The first of Tracy's many albums, this self-titled album provides the listener with more thought provoking songs than Bob Dylan could wave a stick at. With 11 tracks in total, each one more poignant than the last, this album is a MUST for all music lovers.
Tracy was given her first guitar by a teacher at school- it seems that perhaps we have him to thank for her international presence for he is thanked personally in the inlay of this debut. The first track "Talkin bout a Revoultion" is, perhaps, a plea with the less fortunate of the world to finally stand up and be counted- "poor people gonna rise up and take what's their's" Tracy insists.
The second track is the classic "Fast Car" detailing the life of a poor girl whose Dad "lives with the bottle" and who hopes for a better life with her boyfriend; "you have a fast car, is it fast enough so we can run away?" Unfortuantely, the dream quickly disappears to the hard stench of reality "you see more of your friends than you do your kids.......you have a fast car, is it fast enough so you can run away?"
Other classics include "Across the Lines" detailing the race struggles in America, and "Mountains O' Things" in which we're reminded of how little material goods are to us. And there's "Baby Can I Hold you"- cruelly covered (or destroyed as I prefer to refer to it) by Boyzone. "She's Got Her Ticket" is, perhaps, Tracy's account of her own life- music was her ticket to a better life than the one she was given.
"Behind The Wall" details domestic violence- "Another sleepless night for me. It won't do no good to call the policve. Always come late, if they come at all." The last tracks "Why?", "For you", "For My Lover", and "If Not Now" are all lesser known, but by no means inferior to the rest of the album.
The main jist of this review is bascially to persuade you to purchase this outstanding album- I promise it will change your views and ,during recent times, is especially poignant nearly 20 years after it's release.
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This is a great debut album, I played this to death when it first came out, haven't heard it for a while now. Good review too.......Roy
Miles13 28.09.2005 18:41
Good review of an excellent debut album, I have had a copy since it's release in 1988, the album is so well recorded it is still used to test high-end hi-fi (Joni Mitchell's ex at his best Larry Klein) - Milt
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