Hate Lives in a Small Town
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| Hate Lives in a Small Town | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 3, 2010 | |||
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| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Label | Mars Needs Music | |||
| Producer | Voltaire | |||
| Voltaire chronology | ||||
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Hate Lives in a Small Town is the seventh studio album by Cuban-American dark cabaret singer Voltaire, released on September 3, 2010. In it, Voltaire abandons his characteristic dark cabaret sonority and heads towards a country direction. He originally wanted to record it as a solo acoustic album, but later realized that something was missing, and ended up using a full band.[1]
In his official website, Voltaire explains why he decided to make a country album:
[I] had spent [my] adult life saying [I] disliked country music. That is, until one day when in a karaoke bar [I was] reacquainted with a Johnny Cash song called "Folsom Prison Blues". "I LOVE that song", [I] exclaimed. It was followed by a Hank Williams song, a Merle Haggard song, songs by Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Buck Owens and more. It was then that I realized that I didn't hate country music after all. I hated what it had become. In my somewhat drunken state, I thought: "Wouldn't it be interesting to make a record of old-school country music, the kind of record that could have been released 40 years ago?".[2]
This would be the first album by Voltaire featuring drummer Brian Viglione.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hate Lives in a Small Town" | 4:04 |
| 2. | "All Women Are Crazy" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Stubborn as a Mule" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "You Married a Fool" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "When You're Dead" | 4:58 |
| 6. | "The Churchyard" | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Fear and Anguish" | 5:38 |
| 8. | "Normal for a Man" | 4:36 |
| 9. | "On the Road" | 4:27 |
Personnel
- Voltaire — vocals, acoustic guitar
- Frank Morin — guitars on "When You're Dead" and "The Churchyard"
- Smith Curry — dobro, banjo, pedal steel guitar
- Ken Zwerin — bass, upright bass
- Brian Viglione — drums
- Glenn Sorino — drums
