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Podcast Episode
Season
Four
number
176
Type
Album Review
Post Date
5/27/2014

The Auteurs

176 Now I'm A Cowboy by The Auteurs

Now I'm a Cowboy

Label
Hutch Recordings
Release year
1994
Producer
Luke Haines
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The lead track and single, Lenny Valentino, gets rave reviews from both of us, but how does the rest of the not-so-similar album stack up?

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This week we tackle one of those on the edge of Britpop bands we always kinda, sorta heard about and kinda, sorta remember, The Auteurs, and their 1994 sophomore album Now, I'm a Cowboy. The lead track and single, Lenny Valentino, gets rave reviews from both of us, but how does the rest of the not-so-similar album stack up? Tune int to find out, and chime in on our discussion on how music discovery and commitment to ill-advised purchases has changed thanks to the web.

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - Life Class/Life Model
  • 3:57 - History of the Band
  • 8:45 - Lenny Valentino
  • 14:16 - Underground Movies
  • 21:10 - The Upper Classes
  • 26:02 - New French Girlfriend
  • Outro - Daughter of a Child

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