Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs

Hamell on Trial | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Righteous Babe
• ASIN: B000CQO14I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS, February 13, 2006

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The Phantom Reviewer "-P.R." (Anywhere, And Everywhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs (Audio CD)

As posted by: Brian Baker / edited by: Mark Breen

http://www.citybeat.com/2006-02-08/musicshorttakes.shtml

Ed Hamell plays his black acoustic Gibson with the elemental fury of an approaching storm front, sings like a man possessed by Babylonian demons and writes noirish crime tales, political tracts and morality plays with Elmore Leonard's underbelly perspective and the Weather Underground's righteous, militant indignation.

Hamell's last album, Tough Love, was his fascinating response to his near-fatal hit-and-run accident and his latest is a similar reflection in the wake of the birth of his son. If you're afraid that parenthood might have mellowed Hamell toward syrupy sentimentality or blunted his rage, the title alone should allay your fears.

If anything, Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs may be Hamell's most visceral social and political work to date, as evidenced by the hilariously pornographic anti-right screed of "Coulter's Snatch," the crime-as-political-statement anthem of "Civil Disobedience" or the father/son chat in "Values."

Hamell's fatherhood dilemma comes to the fore in "Inquiring Minds," as he details his sordid past and envisions how he will frame his response when his son asks him about his misdeeds ("I'm gonna lie"). For those who love it when Hamell spins dark yarns from society's fringes, he doesn't disappoint with "Heat" and the revenge fantasy of "Hey Boss." Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs is proof positive that there is absolutely no danger of Ed Hamell ever going gently into that good night. (Brian Baker)

Grade: A

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ed at his best, February 16, 2006

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maxwell edison "beatle freak" (new hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs (Audio CD)

awesome work. one of his best.buy it and play it LOUD.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hamell Is The Man, October 31, 2011

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Joey The Squash (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs (Audio CD)

If you're curious about this guy this is a good CD to check out. This one and "Tough Love" are excellent "first CDs." Catchy tunes, witty lyrics - all the stuff that make Hamell On Trial one of my favorite songwriters.