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The Salesman and Bernadette

Vic Chesnutt
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (November 10, 1998)
  • Original Release Date: November 10, 1998
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Capricorn / Umgd
  • ASIN: B00000DLVY
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #201,682 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com's Best of 1998

This album comes on with a quiet grace, gradually unwinds, then sidles into your heart with a kind of mournful soulfulness. Vic Chesnutt's sweet and croony vocals hover delicately above the ethereal and sparse instrumentation provided by the Lambchop collective to tell the story of a sad and tender misbegotten romance. It has to be heard to be believed, and, along with Richard Buckner's Since and Jeff Buckley's Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk), The Salesman and Bernadette stands among the most emotionally powerful albums of the year. --Tod Nelson


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The Salesman and Bernadette is a three-dimensional album, as bold as it is lonely. For this release, Chesnutt enlisted the backing talents of the 12-piece band Lambchop, who are no strangers to the country and soul that Salesman peddles. The songs weave into one another, bouncing from Motown to Merle Haggard to Van Morrison. The result sounds like a copy of Pet Sounds storming out of the house and drinking until it cries; the playing and production have to be heard to be believed. Wisely, Chesnutt withholds the money shot until Salesman's last two songs; "Square Room" is an astral take on the aching laments of George Jones, and "Old Hotel" is a midnight sulk into slippery samples and husky growling. It's not a disc that's easily appreciated on the first listen, but a few patient spins unravel something opaque yet shiny as hell. --Jason Josephes
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Southern Gothic, October 24, 2001
Athens, GA is one of those southern artsy/fartsy cities that is a creative well of talent. It has that art house aura that draws attention from, but still protects against, the guardians of morals that inhabit the bible belt that runs through the south and the midwest. Vic Chestnut might have ended up as a wheelchair bound, bible thumper spouting hellfire and brimstone, but instead we get a man who can play a convincing role as a contemplative drunk that can pen a damn good song.

The Salesman and Bernadette is Vic Chestnut's sixth album. Lambchop is the backing band on this album. The collaboration is similar to the one Chestnut did on the album Nine High a Pallet, which involved Chestnut and members of the bands Widespread Panic and Cracker. Lambchop is an indie band out of Nashville that plays everything from country to the avant-garde.If you are familiar with Vic Chestnut's other work then I can say this is one of his more upbeat albums. If you're not familiar with Chestnut's work let me just say it is a somber album with upbeat moments. Think Faulkner... Tennessee Williams... Lush greenery thriving in humidity under weeping willows. Think of plantations past their prime and southern cities grappling with their heritage and changing times. Think bourbon and the occasional Valium.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best cd I've heard in the last 5 years (and I buy 1 a week!), August 23, 1999
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An astonishing album - beautiful musicianship courtesy of Lambchop coupled with top-of-form Chestnutt means that this is music with longetivity written all over it. Vic can die happy - he's now recorded a certifiable masterpiece. I don't think I'll ever tire of it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Still going strong, August 9, 1999
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It's now almost five months since my last review of this album. I'm up to maybe 300+ listens now. Beautiful, high art. Maybe the best album of all time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic
An album this good requires more recent reviews to enunciate it's lasting power. I hope more follow mine.

This album will always be one of my favorites. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Corbin Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can Hear Vic Chesnutt's Soul at Work...
I discovered this cd at my local library 3 years ago. I remember it stood out on the shelves with its title that reminded me of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and its... Read more
Published on August 8, 2007 by Darl West

5.0 out of 5 stars who is this guy?
I First Heard This Disc About 6 Months Ago, I Just Had Read About Vic, Never Heard Him, But This Guy Opened A Whole New World Of Music For Me,His World. Read more
Published on November 4, 2000 by Bt

3.0 out of 5 stars the salesman and bernadette
i first heard of vic last year when i caught the tail end of sessions at west 54. i was hooked. i liked the real raw orginality. so i bought the salesman and bernadette. Read more
Published on May 25, 2000 by andrea foley

4.0 out of 5 stars Melodious Melancholy
In the vein of Waits, Chesnutt has produced a sombre and layered collection of songs. My personal favorites - Until the Led, Arthur Murray and Woodrow Wilson. Read more
Published on February 17, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow....wow...
Somewhere between Woody Guthrie, Victoria Williams, and R.E.M. sits Vic Chestnutt in his wheelchair, making some of the most unique folk I've ever heard. Read more
Published on January 4, 2000 by Nungesser

4.0 out of 5 stars A genuine near masterpiece
I've been telling people about Vic for years. One of the best songwriters around. This album continues to prove that. Read more
Published on August 21, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars OOOOO so Good.
Never knew of Vic before this album. It hasnt left my CD player in 5 months. I listen to it almost daily
Published on May 24, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Texas Hotel was a better home than Capricorn...
I own every Vic Chesnutt CD, even "Brute," the joint project he did with Widespread Panic. I love all the albums, especially "Drunk. Read more
Published on May 18, 1999 by jpolsgrove@sahuarita.k12.az.us

5.0 out of 5 stars One of The Best CDs of the Year
This record creeps into your soul after repeated listens and easily ranks as one of the best CDs of 1998. Read more
Published on March 24, 1999

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