Neon Repairman
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 2015
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:41
LabelSinging Magnet
ProducerFreedy Johnston
Freedy Johnston chronology
Rain on the City
(2010)
Neon Repairman
(2015)

Neon Repairman is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston, as well as his first self-produced album.[1] It was released in 2015 on Singing Magnet Records. Robbie Fulks wrote that on the album, "The music is played with hearts out and dicks in, to coin a phrase that I sincerely hope does not catch on."[2] Peter Gerstenzang of City Pages called the album "another stunning collection brimming with both indelible melodies and wonderfully seedy characters."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter(favorable)[4]
Magnet(favorable)[5]
Vice (Expert Witness)B+[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Freedy Johnston.

  1. "Neon Repairman" – 5:00
  2. "Baby, Baby Come Home" – 4:27
  3. "TV in My Arms" – 3:07
  4. "Summer Clothes" – 4:21
  5. "By the Broke Streetlight" – 2:27
  6. "The First to Leave the World, Is the First to See the World" – 3:51
  7. "Angeline" – 3:53
  8. "The Sentimental Heart" – 3:13
  9. "Her Hair is Blowing in the Wind of Another Planet" – 4:04
  10. "A Little Bit of Somethin' Wrong" – 4:18

Personnel

  • Freedy Johnston – vocals, instruments
  • John Calarco – drums
  • David Raven – drums
  • Chris Boeger – bass
  • Dusty Wakeman – bass
  • Chris Lawrence – guitar, pedal steel
  • Doug Pettibone – guitar
  • Jim Chapdelaine – guitar
  • Dave Adler – mellotron, rhodes
  • James Cowan – bongos, percussion
  • Biff Blumfungagnge – violin
  • Mary Gaines – cello

References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Freedy Johnston Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. Fulks, Robbie (30 June 2015). "Robbie Fulks Talks Freedy Johnston's Neon Repairman". Talkhouse. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. Gerstenzang, Peter (12 May 2015). "Freedy Johnston Fixes Up a New Album". City Pages. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. Gerstenzang, Peter (27 May 2015). "Freedy Johnston Shines on Neon Repairman". American Songwriter. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. Poet, J. (17 July 2015). "Essential New Music: Freedy Johnston's "Neon Repairman"". Magnet. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. Christgau, Robert (28 August 2015). "Yo La Tengo Made Their Loveliest Album Ever: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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