Some Disenchanted Evening is an album by the Verlaines. It was released in 1990 on Flying Nun Records.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the album’s coda, a piano ballad styled after Randy Newman, is actually the collection’s crowning achievement; harnessing a dapper melody to a bitterly sardonic lyric about failure, it reveals new-found subtlety and clarity in [Graeme] Downes’ writing." The New York Times called the album "full of complex melodic variations, crescendos and elegant tempo shifts; the music has the theatrical grandeur of a symphony within the confines of rock."
Track listing All songs written by Graeme Downes, except where noted. "Jesus What a Jerk" - 2:37 "The Funniest Thing" - 3:14 "Whatever You Run Into" - 3:18 "Faithfully Yours" - 3:43 "Damn Shame" - 5:02 "This Train" - 4:20 "Down the Road" - 3:13 "We're All Gonna Die" - 3:06 "Anniversary" - 4:20 "Come Sunday" - 4:01 "It Was" - 2:27
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