It's Official: My Favorite Album of All Time!
Rock critics tend to make bold statements like, “The Best Album of the Year”, or “The 100 Best Albums of All Time”. When what they really mean to say is, “This is my favorite album right now but ask me next week and it will probably be something different.” Every single person on this planet has their own specific taste in music. When someone tells you that your taste in music sucks they really should be telling you that your taste in music is nothing like theirs and they feel better than you because of it. Just because I don’t like Katy Perry’s songs does that mean they all suck? I find this topic very interesting but this is not what I want to get into right now. I just want to make my bold statements that prove I have GREAT taste in music and you don’t.
The best album ever recorded and released ever, ever, ever is by a guy from Chicago that a lot of people probably have never heard of. His name is Devin Davis and the album is called “Lonely People of the World, Unite!”
First of all, who is this Devin Davis guy? Here is what Wikipedia says about him:
“Devin Davis is a Chicago based American indie musician. Growing up in Clinton, Iowa, he started playing music when he was five years old; from the piano to the saxophone and guitar, Devin tried his hand at numerous musical styles, soon graduating to first a drumming role in a Marching Band, and later a band called Irving Philharmonic, in Jacksonville. A chance job engineering at ACME Recording in Chicago gave Devin the opportunity to work on his debut solo record, Lonely People of the World, Unite!. Inspired by the long hours he spent working on the record, mostly alone at night, the album combines pop energy with classic '60s pop song craft, calling to mind the best work of kindred spirits like Sloan, and The New Pornographers.”
So essentially Devin has always been a musical kind of guy. He recorded “Lonely People” mostly on his own after all the studio sessions were done for the day. Which is why when he sings the first line of the album and says, “It’s hard to live in a basement and not get carried away,” you know immediately where this guy is coming from. “Lonely People” seems to be one long dream flowing from one world to the next. Each song is a story building on the previous song and leaving the listener to wonder, “What in the world could be coming next?”
The album starts out with two strong rockers, “Iron Woman” and “When I Turn Ninety Nine”. “Turtle and the Flightless Bird” follows and tells an odd love story that puts love above the risk of death. “Shark City” offers up the perfect example of a fast rock song. “Cannons at the Courthouse” features the narrator smoking reefer on the roof of the White House with Willie Nelson.
At this point the second half of the album gets off to a rocking start with “Transcendental Sports Anthem” which would be at home in any ball park in the world. “Sandie” slows thing down but still turns into a big rocker. “Paratrooper with Amnesia” and “Giant Spiders” both offer up more grandiose rock and even seem to be a good place to end a great album.
However Devin doesn’t stop there. He ends the album with two beautiful songs, “The Choir Invisible” and “Deserted Eyeland”, the latter reminding us that “We all live on a deserted eyeland.”
The musicianship is excellent throughout the album and is even more impressive when you realize that Devin played almost every instrument on the entire album.
“Lonely People” is over 5 years old and Devin is still working on the follow up album. I’m sure there are many people who are still eagerly awaiting that sophomore release. I know this because when you release the best album of all time you are going to attract some rabid fans…and I’m one.
For more information Google Devin Davis. (Duh! What? Do you need me to hold your hand???)
The best album ever recorded and released ever, ever, ever is by a guy from Chicago that a lot of people probably have never heard of. His name is Devin Davis and the album is called “Lonely People of the World, Unite!”
First of all, who is this Devin Davis guy? Here is what Wikipedia says about him:
“Devin Davis is a Chicago based American indie musician. Growing up in Clinton, Iowa, he started playing music when he was five years old; from the piano to the saxophone and guitar, Devin tried his hand at numerous musical styles, soon graduating to first a drumming role in a Marching Band, and later a band called Irving Philharmonic, in Jacksonville. A chance job engineering at ACME Recording in Chicago gave Devin the opportunity to work on his debut solo record, Lonely People of the World, Unite!. Inspired by the long hours he spent working on the record, mostly alone at night, the album combines pop energy with classic '60s pop song craft, calling to mind the best work of kindred spirits like Sloan, and The New Pornographers.”
So essentially Devin has always been a musical kind of guy. He recorded “Lonely People” mostly on his own after all the studio sessions were done for the day. Which is why when he sings the first line of the album and says, “It’s hard to live in a basement and not get carried away,” you know immediately where this guy is coming from. “Lonely People” seems to be one long dream flowing from one world to the next. Each song is a story building on the previous song and leaving the listener to wonder, “What in the world could be coming next?”
The album starts out with two strong rockers, “Iron Woman” and “When I Turn Ninety Nine”. “Turtle and the Flightless Bird” follows and tells an odd love story that puts love above the risk of death. “Shark City” offers up the perfect example of a fast rock song. “Cannons at the Courthouse” features the narrator smoking reefer on the roof of the White House with Willie Nelson.
At this point the second half of the album gets off to a rocking start with “Transcendental Sports Anthem” which would be at home in any ball park in the world. “Sandie” slows thing down but still turns into a big rocker. “Paratrooper with Amnesia” and “Giant Spiders” both offer up more grandiose rock and even seem to be a good place to end a great album.
However Devin doesn’t stop there. He ends the album with two beautiful songs, “The Choir Invisible” and “Deserted Eyeland”, the latter reminding us that “We all live on a deserted eyeland.”
The musicianship is excellent throughout the album and is even more impressive when you realize that Devin played almost every instrument on the entire album.
“Lonely People” is over 5 years old and Devin is still working on the follow up album. I’m sure there are many people who are still eagerly awaiting that sophomore release. I know this because when you release the best album of all time you are going to attract some rabid fans…and I’m one.
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