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The Nashville songwriter held off on releasing the album when it was finished in 2007, but it’s a missing link between his artistic breakout and the next phase of his evolution.
Recoded in 2007, promptly shelved, subsequently misplaced and recently rediscovered, Crank It, We’re Doomed finds Todd Snider standing at the crossroads
Todd Snider has never been one to do things predictably. He’s known for his sharp wit, insurgent attitude, and a mischievous streak.
Sometimes an artist makes a record, then decides not to release it. Neil Young and Prince are two artists who famously did that multiple times. Todd Snider is another artist who has done it, putting three albums on the shelf in a career now spanning three decades. Like these artists, Snider is just as committed to his art, and his decisions to shelve those three records were artistic ones. But now Snider has decided to take one of those albums off the shelf.
Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female artist in country music history, died Tuesday at 90.