| Same Old Man | 
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Sales Rank: 116
Category: Music
Artist: John Hiatt
Publisher: New West Records
Studio: New West Records
Manufacturer: New West Records
Label: New West Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 6145
UPC: 607396614523
EAN: 0607396614523
ASIN: B0013YTSDM
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Old Days (4:02) | | • | Love You Again (4:13) | | • | On With You (3:52) | | • | Hurt My Baby (4.33) | | • | What Love Can Do (4:12) | | • | Ride My Pony (3:40) | | • | Cherry Red (4:09) | | • | Our Time (4:08) | | • | Two Hearts (4:18) | | • | Same Old Man (4:04) | | • | Let s Give This Love A Try (4:09) |
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Product Description
New West Records will release John Hiatt s new full length album Same Old Man, his first album since 2005 s critically acclaimed Master of Disaster. Same Old Man was recorded at Highway 61 Recordings and produced by John Hiatt. Appearing on the album are Kenneth Blevins on drums, Patrick O Hearn on bass and Luther Dickinson on guitar, mandolin and national resonator. John s daughter, Lilly Hiatt, sings harmony on the songs Love You Again and What Love Can Do.
John Hiatt s career has spanned more than 30 years and his songs have been covered by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and BB King to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night and The Neville Brothers.
Album Description
Same Old Man was recorded at Highway 61 Recordings and produced by John Hiatt. Appearing on the album are Kenneth Blevins on drums, Patrick O'Hearn on bass and Luther Dickinson on guitar, mandolin and national resonator. John's daughter, Lilly Hiatt, sings harmony on the songs 'Love You Again' and 'What Love Can Do.' John Hiatt's career has spanned more than 30 years and his songs have been covered by everyone from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, and BB King to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night and The Neville Brothers. John Hiatt began his solo career with the 1974 album Hangin' Around the Observatory. Hiatt's landmark 1987 release Bring The Family received critical praise and was his first album to chart in the U.S.
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 John Hiatt at his best! June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We've been huge fans of John Hiatt's for years.........and see him live whenever he comes to town. We feel that his latest gift of music, "Same Old Man" was written just for us as we are in the same stage of life and love that he writes about and can understand the meaning and feeling in each word. He is a consummate writer and performer, the six string bass is outstanding, his vocals - pure John and if that is not enough, he shares with us the wonderful harmony of his daughter Lily. Rock On John, we love you!
 NOT the "Same Old Man" June 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK, I'll admit it. I'm a cynic. But. cynicism is one of the things that has attracted me to Hiatt's music all along. In fact, John's "tongue in cheek" look at life has led me to buy everything I can find that he's recorded.
So, naturally I went ahead and purchased "Same Old Man" without listening first. My mistake.
This is not the angst ridden, tear your heart out, disillusioned Hiatt I've grown to love. This is "OOOH, AAAH, I'm in Love and it sure feels swell!" Hiatt - someone I've never been exposed to.
I can hear you now, winding up to ask "Well, what about Lipstick Sunset, or Angel Eyes, or Drive South? There's a difference here. In spite of their hopeful outlook, his older material allows a peek at the vulnerable side of this incredible artist.
I could be wrong, allowing the place I find myself in life to color my opinion, but I just don't find that kind of depth here.
 Old is the key adjective here June 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
John Hiatt's body of work is prestigious, but this offering adds little to the corpus. The writing is too confessional, the arrangements lack spark, and John's performance is not his best. If the concept was to project a sense of ennui, then this project hit its mark. Of course, I offer here a highly subjective point of view; certainly, some Hiatt fans will find moments of bliss in this recording. However, I will probably skip most tracks from "Same Old Man" when they present themselves in random play mode. Sorry John!
Big let-down June 18, 2008
John Hiatt has put out such an amazing string of good albums that it's really a shocker when he puts out a mediocre one. There's very little on this disc that would make me pick it up to listen to again, and when I do, I'll be hitting the skip button a lot. OLD DAYS is just a collection of pointless, name-dropping anecdotes, WHAT LOVE CAN DO is almost unlistenable in it's sugary simple-mindedness, and LET'S GIVE THIS LOVE A TRY sounds like too many other songs he's already written. The CD avoids two stars, though, for songs like OUR TIME, SAME OLD MAN and CHERRY RED. One of the best songwriters around needs to put out something better than this.
Not one of his best June 18, 2008
I'm a lifelong John Hiatt fan and own every record the man has ever made. I consider many of his albums to among my very favorites and always buy his new stuff as soon as it comes out. "Same Old Man" is in no danger of ever making it onto my favorites list. I've listened to it several times trying to make myself find some bright spots, but it's just not working out. The opening track is probably the best one on the record and by John's lofty standards, it's not even that good. Most of the songwriting is pretty generic and his voice doesn't sound nearly as good as it has on albums past.
Every now and then this happens; "Beneath This Gruff Exterior" was a disappointment as well. But other (relatively) recent releases like "Master of Disaster", "The Tiki Bar Is Open", "Little Head" and "Walk On" are still providing me with my much-needed John Hiatt fix until his next masterpiece, which is undoubtedly just around the corner. Not everyone can get it perfect all the time.
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