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Barton Carroll - The Lost One
- “The Lost One” is an applicable title for Barton Carroll’s album, since it has songs that depict Carroll’s viewpoint that his soul is damned with no hope of redemption. This theme stems from his fixation on the film noir motion picture genre. Since 2002, Carroll has toured and recorded with Crooked Fingers and Eric Bachmann playing guitar, steel guitar and upright bass. Carroll brings his own somber style to each song and his childhood growing up in Western North Carolina shines through.
The first track has Carroll’s high-pitched sorrowful vocals, along with careful guitar play. He sings about how many women have wronged him in his life. “I’ve tried hard not to give so much but it’s been so long and I’m so out of touch. Pretty girls gonna ruin my life again…You live in the sky, I live on the ground. Pretty girls gonna ruin my life again.”
On the second track the discouraging rhythm of the record continues, but this time there is an underlying country vibe. Carroll sings a tale of yet another woman who has betrayed him and how her view of him was distorted. “Don’t tell me that you’ve had enough. You know it makes me so sad. Don’t tell me that I’m not so tough, u mistook me for a stronger man. Cuz when I wrote myself out, and gave my heart to you. I could feel it begin to crack…Don’t leave me, don’t leave me. Just stay here and please me. I’m a superman. I’m a superman, I’ll take you away.”
With the third track, there is an ominous tone to the intro. Carroll is accompanied by specific guitar strumming that sounds like it is aided by a synthesizer due to the slight echo. He expounds on how he seems to be the lone person who can fulfill a certain female’s every need and desire. “I’m the only one who can give you enough. I’m the only one who can pay for your love. I’m only a boy but you’ll make me a man. I’m only a boy but I’ll make you understand. Wear something lacy and black, to give me my fun. And I’ll be out back, in my blue jeans and my gun.” The song's lirics might turn off listeners.
“The Lost One,” from Barton Carroll, is not an album for the faint of heart, since it deals with depressing notions. It was engineered and produced by the legendary Martin Feveyear, who also produced the Crooked Fingers 2005 release “Dignity and Shame.” If listeners wish to wallow in depression while hearing exact and intricate instrumentation, then “The Lost One” is an album they need to find.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Added: 27-Oct-2007
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