Songs From the Daily Planet

Todd Snider | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 11, 1994)
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OSS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,662 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Generation, Pt. 2

2. Easy Money

3. That Was Me

4. This Land Is Our Land

5. Alright Guy

6. I Spoke as a Child

7. Turn It Up

8. Trouble

9. Alot More

10. You Think You Know Somebody

11. Somebody's Coming

12. Joe's Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TURN IT UP, August 6, 2002

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The Orange Duke "orangeduke" (Cupertino, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs For The Daily Planet (Audio CD)

Alt country madman Todd Snider has been strangely ignored by the musical mainstream. I first heard of him when the excellent, biting `Alright Guy' got some alternative airplay. I took me just one listen to know that Snider was for me. Of course, `Alright Guy' is positively gushy compared the venomous minor hit `Talking Seattle Grunge-Rock Blues' a Dylanesque send up of Grunge-mania. His more traditionally country tune was even covered by the more traditionally country Mark Chesnutt. Needless to say, Snider has songwriting chops comparable to guys like Nick Lowe, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello. Genrewise he is in the alt country zone populated by Joe Buck, Tommy Womack and Webb Wilder. For pathos, check out his mournful `That Was Me' or the stirring, affecting `You Think You Know Somebody'. For pulse pounding, uplifting tunes try `A Whole Lot More' or `Somebody's Coming'. It's hard to overrate Snide; every track here is a memorable sing along gem. Pity that witty roots rockers are so out of fashion.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best singer/songwriter of the 90's!, January 31, 2000

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Jason Warfel (Key West, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs For The Daily Planet (Audio CD)

This CD is amazing. In my opinion Todd Snider is truly the most gifted singer/songwriter of the nineties. Who else compares? A great performer/artist in the vein of Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker and John Prine. If you don't own this CD then you're missing a great piece of music. And what about those Nervous Wrecks? GREAT band! If you ever get the chance to see Todd live (especially solo/acoustic) don't pass it up. I guarantee you won't be dissapointed. Todd's a born entertainer!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The place to start., April 29, 2003

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Alexander C. Meske (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs For The Daily Planet (Audio CD)

For anybody who wishes to buy a Todd Snider CD, this is the place to start. With tunes such as "Seattle Grunge Rock Blues", "My Generation, Part 2" and "Alright Guy", this album provides several must-have's for the Todd Snider fan. Alternately thoughtful, witty, and hilarious, but always entertaining, this album was the very exciting start for a man who would become something of a cult hero. Be warned: if you listen to this album, you are going to want to hear more.