I had bought this about a month after hearing "Couldn't I Just Tell You? for the first time. I was a depressed 19 year old college student, and this was before knowing that most of the radio stations were owned now by corporations. The song really made me feel about the frustrations I have when trying to tell a girl how I feel about her. I know with me I've had numerous times where I wanted to ask a girl out, and the next thing you know she has alot of people hanging around her, and I would feel too embarrassed to just ask her out in front of all of them. I wish I wouldn't, but I would. I write this as I know there are the Leeann McDaniel's, Arlynn Santos', the Vicki Barbour's, the girls named Laura and Janel, and countless others who if I mentioned thier names here it would be a rather long review which wouldn't be too much about the album now would it? I know I've had a secret place for all of them, and the fact that I haven't even had the opprtunity to tell them I think they're beautiful because of all the people around them frustrates me to this day. That's how I identify with "Couldn't I Just Tell You?". The rest of this album is very disorganized, and I think Todd did this on purpose. "I Saw The Light" is a classic, and I know if given a chance I'd want to hear it more often, "Slut" closes the album, and it's a rather good rocker indeed, and the rest could be determined by what mood you are in; "It wouldn't have made any difference" is a good slow number, "Piss Aaron" sounds something out of Harry Nillson, and "Little Red Lights" is a souped up car song. There are 25 songs on this album, and while there's a possible link to all of them I feel that it's just a fairly average album.
I had bought this about a month after hearing "Couldn't I Just Tell You? for the first time. I was a depressed 19 year old college student, and this was before knowing that most of the radio stations were owned now by corporations. The song really made me feel about the frustrations I have when trying to tell a girl how I feel about her. I know with me I've had numerous times where I wanted to ask a girl out, and the next thing you know she has alot of people hanging around her, and I would feel too embarrassed to just ask her out in front of all of them. I wish I wouldn't, but I would. I write this as I know there are the Leeann McDaniel's, Arlynn Santos', the Vicki Barbour's, the girls named Laura and Janel, and countless others who if I mentioned thier names here it would be a rather long review which wouldn't be too much about the album now would it? I know I've had a secret place for all of them, and the fact that I haven't even had the opprtunity to tell them I think they're beautiful because of all the people around them frustrates me to this day. That's how I identify with "Couldn't I Just Tell You? ". The rest of this album is very disorganized, and I think Todd did this on purpose. "I Saw The Light" is a classic, and I know if given a chance I'd want to hear it more often, "Slut" closes the album, and it's a rather good rocker indeed, and the rest could be determined by what mood you are in; "It wouldn't have made any difference" is a good slow number, "Piss Aaron" sounds something out of Harry Nillson, and "Little Red Lights" is a souped up car song. There are 25 songs on this album, and while there's a possible link to all of them I feel that it's just a fairly average album.