Dressed Up Like Nebraska

Josh Rouse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 28, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Slow River Records
• ASIN: B000006CBY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #43 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Folk Rock
  • #43 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Singer-Songwriters
  • #70 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters

Editorial Reviews

1. Suburban Sweetheart 2:48 2. Dressed Up Like Nebraska 3:24 3. Invisible 3:34 4. Late Night Conversation 3:53 5. Flair 4:26 6. White Trash Period Of My Life 6:45 7. Simple Thing 4:09 8. Woman Lost In Serious Problems 3:13 9. Lavina 4:15

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dressed Down Like Iowa, November 17, 2002

By 

Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dressed Up Like Nebraska (Audio CD)

Rouse's CD is a great treat. The opening track "Suburban Sweetheart" is my favorite with its addictive strum of guitar, "Take me back to the suburbubs, rent a house, change our names, if we could only find a purpose, we could only stay the same." Rouse, a native of Nebraska, sings the title track with David Henry's cello giving a Jackson Browne poignance to the arrangement. "Invisible" has a slow meandering feel with the bass and organ dressing up this song sketch as a good mood piece. "Late Night Conversation" opens like a rocker before turning into a Christopher Cross melody. "Flair" is a midtempo track with electric guitar churning like indigestion & the tap of the cymbal, "I can't recall the name, the faces are the same to me, the same you see." Rouse's vocals briefly emerge from the shadows on "The White Trash Period of My Life." Sounding more like a painting than a song title, "A Woman Lost in Serious Problems" is somber and meditative, "Did you ever wonder why I'm so concerned with all the ways; and I think I know the way to ease your mind some." "Lavinia" is a midtempo track with a country jazz feel. The CD concludes with "Reminiscent," a soft ethereal piece. Rouse's music comes across more often like sound sketches rather than fully developed songs. Because the lyrics are distinctive and the voice submerged below the instrumentation, it would have been nice to have a lyric sheet. But there are so many moods and emotions that fly out of Rouse's tracks that DULN is a very interesting set, well work seeking out. Enjoy!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quietly brilliant., April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dressed Up Like Nebraska (Audio CD)

I really, really like this record, and like other personal favourites of mine it took a while for me to realise it's greatness. Like a few said below, Josh Rouse's 'Dressed up like Nebraska' gets under your skin with it's gorgeous lilting melodies and thoughtful tales of everyday life/relationships and love lost. While the album is solid throughout, high points include the title track, 'Invisible', the excellent - 'Flair', and 'Lavina'. It's been a year since this was released, and while Josh Rouse isn't exactly a household name - this will be considered a classic down the line.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Needs a few listens, November 27, 2000

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Gerald Keating (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dressed Up Like Nebraska (Audio CD)

This album by Rouse is superior to his follow-up 'Home', and as another reviewer noted, Rouse will probably never be a household name, but this album is a classic. Probably because this album is so good, but not so mainstream and sellable, did 'Home' pale a bit. Standout tracks include 'Invisibile', 'Late Night Conversation', 'Flair' and the overlooked 'The White Trash Period of My Life'. A truly incredible debut album.