Someday Man

Artist: Paul Williams
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4943674195824
ASIN: B0000088FO

Release Date: 1998-03-31

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Tracks:

Someday Man
So Many People
She's Too Good to Me
Mornin' I'll Be Movin' On
Time
Trust
To Put Up with You
Do You Really Have a Heart
I Know You
Roan Pony

Customer Reviews:

Someday Classic.......2002-11-10

There are some records out there that it's hard to believe got missed by the general public and escaped the acclaim it deserved. This is one of the most extraordinary examples of a lost masterpiece. I had been a fan of the work of Roger Nichols, not the Steely Dan guy, but co-composer of standards like We've Only Just Begun (with Williams) and of his own late 60s vocal harmony pop outfit Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends, when someone introduced me to this album composed and produced by Nichols with lyrics and vocals from Williams. At first I just couldn't hear what was special about it but gradually it crept up on me and has now almost became an obsession. I can't think of an album that's better written, arranged, produced played or sung. Williams who has went on to become a pretty great pop composer in his own right, no longer just a lyricist, has claimed it's really Nichols' album and it was working with Nichols he learned to write to music... but Paul Williams lyrics and unique vocal delivery plays a key part in taking this album to a higher level than even the best singer song writer fare I've heard.
The title track Someday Man is packed with killer melody, musical twists, turns and killer dynamics; To Put Up With You is possibly the greatest "unlove" popsong ever; the moving Do You Really Have a Heart is the tune that seems the closest link to Williams excellent later songwriting contributions for Muppet movies (always undervalued) and the final glorious Roan Pony is the Beatles' A Day in the Life transported into a John Ford Western landscape. The bass playing from Joe Osbourne, Jack Conrad and NIchols also deserves special mention...very melodic and very groovy.
One day this record will get the reappraisal it deserves and be hailed a one of the text book examples of pop writing and recording. So get your copy early, you know it makes sense. If you really have a heart (and ears) I think you'll grow to love it too.

I think this is my favorite albulm by Paul Williams.......2000-11-19

I have a growing collection of his cd's but I think this one is the best. My favorite songs on it are "Some Day Man", "Do you really have a heart", and "So many people". I think the lyrics (which of course he wrote,) are very poetic, espcially in "Do you really have heart". If you like any thing by Paul Williams, espcially Ordinary Fool, you will love this CD.

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