Dressed Up for the Letdown

by Richard Swift

Dressed Up for the Letdown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 February 2007
  • Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:00
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released through Secretly Canadian, 'Dressed Up for the Letdown' showcases Richard Swift's uncanny ability to channel vintage Tin Pan Alley songwriting through a sardonic indie lens. The remarkably warm, analog-recorded album is filled with lush string arrangements, ragtime piano, and an overarching sense of theatrical melancholy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, lo-fi, retro, soulful, piano, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Dressed Up For The Letdown (3:54)
  2. The Songs of National Freedom (3:12)
  3. Most Of What I Know (4:50)
  4. Buildings In America (4:05)
  5. Artist & Repetoire (2:23)
  6. Kisses For The Misses (3:10)
  7. P.S. It All Falls Down (3:23)
  8. Ballad Of You Know Who (5:00)
  9. The Million Dollar Baby (3:47)
  10. The Opening Band (2:12)

Credits

  • Victor Lawrence - cello
  • Shanti Randall - viola
  • Eric Hosler - violin
  • Frank Lenz - drums
  • Matt Fronke - flugelhorn

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