Andy Dufresne had just spent two weeks in solitary confinement, better known as the hole, when he emerged bemused and seemingly even more confident than when he had gone in. His mess hall buddies were confused and still roaring with laughter about the stunt that put Andy in the hole in the first place. Andy had leveraged his position as prison librarian to obtain a shipment of LP’s and books. One of the records was an Italian opera. “Le Nozze di Figaro,” specifically the Duettino “Sull’aria to be exact. Andy barricaded himself in the wardens office and blared the recording
This album has really grown on me. Theres a couple of misses but the good stuff makes up for it.
I agree Stoneykelly. There are a couple songs I’m not feeling, nor will never feel…the above video being one of them. However, there are some instant classics on here as well. Let the haters hate.
That’s been my standpoint all along. It’s not a great album from top to bottom. But, it doesn’t “suck”. I think the first 3 singles are the weakest tracks on the record (Fuzzy, Trouble Knows My Name, and One More Sad Song). Songs like Flash Flood, Speak of the Devil, If I Had Another Heart, Had To Give That Up Too etc are classic RRB songs in the vein of what’s come before.