Ad Frank
"No one listens to an Ad Frank CD to hear about him getting lucky," one of his fans was overheard saying. From his past releases, people expect Ad Frank to wallow in self-pity and self-loathing, albeit with a sense of black humor. So what’s a fan to expect when hearing the lighthearted "Dumb Trilemma" or the upbeat "Girls as Sharp as You are Something Rare" from his third solo album, In Girl Trouble?
Fans needn’t worry that Ad’s completely changed his attitude, it’s just that now he’s a little more well-adjusted. If he weren’t, how could he write a perfect pop song like ‘Casual Day"? From the opening stutter-step to its repetitive chorus, Ad’s satire of uninformed office life is a jingly, yet biting statement condensed into less than three minutes. An easygoing guitar and hand-claps give the song a happy-go-lucky feel as Ad asks, "If this is casual day/How come I never got the memo?"
In contrast is "Jet Aircraft" with its lamenting chorus of "I lost my love and no one’s going to love me again," and the dour, "I hope for more than I can give back/Something fine in me has died," from the otherwise upbeat "You Have Murdered Something Fine in Me."
Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of melancholy to go around (the CD is entitled In Girl Trouble, after all), but this time Ad’s managed to have a little fun too.
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In Girl Trouble
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