Ron Sexsmith (album)

Ron Sexsmith
Studio album by Ron Sexsmith
Released	May 16, 1995
Studio	Dreamland Recording Studios, Hurley, New York; The Sound Factory, Hollywood; Master Control, Burbank, California
Genre	Rock
Length	42:57
Label	Interscope
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Ron Sexsmith chronology
Grand Opera Lane (1991) Ron Sexsmith (1995) Other Songs (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
NME	7/10[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
USA Today	[10]

Ron Sexsmith is the second album and major-label debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, released in 1995 on Interscope Records. The album's liner notes feature a dedication to Harry Nilsson. "Secret Heart" appeared in The X Files episode Babylon.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Secret Heart"		3:16
2.	"There's a Rhythm"		3:11
3.	"Words We Never Use"		3:04
4.	"Summer Blowin' Town"		2:19
5.	"Lebanon, Tennessee"		2:58
6.	"Speaking with the Angel"		3:38
7.	"In Place of You"		3:34
8.	"Heart with No Companion"	Leonard Cohen	3:10
9.	"Several Miles"		3:40
10.	"From a Few Streets Over"		2:43
11.	"First Chance I Get"		2:04
12.	"Wastin' Time"		2:47
13.	"Galbraith Street"		3:08
14.	"There's a Rhythm" (reprise)		3:25

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Almost Always"	4:04

Personnel

• Ron Sexsmith - vocals, guitar, backing vocals; piano, bass and drums on "There's a Rhythm"
• Jerry Scheff - bass
• Mitchell Froom - keyboards
• Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion, backing vocals

with:

• Steve Amedee - tambourine on "Words We Never Use" and "Heart With No Companion"
• Martin Tillman - cello on "Speaking With the Angel" and "Several Miles"
• Tchad Blake - effects on "From a Few Streets Over"
• Daniel Lanois - electric guitar on "There's a Rhythm"
• Pierre Marchand - accordion on "There's a Rhythm"

Technical

• Tchad Blake - recording, mixing
• John Paterno - additional recording
• Daniel Lanois - producer on "There's a Rhythm", photography

References

1. Parisien, Roch. "Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Sexsmith, Ron". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
3. Sweeting, Adam (May 17, 1996). "CDs of the week: return of the troubadour". The Guardian.
4. Hilburn, Robert (June 10, 1995). "Ron Sexsmith, 'Ron Sexsmith,' Interscope". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
5. Oldham, James (June 22, 1996). "Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
6. DeLuca, Dan (June 11, 1995). "Jennifer Trynin: Cockamamie (Warner Bros.) / Ron Sexsmith: Ron Sexsmith (Interscope)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
7. "Ron Sexsmith: Ron Sexsmith". Q. No. 109. October 1995. p. 126.
8. Scoppa, Bud (September 7, 1995). "Ron Sexsmith: Ron Sexsmith". Rolling Stone. No. 716. p. 72.
9. Hunter, James (2004). "Ron Sexsmith". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 728. ISBN 9780743201698.
10. Ayers, Anne (June 13, 1995). "Ron Sexsmith a songwriter to watch". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 23, 1999. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

External links

• Ron Sexsmith official page album page (includes lyrics)
• Allmusic album main page
• MP3.com album main page