''Don't Cry Too Hard'' is the debut album by Canadian folk rock band

Leslie Spit Treeo Leslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian folk-rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from the Leslie Street Spit area of Toronto Harbour."Leslie Spit Treeo still true to street-busking roots". ''Toronto Star'', May 11, 1990. History T ...

, released in 1990. The album's primary single on radio was a cover of John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery", although the songs "Heat" and "The Sound" (which had previously appeared on the soundtrack to Bruce McDonald's film ''

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'') also garnered radio airplay. Following the album's release, the band won the

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for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1991. Helen Metella of the ''

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'' praised the album's "stark but sturdy songs", writing that they were made special by the "throaty, elastic and daring performance of ead singer LauraHubert, who can switch from dreamy folk (Separate) to deeply ironic C&W (Talkin') as quickly as most buskers can whip out the hat".Helen Metella, "Don't Cry Too Hard: The Leslie Spit Treeo". ''

'', September 30, 1990.

Track listing

# "Separate" # "Like Yesterday" # " Angel from Montgomery" # "Moon at Noon" # "UFO (Catch the Highway)" # "One Thought Too Long" # "Real" # "Heat" # "Dust" # "Talkin'" # "In the Round" # "The Sound"

References

1990 debut albums Leslie Spit Treeo albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub