
| 6. | "Garden of Love" | |
| 7. | "My Killer" | |
| 8. | "Remembered Sun" | |
| 9. | "Everything Turned Blue" | |
| 10. | "Elizabeth Einstein" | |
| 11. | "Scarlet Street" | |
| 12. | "At Season's End" |
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