Friday, May 31, 2002

Eric Bazilian released second solo album, A Very Dull Boy, this month

A Very Dull Boy

Eric Bazilian

Released: May 2002

Peak: --

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: rock

Tracks:

Song Title [time]

A Very Dull Boy [5:03]
Lucky to Be [2:27]
Insomnia [3:26]
Since You Ask [2:47]
Feeling Your Pain [3:22]
A Pocket Full of Nothing [3:33]
Ella Fitzgerald [3:35]
Too Much of My Time [4:38]
Lump of Clay [3:25]
Hallelujah and Amen [3:24]

Rating:

3.170 out of 5.00 (average of 7 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

The Philadelphia-based rock band the Hooters found success in the 1980s with their Nervous Night album, which produced three top-40 hits. They released five albums from 1980 to 1993 and then disappeared until 2007’s Time Stand Still. During that fourteen-year hiatus, Eric Bazilian wrote for other artists, most notably the top-5 hit “One of Us” for Joan Osborne in 1995, but also released a pair of solo albums. The first, The Optimist, came out in 2000.

This one, A Very Dull Boy, follows in 2002. It is “another collection of witty lyrics and personal insightful thoughts of relationships and the world around him.” ^MR It is “rockier and more uptempo than the debut, although the production is very rough and tumble.” ^MR

“Bazilian’s style is somewhat rawer and rougher than the polished Hooters, not to mention the more distinct fuzz-tones of his tuned down guitar. Still, there’s a few tracks that could be lifted off this, polished and Hooterized. It all boils down to whether you are a fan of the singer/ songwriter/ musician.” ^MR