Romantic Depressive
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| Romantic Depressive | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Sugar Hill | |||
| Producer | Mark Williams, Don Dixon | |||
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Romantic Depressive is an album by the American musician Don Dixon, released in 1995 via Sugar Hill Records.[1][2] The album was part of an attempt by Sugar Hill to expand its roster beyond a traditional acoustic style.[3] Dixon supported the album with a North American tour that included shows opening for Hootie & the Blowfish.[4][5] Romantic Depressive was nominated for a NAIRD Indie Award.[6]
Produced by Mark Williams and Dixon, the songs were recorded over a period of four years.[7][1] Dixon pulled from a pool of 30 songs.[8] He played most of the instruments.[9] The first half of the album is about romantic relationships; Dixon considered turning Romantic Depressive into a kind of concept album.[1][10] "Lottery of Lives" is about the military draft.[1] "Good Golly Svengali" is an instrumental.[11] "25,000 Days" was cowritten by Marti Jones, Dixon's wife; Sugar Hill had originally wanted an album of Dixon-Jones duets.[12][13] Bland Simpson played piano on "I Should Know Better".[14]
