Line #32 Music/GiveItUp


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3	Music/BonnieRaitt's sophomore album, '''Give It Up'' begins in the folk-blues style of her debut before opening up into New Orleans-styled r&b, twenties-style jazz-blues, singer-songwriter soft-rock. A frequently-cited influence on the loosely-defined Americana genre, ''Give It Up'' is a contender for the guitarist's masterpiece despite disappointing commercial returns, uncured even after her 1990's breakout.
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6	!! Tracklist:
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8	[[AC: Side One]]
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10	# "Give It Up Or Let Me Go" (4:28)
11	# "Nothing Seems To Matter" (4:03)
12	# "I Know" (3:51)
13	# "If You Gotta Make A Fool Out Of Somebody" (2:54)
14	# "Love Me Like A Man" (3:23)
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16	[[AC: Side Two]]
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18	# "Stayed Too Long At The Fair" (2:54)
19	# "Under The Falling Sky" (3:38)
20	# "You Got To Know How" (3:38)
21	# "You Told Me Baby" (3:43)
22	# "Love Has No Pride" (3:46)
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25	!! ''Tropes have no pride, when I call out their names...''
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27	* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Too Long At The Fair"
28	--> ''Jesus cried, wept and died''
29	--> ''I guess he went up to heaven''
30	--> ''(...) Well, you can give my soul to Abraham''
31	--> ''Give my soul to Saul''
32	* BreakupSong:
33	** "Give It Up Or Let Me Go"
34	--> ''Well, you come home drunk and nasty, you won't tell me where you've been.''
35	--> ''Just when things are nice and sweet, you go back out again.''
36	--> ''Why do you wanna mess up a good thing?''
37	--> ''I'm gonna find me another man, one who wants to give me everything.''
38	** "I Know"
39	--> ''I've loved so hard, everything I did was no joy''
40	--> ''If I can't love you right, baby, I don't have to love you at all''
41	* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Chris Smither's "Love You Like A Man" becomes "Love Me Like A Man", slightly changing the narration from a boast to a come-on as well.
42	* CoverVersion: Raitt wrote three songs ("Give It Up Or Let Me Go", "Nothing Seems To Matter" and "You Told Me Baby") and a fourth was written for the album by Joel Zoss, leaving six covers out of ten songs.
43	* FaceOnTheCover: Maybe someone thought the purple border brought out her eyes?
44	* IntercourseWithYou
45	** "Love Me Like A Man"
46	--> ''They all want me to rock them''
47	--> ''Like my back ain't got no bone''
48	--> ''I want a man to rock me''
49	--> ''Like my back bone was his own''
50	--> ''Darlin', I know you can''
51	--> ''Believe me when I tell you''
52	--> ''You can love me like a man''
53	** "You Got To Know How"
54	--> ''Technique ain't tough, if you care enough''
55	--> ''You can learn to know how''
56	--> ''I might drop a hint how to strike my flint''
57	--> ''If you yearn to know how''
58	* IWillWaitForYou: "If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody"
59	--> ''Daytime, night time''
60	--> ''Any time at all''
61	--> ''I'll be there waiting''
62	--> ''Any time you call''
63	--> ''Just to be near you''
64	* LoveHurts: "Love Has No Pride"
65	--> ''But this love hurts me so, I don't care what you say''
66	* ThePowerOfLove: "You Told Me Baby"
67	--> ''I know she hurt you,''
68	--> ''But you know I've been hurt too.''
69	--> ''You just come to me, we'll see''
70	--> ''What a love can do.''
71	* RecordProducer: Michael Cuscuna.
72	* SongStyleShift: "Give It Up Or Let Me Go" breaks out of folk-blues about halfway through when the horn section cuts in.
73	* SpecialGuest: Paul Butterfield plays harmonica on this album.
74	* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: "Too Long At The Fair"
75	--> ''I've been downtown such a long, long time''
76	--> ''I'll never make it home by seven''
77	--> ''Won't you come & take me home?''
78	--> ''I've been too long at the fair''
79	--> ''And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore''
80	* TitleTrack: "Give It Up"
81	--> ''Oh honey, if you want me to love you''
82	--> ''You've to give it up or let me go''

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