Three Easy Pieces [Digipak] *

Rating

Album: Three Easy Pieces [Digipak] *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Bad Phone Call
2)	Three Easy Pieces
3)	You'll Never Catch Him
4)	Bottom of the Rain
5)	Lost Downtown
6)	Renovating
7)	Good Girl
8)	Pendleton
9)	Gravity
10)	Hearts of Palm
11)	September Shirt
12)	CC and Callas
13)	Thrown

Performer Notes

Personnel: Bill Janovitz (vocals, guitar, trumpet, piano, organ, percussion); Chris Colbourn (vocals, guitar); Tom Maginnis (drums, percussion); Clint Conley, Chris Toppin (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Tom Polce.
Photographer: Liz Linder.
Buffalo Tom's thick, fuzzy guitar sound earned them a rabid cult of admirers, if not huge sales in thelate 1980s/early '90s. After a nine-year layoff, the trio that defined the American college-rock sound, turned out THREE EASY PIECES. While the Dinosaur, Jr.-influenced guitar din (J. Mascis produced BT's early recordings) is still present, there's a broader scope to the sound than before, sometimes even verging on an American roots-rock feel. Who says you can't teach an old indie rock band a couple of new tricks?

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[They] demonstrate the therapeutic effects of amplification on the churning/chiming 'You'll Never Catch Him'..."

Magnet (p.91) - "Buffalo Tom sounds relaxed and happy to be making music together again. 'Bad Phone Call,' with its stutter-step pacing and soaring, wind-tunnel chorus, is a succinct fusion of the wounded balladry and snarling, layered guitars that defined the band's best moments."

CMJ (p.44) - "[They] still exude plenty of passion. These heart-on-sleeve songs will go over well for anyone still awaiting a Replacements reunion."

No Depression (p.94) - "THREE EASY PIECES hits a fine balance between Soul Asylum-styled rootsy popcraft and pre-sappy Goo Goo Dolls' rougher rave-ups."