Ben Kweller – Sha Sha (Deluxe) (2002/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ben Kweller – Sha Sha (Deluxe) (2002/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:11:36 minutes | 2,49 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Noise Company

Enthusiasm is what singer/songwriter Ben Kweller brings to his work. Ramones-like perennial goofy-teenager attitude and lack of antipathy are his golden attributes, and the combination of his keen songwriting sense makes Kweller a pop powerhouse. Following his self-released demo, Freak Out It’s Ben Kweller, and the following EP, Kweller spreads out with more pop songs and sounds on this full-length studio album. Underscoring the songwriting skill he’s been working at since age eight, he plays acoustic, folk-rock, alternative, power pop, and straight-ahead rock of the course of 11 songs. His lyrics are consistently heart-sung, but they aren’t lite – he’s got weight and bite, too. Kweller isn’t afraid to wear his top-drawer influences on his sleeve, either: “No Reason” soars on guitar like a Weezer or Frank Black tune, and he sings “noooooo reason to cry” with the same vehemence with which Johnny Rotten once sang “nooooo future.” “Commerce, TX” smells like grunge rock, but its commentary on the slacker lifestyle keeps it self-aware. He recuts his epic “In Other Words,” a winding, melancholic piano rocker with a jam that is straight off a ’70s vintage Elton John record. “Walk on Me” and “How It Should Be (Sha Sha),” though power pop through and through, are pure Kweller – bright, witty, fun, sweet diaries of hard-to-grapple-with feelings translated into two-to-three-minute bursts of self-empowered joy. Isn’t that how all rock & roll should be?

Tracklist:

1-01. Ben Kweller – How It Should Be (Sha Sha) (01:51)
1-02. Ben Kweller – Wasted & Ready (03:52)
1-03. Ben Kweller – Family Tree (04:22)
1-04. Ben Kweller – Commerce, Tx (03:52)
1-05. Ben Kweller – In Other Words (05:37)
1-06. Ben Kweller – Walk on Me (03:54)
1-07. Ben Kweller – Make It Up (04:49)
1-08. Ben Kweller – No Reason (03:48)
1-09. Ben Kweller – Lizzy (04:06)
1-10. Ben Kweller – Harriet’s Got a Song (04:49)
1-11. Ben Kweller – Falling (04:02)
1-12. Ben Kweller – Falling – Brooklyn Demo (03:48)
1-13. Ben Kweller – Walk on Me – Brooklyn Demo (03:53)
1-14. Ben Kweller – Lizzy – Brooklyn Demo (04:06)
1-15. Ben Kweller – Lizzy – La Demo (04:02)
1-16. Ben Kweller – Ballad of Wendy Baker – Brooklyn Demo (03:45)
1-17. Ben Kweller – How It Should Be (Sha Sha) – Brooklyn Demo (01:54)
1-18. Ben Kweller – Walk on Me – Live at the Double Door (04:12)
1-19. Ben Kweller – Make It up – Brookyn Demo (04:05)
1-20. Ben Kweller – No Reason – Brooklyn Demo (03:54)
1-21. Ben Kweller – No Reason (feat. Nils Lofgren) Live at the Marquee (09:07)
1-22. Ben Kweller – Today (Smashing Pumpkins Cover) (03:44)
1-23. Ben Kweller – Psycho Girl (02:02)
1-24. Ben Kweller – I Have the Power (05:07)
1-25. Adam Green – Kokomo (with Adam Green) (03:52)
1-26. Ben Kweller – Debbie Don’t Worry Doll (05:01)
1-27. Ben Kweller – My Drug Buddy – Live at the Mercury Lounge (Lemonheads Cover) (03:10)
1-28. Ben Kweller – Shs-10r (02:44)
1-29. Ben Kweller – It’s up to You (03:53)
1-30. Ben Kweller – It’s up to You (feat. Evan Dando) Live at the Brattle (03:44)
1-31. Ben Kweller – Undone – the Sweater Song (feat. Juliana Hatfield) Live at Fletchers (Weezer Cover) (04:21)
1-32. Ben Kweller – Lollipop (02:14)
1-33. Ben Kweller – It’s Not Fair (03:39)

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