You Walk Alone - Citizendia

You Walk Alone is the seventeenth album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 1988. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Jandek is the musical project of an Outsider musician who operates out of Houston Texas. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Corwood Industries is a Houston Texas -based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Forced Exposure was an independent music magazine ( Zine) published sporadically out of Massachusetts from the early-'80s to 1993 edited by Jimmy Johnson and Jandek is the musical project of an Outsider musician who operates out of Houston Texas. Blue Corpse is the fifteenth album by Jandek, and his second for 1987 On the Way was the seventeenth album by Jandek and was released in 1988 as Corwood 0755 Jandek is the musical project of an Outsider musician who operates out of Houston Texas. It is Corwood Industries (#0754), and is the first album by the "blues rock" band that followed the apparent meltdown of the original "garage rock" band. Corwood Industries is a Houston Texas -based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek.

1 Overview
2 Track listing
3 Album cover description
4 External links

Overview

You Walk Alone introduces several new elements to the Jandek style, not the least of which is twin guitarists who play in a conventional manner, leading to speculation that neither of these players may be the Corwood Representative (whom, some suspect, is playing the "slacker" drums). The rhythm guitarist may well be "Eddie," as its slight off-rhythm and open sound is close to what was being played on Blue Corpse. Blue Corpse is the fifteenth album by Jandek, and his second for 1987 But the lead guitar here is something entirely new, and it seems that the Corwood Rep may have stumbled upon a genuine professional.

This new sound is evident from the first bars of "Lavender," the opening instrumental. Gone are the odd tunings and playing styles, in are Clapton-style blues licks, and the band may be thought of as Jandek's idea of a "power trio. " That's certainly the Corwood Rep on vocals on "Time and Space," and if the music sounds nothing like what's come before, the lyrics and vocals are sure by the same person. "He brought a lot of phony eyebrow pencils/I hid behind an electric fence/oh they brought all the jellyfish from Ireland. . . you said ah, just put ’em. . . in the closet. " This Dylan-esque refrain (everything, no matter how ridiculous, gets "put in the closet")is a good example of the unique lyrics strewn throughout. And this style continues into "The Cat that Walked from Shelbyville," which is actually a re-write of the acoustic song "For Today" from Follow Your Footsteps; it's notable that no mention is made of a cat anywhere in the song (though the title could be a beat-like reference to a person, as in "that's one cool cat"). Follow Your Footsteps is the second album released in 1986 by avant-[[folk music|folk/]] blues Singer/songwriter Jandek, and his thirteenth That leads to "Quinn Boys II" (a reworking of "Quinn Boys" from Blue Corpse) and "The Way That You Act. " The album has a slight shift from there, with what appears to be "Eddie" taking over vocals on "I Know the Times," which features a guitar sounding much more like the Corwood Rep from the band of old. That leads to the nine minute "When the Telephone Melts" (a re-write of "when the telegraph melts," but making a little more sense, ie "when the telephone melts/and it's still ringing your name" making more sense than "when the telegraph melts/and it's still ringing your name," even if the song remains abstract in general) which continues the slightly different, more relaxed feel, somewhat sounding like the Jandek tune 'I'm Ready'. It all ends with the crazed hoops and hollers of "War Dance," which contains some rather violent images from a Native American perspective.

Track listing

Lavender – 3:49
Time and Space – 7:28
The Cat That Walked From Shelbyville – 6:23
Quinn Boys II – 3:56
The Way That You Act – 4:26
I Know The Times – 3:17
When The Telephone Melts – 9:06
War Dance – 3:58

Album cover description

A young Jandek (pre-recording career, perhaps, but not nearly as young as the Lost Cause cover boy or the guitarist on the cover of Follow Your Footsteps) stands, wearing some stylish Texas-style boots (which would remind long time fans of the line "You are a cowboy when you wear those boots" from Ready for the House's "Naked in the Afternoon"), squinting into the sun, right hand in his pants pocket, left thumb hooked on his belt, standing in front of an old white house. Lost Cause is the twenty-first album by Jandek, and his only of 1992. Follow Your Footsteps is the second album released in 1986 by avant-[[folk music|folk/]] blues Singer/songwriter Jandek, and his thirteenth Ready for the House is the debut album by Jandek, and was released in 1978 by his own Corwood Industries label with the catalog number #0739 There is a broken chair on the front porch, which is somewhat overgrown with bushes. The shade on the window is up. Jandek's torso obscures enough of the door and mailbox to hide the house number – the man is nothing if not careful to cover his trail. He's looking tall, thin, and long-legged in this photo.

Jandek appears to strut, elbows thrown back, leading with his pelvis. His buttoned up shirt is buttoned to the top. He squints and "mugs" for the camera. His very shiny patent leather shoes are conspicuous. His elbow obscures the mailboxes. The siding on the house is narrow and evokes the siding from Foreign Keys (and is dissimilar from the siding of Nine-Thirty). Foreign Keys is the second album released in 1985 by musician Jandek, and his eleventh overall Nine-Thirty is the tenth album by Jandek, and one of two released in 1985 and was released as Corwood 0748

External links

Seth Tisue's You Walk Alone review

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Contents

Overview

Track listing

Album cover description

External links