How The West Was Won, by Peter Perrett

How The West Was Won

by Peter Perrett

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dkelvin Maybe not the triumphal return all the Peter Perrett admirers would have dreamed of (the production is much too mainstream and americana) but the songs are flawless and it's a miracle in its own way. Favorite track: An Epic Story.

Saucer Intricate and sardonic wordplay and compelling R'n'effing'R, from Peter effing Perrett.

It's really hard to do comparisons because, across disparate genres, it’s never apples to apples… what does it even mean to name an overall favorite… but: mid September, this is so far my favorite album of 2017. Favorite track: Sweet Endeavour.

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1.	How The West Was Won 04:33	buy track
2.	An Epic Story 03:20	buy track
3.	Hard To Say No 03:28	buy track
4.	Troika 03:44	buy track
5.	Living In My Head 06:31	buy track
6.	Man Of Extremes 02:42	buy track
7.	Sweet Endeavour 03:25	buy track
8.	C Voyeurger 05:47	buy track
9.	Something In My Brain 04:53	buy track
10.	Take Me Home 04:21	buy track

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Peter Perrett - former frontman of The Only Ones - releases his debut solo album How The West Was Won.
Perrett, whose incisive songcraft and sardonic drawl made him one of the most distinctive voices of the Seventies hasn’t released any music for 20 years. Bearing in mind his most famous song began “I always flirt with death” (The Only Ones‘ Another Girl, Another Planet), this is one comeback that nobody saw coming.
In the hands of certain songwriters, a story of resurrection and redemption might ring a little hollow, but when the songwriter is Peter Perrett, the usual rules have never applied.
Perrett makes each song on How The West Was Won sound natural and effortless, as though he were continuing a briefly interrupted conversation rather than picking up the threads of a solo career that faltered two decades ago. He claims to have barely touched a guitar in the decade between The One’s 1996 album Woke Up Sticky and the 2007 reunion of The Only Ones; with Perrett, a hiatus could so easily turn into a hibernation. Yet Perrett’s familiar voice sounds like it simply stepped out of the room for a few minutes and popped back in again.
Backed by his sons - Jamie and Peter Jr. on lead guitar and bass respectively - and produced by Chris Kimsey (The Rolling Stones), Peter’s intuitive feel for words; his flair for idiosyncratic metaphors and his deadpan wit are all still as sharp as ever.

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released June 30, 2017

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