''Right Between the Promises'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter

Freedy Johnston Freedy Johnston (born Frederic John Fatzer in 1961) is a New York City–based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas. Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation, and disappointm ...

. It was released in 2001 on

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...

Reception

AllMusic's Kenneth Bays describes the album as "simultaneously the flip side of, and a companion piece to, 1999's '' Blue Days Black Nights''. Where that album's songs flowed with an ominous energy barely concealed by the moody, hushed tones of their surface, ''Promises'' forces those same emotions out into the light." Resulting in " art, darkly ambiguous songs that nevertheless seem built for high-volume, summertime play." Concluding "''Right Between the Promises'' may not be as richly nuanced as ohnston'svery best work, but it's still a fine example of his idiosyncratic brand of intelligent, radio-friendly folk-rock." Rolling Stone's James Hunter called the album " mposed songs about being confused." Noting that Johnston "just sings his modestly fluid, sweet-toned tunes in a voice to match."

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. #"Broken Mirror" – 2:39 #"Waste Your Time" – 3:55 #" Love Grows" (

Tony Macaulay Tony Macaulay (born Anthony Gordon Instone; 21 April 1944) is an English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter. He has won the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Award twice as 'Songwriter of the Year' (1970 an ...

Barry Mason John Barry Mason (12 July 1935 – 16 April 2021) was an English singer and songwriter. A leading songwriter of the 1960s, he wrote the bulk of his most successful songs in partnership with Les Reed. Mason gained many gold and platinum awar ...

) – 2:28 #"That's Alright with Me" – 4:57 #"Radio for Heartache" – 2:37 #"Back to My Machine" – 5:05 #"Arriving on a Train" – 4:20 #"Save Yourself, City Girl" – 3:49 #"Anyone" – 3:45 #"In My Dream" – 4:21

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *Cameron Greider – guitar, piano, bass, percussion, background vocals *Alan Berozi – drums *

Butch Vig Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer and co-producer of the alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of the diamond-selling Nirvana album ''Neve ...

– drums *Bon Hamlet – drums *

Graham Maby Graham Maby (born 1 September 1952), is an English bass guitar player. He has recorded and toured with Joe Jackson since his first album, appearing on most of Jackson's albums and tours. He has continued to record and tour with Jackson even w ...

– bass *Paul Eske – bass *Phil Lyons – bass *Jay Moran – piano, background vocals *Mary Gaines – background vocals *Christine Gatti – background vocals *James Cowan – percussion *John Vriesacker – violin *Karl Lavine – cello *Tina Kakuske – flute *Mark Haines – guitar, tambourine *Tom Williams – tambourine

References

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