Album
Surreal Thing
1976 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Surreal Thing is a Rock album by Kris Kristofferson, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked.
About
"Though it was released four years before his divorce from Rita Coolidge, <i>Surreal Thing</i> feels like Kris Kristofferson’s breakup album. “The Stranger I Love” and “The Prisoner” are some of the most painful and cynical love songs of his career, while “I Got a Life of My Own” is a declaration of independence imbued with self-loathing. “All we’ve ever owed each other for the time we spent together was the right to know it’s over when it’s gone,” he sings in “It’s Never Gonna Be the Same Again."" Kristofferson’s bitterness reaches a fever pitch on “The Golden Idol,” in which the narrator seethes with resentment at his lover’s success, and it continues with “Eddie the Eunuch,” a savage but hilarious put-down of a music critic. Likewise, there is spite and venom underneath the celebration of “If You Don’t Like Hank Williams.” Although it is at times impetuous, <i>Surreal Thing</i> forms an unintentionally revealing portrait of its author struggling with anger and disenchantment. "
via Apple Music
The Clerk says
The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.
Tracklist
- 1You Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You MIne)3:39
- 2Killing Time3:45
- 3The Prisoner4:25
- 4Eddie the Eunuch2:58
- 5It's Never Gonna Be the Same Again3:55
- 6I Got a Life of My Own3:38
- 7The Stranger I Love4:12
- 8The Golden Idol3:09
- 9Bad Love Story3:35
- 10If You Don't Like Hank Williams3:31
Sound DNA
- Rock
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
"T1" in runout etchings indicates this was pressed at Columbia, Terre Haute.
Recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allen WaldBACKING VOCALS
- Billy SwanBACKING VOCALS
- Byron BerlineBACKING VOCALS
- Clydie KingBACKING VOCALS
- Gary BuseyBACKING VOCALS
- Herb PedersenBACKING VOCALS
- Jack SkinnerBACKING VOCALS
- Jerry McGeeBACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Kris KristoffersonMUSICIAN, VOCALS, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR
- Leland SklarBASS MUSICIAN, BASS
- Michael UtleyBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, BACKING VOCALS
- Rita CoolidgeBACKING VOCALS
- Sammy CreasonDRUMS MUSICIAN, DRUMS
- Sherlie MatthewsBACKING VOCALS
- Terry PaulBACKING VOCALS
19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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