TRACY CHAPMAN audiophile NM- QUIEX rare 1988 FOLK SOUL ROCK LP wlp PROMO hype

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TRACY CHAPMAN, SELF TITLED, Released in 1988 on Elektra Records as 60774-1 in the United States. (This is the Quiex Masterdisk Audiophile White Label Promo Pressing of this critically famed LP.)
DISC CONDTION: NM-
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX
Direct Digital Mastering. Incredibly stunning sound.
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From Robert Christgau: "Fast Car" is so far-seeing, "Mountains o' Things" so necessary, that it's doubly annoying when she puts her name on begged questions like "Why" and "Talkin' Bout a Revolution." Maybe I should be heartened and so forth that Intelligent Young People are once again pushing naive left-folkie truisms, but she's too good for such condescension--even sings like a natural. Get real, girl. B+
From AllMusic: Arriving with little fanfare in the spring of 1988, Tracy Chapman's eponymous debut album became one of the key records of the Bush era, providing a touchstone for the entire PC movement while reviving the singer/songwriter tradition. And Tracy Chapman is firmly within the classic singer/songwriter tradition, sounding for all the world as if it was recorded in the early '70s -- that is, if all you paid attention to were the sonics, since Chapman's songs are clearly a result of the Reagan revolution. Even the love songs and laments are underscored by a realized vision of trickle-down modern life -- listen to the lyrical details of "Fast Car" for proof. Chapman's impassioned liberal activism and emotional resonance enlivens her music, breathing life into her songs even when the production is a little bit too clean. Still, the juxtaposition of contemporary themes and classic production precisely is what makes the album distinctive -- it brings the traditions into the present. At the time, it revitalized traditional folk ideals of social activism and the like, kick starting the PC revolution in the process, but if those were its only merits, Tracy Chapman would sound dated. The record continues to sound fresh because Chapman's writing is so keenly observed and her strong, gutsy singing makes each song sound intimate and immediate. 
A1 Oh, Happy Day A2 Carry It On A3 "In Forty Days" - Joan And David A4 Hickory Wind A5 The Last Thing On My Mind A6 "Life Is Sacred" - David A7 Joe Hill B1 I Shall Be Released B2 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man B3 Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word B4 Suzanne B5 "Idols And Heroes" - David B6 We Shall Overcome  468 (GS 6.4 (468))