Happy to Be Here

Todd Snider | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Oh Boy
• ASIN: B00004RJ5M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,359 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy to Be Here, April 18, 2000

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This review is from: Happy to Be Here (Audio CD)

Another album from Todd Snider chocked full of lyrical insights into a world out of control, "Happy To Be Here" stands apart from the pablum typically played on turn of the millenium formatted radio, and is all the better for it. This is not to say the album lacks for hooks or wit, in fact it is replete with both. But even as Snider continues to evolve as a musician, songwriter, and performer, he unmistakeably pays homage to his musical roots on this latest album, and those roots decidedly do not include flavor of the month pop and new country trends. Todd Snider is a brilliant and engaging performer and always leaves his audiences exihlarated and breathless. As a songwriter he is peerless. That he remains largely "undiscovered" by the record buying public says much more about the record buying public, and what is played today on the radio, than it says about the artist Todd Snider. Buy this CD. If you don't have Todd's other albums, get them one at a time, starting with the first, "Songs for the Daily Planet", move to his sophomore effort "Step Right Up" and then to the Chuck Berry dedicated--Memphis recorded--scorcher, Viva Satellite". I predict you'll be feeling better with every song you hear.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get "Happy" with Snider, January 14, 2003

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy to Be Here (Audio CD)

"Happy to Be Here," is another strong collection of tunes from singer-songwriter Todd Snider. Snider firmly straddles the line between rock and country, though he seems to be moving more in the latter direction as his career progresses. He's also toned down his smart aleky sense of humor a bit, though that's not necessarily a good thing.

Snider's sound and style varies from song to song on this album. Typically for Snider, his political/topical songs ("Betty was Black," the title track) tend to be the weakest. He's at his best when his observations are more personal, like on the ballads "Lonely Girl," and "Missing You," and the peppier numbers "Keep off the Grass" and "What's Wrong With You." At its best Snider's music at often recalls a young John Prine.

Overall, a solid album from an excellent singer-songwriter.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy to have bought it!, February 14, 2001

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"ilc1999" (Flint, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy to Be Here (Audio CD)

This is the best CD that I have bought in the past year, probably longer. No matter how often I listen to it, I never burn out on it. All my friends have bought it after hearing it. Todd Snider, to me, is like the perfect mixture of Ray Davies, Bob Dylan, and Johnny Cash. An incredibly storyteller. Sarcastic yet sincere, humorous but meaningful, and on top of it all, so catchy melodically that after hearing this CD only once, you will remember most of it forever! Part rock, part country, part blues, part folk, but ALLTodd Snider! Potentially a Tom Waits of the future, only different. This is also his best album to date. Be one of the people who knew about him before the bandwagon arrives. Buy it, Buy it, Buy it!