Paul Williams - Someday Man 1970 (@320)

 

Paul Williams - Someday Man 1970

Someday Man Review by Charles Donovan.

Jobbing songwriter and actor Paul Williams only provided lyrics on his debut album -- all the music was composed by producer Roger Nichols. Williams' vocal limitations are immediately clear. His voice is thin, inarticulate, and markedly stunted of range -- it takes considerable getting used to. The ten songs here roll along merrily enough in a soft rock vein, but none is particularly mesmerizing. The plaintive "I Know You" is a touching moment and "Roan Pony" reveals a penchant for the kind of greeting-card whimsy that would later spawn some of Williams' big songwriting hits ("Rainy Days and Mondays," "Evergreen"). The rest is stuff that no one would object to hearing, principally because the listener is more than likely to have forgotten it a few minutes after the disc stops spinning.

 

Tracklist:

 

ORIGINAL ALBUM

 

1. SOMEDAY MAN

2. SO MANY PEOPLE

3. SHE’S TOO GOOD FOR ME

4. MORNIN’ I’LL BE MOVIN’ ON

5. TIME

6. TRUST

7. TO PUT UP WITH YOU

8. DO YOU REALLY HAVE A HEART

9. I KNOW YOU

10.ROAN PONY

 

BONUS TRACKS

 

11.SO MANY PEOPLE (Demo)

12.SOMEDAY MAN (Sessions)

13.THE DRIFTER (Sessions)

14.MORNIN’ I’LL BE MOVIN’ ON (Instrumental)

15.SOMEDAY MAN (Instrumental)

16.TO PUT UP WITH YOU (Instrumental)

17.SO MANY PEOPLE (Instrumental)

18.SOMEDAY MAN (Mono 45)

19.MORNIN’ I’LL BE MOVIN’ ON (Mono 45)

20.SO MANY PEOPLE (Mono 45)

21.TO PUT UP WITH YOU (Mono 45)

22.I KNOW YOU (Demo)

 

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