Name: A Man Under The Influence
Brand: Alejandro Escovedo

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BLD-CD-064

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2001-04-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

eone

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

744302006420

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alejandro Escovedo

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Ripe with the enigmas of loss, love, and connections across great distances, Alejandro Escovedo's sixth solo album realizes the promise of his remarkable gifts as singer, songwriter, and arranger. On spiraling tiers of pedal steel, cellos, violins, and electric and acoustic guitars, his chamber-rock vision comes to full fruition. He's never made freer garage pop than "Castanets," never stirred a more sweeping lyricism than in "Don't Need You," and never laid bare more soul than in the heartbreaking "Follow You Down" (a ballad Escovedo often dedicates to Townes Van Zandt). Even more amazing are the pairing of "Wave" and "Rosalie," subtle dramas of the Mexican-American passage through separation and faith, and the swirling, aching "About This Love," which concludes "It's all about the way/We break, to love again." Escovedo has always sought a poetic fusing of sound and image; with A Man Under the Influence, that search is complete. —Roy Kasten

A Man Under The Influence

Music US