You Can't Win (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = You Can't Win
Type = Album
Artist = Dolorean


Released = February 20, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Length =
Label = Yep Roc
Engineer = Rob Oberdorfer and Eric Hill
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxftxq8rldte]
* PopMatters rating-10|7 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/11587/dolorean-you-cant-win/]
* Q Rating|3|5 [http://dolorean.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/new-york-tucson-part-2/]
* UnCut Rating|3|5 [http://dolorean.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/new-york-tucson-part-2/]
Last album = "Violence in the Snowy Fields"
(2004)
This album = "You Can't Win"
(2007)
Next album =

"You Can't Win" is the third full-length by Dolorean, released in 2007 on Yep Roc Records. Compared to their previous studio albums, "You Can't Win" is more ambitious. According to a post he wrote on Yep Roc's Website, frontman Al James sought to change this. "Neil [Young] used to book studio time and shows for himself and Crazy Horse without rehearsing new songs with the band," he wrote. James booked several shows and several subsequent dates in a recording studio as a result. "The performances were raw, passionate, and loose - everything that we hadn't been able to capture on previous recordings." [ [http://www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=353 Yep Roc Records] ]

Track listing

# "You Can't Win" – 4:26
# "We Winter Wrens" – 3:21
# "Heather Remind Me How This Ends" – 2:45
# "Beachcomber Blues" – 6:33
# "You Don't Want to Know" – 1:42
# "Buffalo Gal" – 5:06
# "In Love With the Doubt" – 3:06
# "What One Bottle Can Do" – 4:23
# "33-53.9° N/118-38.8° W" – 2:47
# "Just Don't Leave Town" - 3:57
# "My Still Life" - 2:49

All songs written by Al James.
All songs arranged and performed by Dolorean
Vocal arrangement on "33-53.9° N/118-38.8° W" by Ben Nugent

Personnel

*James Adair: bass guitar
*Emil Amos: electric guitar, vocals
*Jay Clarke: piano, organ
*Al James: vocals, acoustic guitar
*Ben Nugent: drums, percussion, vocals

References