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Artist Biography
by Chris Woodstra
Richard X. Heyman
is one of the sadly overlooked pop craftsmen of the '90s, but his
albums are widely regarded in power pop circles as instant classics.
Heyman
began recording in the late '80s in the tradition of the studio
nerd/one-man band, playing all instruments himself in his upper west
side Manhattan apartment living room, named Brontasaurus, presumably
after the classic song by
the Move. He released the independent
Actual Size EP in 1987 and followed with the full-length
Living Room!!
in 1988. Considerable word-of-mouth exposure led to the album being
reissued by Cypress Records in 1990 in slightly modified form. He signed
to Sire in 1990 and released one album for the label, the
Andy Paley-produced
Hey Man!
in 1991. Poor sales led to him being dropped by the label, but he has
continued recording (several albums' worth by his estimations) while
shopping for the elusive new deal.
Cornerstone was completed by 1996, but it wasn't released nationally until early 1998 by Permanent Press Records. In late 2000
Heyman issued
Heyman, Hoosier & Herman, an EP featuring former
Herman's Hermit Peter Noone on vocals for the title track and six outtakes from the
Cornerstone sessions.
Basic Glee arrived in 2002, followed by the
Rightovers compilation a year later.
Heyman reissued the
Actual Size EP in 2007 with 14 previously unreleased tracks.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Falling Away |
2:53
|
| 2 |
Back To You |
3:02
|
| 3 |
To Whiskey Flats |
3:29
|
| 4 |
Private Army |
3:09
|
| 5 |
Loud |
2:51
|
| 6 |
Sidetracker |
2:54
|
| 7 |
In The Scheme Of Things |
3:11
|
| 8 |
Through I'd Seen Everything |
2:48
|
| 9 |
Home Again |
3:17
|
| 10 |
Caught In A Lie |
2:37
|
| 11 |
The Waking Hour |
2:31
|
| 12 |
Civil War Buff |
2:44
|
| 13 |
Monica |
3:28
|
| 14 |
Bad Business In Town |
3:33 |
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