WILSON BENJAMIN DEAN — SMALL TALK

Available to order from supplier. Estimated about 3 weeks. Supplier reported 11 units on 2026-09-29. This uses the retained supplier list; availability may change. These units are not physically held at Noosa.

Benjamin Dean Wilson's Small Talk is a great album: songs about aging (sung by a young man), songs about illusions and losing them, about young mothers about the teacher Mr. Green, about Rick, Jimmy and Sharon, about Nurse Hirsch a red Corvette, about the suspicious mother-in-law of a local celebrity, a nameless actor and his childhood sweetheart Sadie (she wore a boyish haircut, quite short). It's an album full of twists and surprises, full of humor and truth. Benjamin Dean Wilson has a voice that is reminiscent of Nick Lowe with songs and lyrics that recall The Magnetic Fields. Actually, it's just the other way around - Where Stephin Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields) cultivates the art of the two-to-three minute song, Wilson's songs are longer. The grand finale "Rick, I Tick Tock..." lasts for 14 minutes. The first impression: The Gaslight CafÚ in Greenwich Village in 1965, a few ³ber-cool Bohemians under the guidance of Ray Davies and/or Serge Gainsbourg (compare Anna (Bande Originale de la ComÚdie Musicale))) anticipate the Abbey Road medley. With a closer listen, Small Talk is a musical drama in three acts, including stage directions sung out loud.

Tracklist

1. Sadie And The Fat Man
2. So Cool
3. William
4. End Of Never Again
5. My Wife
6. Rick, I Tick Tock

Record details

Format: LP

Label: TAPETE RECORDS

Catalogue number: TR336LP