Step Right Up

Todd Snider, ????????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002OZQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Todd's second effort fell a little short..., June 9, 2003

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William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Step Right Up (Audio CD)

of his classic debut CD, "Songs From The Daily Planet." The outstanding numbers here are "Tension" and "Horseshoe Lake" and there are a few other pretty good ones, but his recent three releases on the "Oh Boy" label are more successful overall than "Step Right Up" was. If there are any Snider "completist" collectors out there, and I know there must be, I'd get this one just ahead of "Viva Satellite" which I rank as his least interesting CD, although some disagree about that. One thing in favor of "Step Right Up" is that it does feature The Nervous Wrecks, his original band, who got left out when Todd lost his MCA deal following "Viva Satellite."

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What could have been., April 30, 2003

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Alexander C. Meske (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Step Right Up (Audio CD)

This CD is a very good example of just how good songs can be made mediocre by bad studio work. Having heard all of these songs in a live setting, I know just how good they can be. "Late Last Night" and "Side Show Blues" straight up rock. The simultaneously driving and haunting "Hey Hey" and "Moon Dawg's Tavern" are remarkable. And "Better Than Ever Blues Part 2" is the sort of song that you want to listen to during a good night of soul-searching while you are suffering through the rough times. So why three stars? I'm glad you asked.

Snider seems to be a pretty lazy musician in the studio. His arrangements are not that great and and his singing, to be quite frank, sounds like somebody who is just going through the motions. Most the songs on this album are decent, but they could have been fantastic. Instead, this album throws enticing shadows that flit away just when you think they are resolving into something you really want to see clearly. Overall, it is a good effort. But it should have been so much more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Todd Snider - Rocks A Bit Harder, April 2, 2008

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Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Step Right Up (Audio CD)

Snider's sophomore release is another nice mix of singer songwriter roots rock / country. I don't think it is quite as good as his debut, but it definitely has it's moments. The album rocks a little harder than the first one although there is plenty of acoustic material as well. This would be the last album he would record for Jimmy Buffett's Margaretville label and also the last with his original backing band The Nervous Wrecks. Good songs on this one include "Elmo And Henry", "Moon Dawg's Tavern", "Horseshoe Lake" and others. This is another good Snider disc and worth picking up for fans.