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Backyard Tire Fire Bar Room Semantics Release Date: 2005 11 15 Label: O.I.E. Rating:

The first studio album by Illinois Americana trio Backyard Tire Fire (following 2003's Live at the Georgia Theatre), Bar Room Semantics is a perfectly titled album of vignettes about folks whose lives revolve around the neighborhood watering hole. Singer/songwriter Ed Anderson doesn't over-sentimentalize his subjects in songs like "The Daze," a catchy jangle rocker that coolly documents the rise and fall of a young rock & roll band, or the bluesy character study of aimlessness "31st Fall." Although the songs are built on a standard guitar-bass-drums lineup, Anderson inserts vintage synths, pedal steel, and other interesting sounds to keep the album from feeling too samey. Low-key but heartfelt, Bar Room Semantics is a refreshing throwback to the more earnest end of the post-R.E.M. '80s indie rock scene. Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Better Day	Anderson	3:04
2	Daze	Anderson	3:38
3	Ones Who Surround You	Anderson	3:55
4	Spinnin' Around	Anderson	2:21
5	31st Fall	Anderson	3:30
6	Believe	Anderson	2:46
7	Tryin' to Get Paid	Anderson	3:44
8	When the Truth Was Still True	Anderson	4:44
9	Interlude (Lookin' Forward)	Anderson	2:19
10	Ready to Go	Anderson	3:07
11	White on My Walls	Anderson	3:37
12	If It Make You Feel Good	Anderson	3:44
13	Up & Down	Anderson	3:57
14	Thick Skin	Anderson	3:47
15	To You	Anderson	4:59

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2005	CD	O.I.E.

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