Robbie Fulks
13 Hillbilly Giants [ Bloodshot Records / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] Robbie presents lost gems by some of the unsung heroes of country music--the ones who lurk in the fringes, dark alleys and dusty attics. Covers the dark, the tragic and, of course, the humor that's so painfully missing from today's country music. |
Robbie Fulks
Country Love Songs [ Bloodshot / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Highlights include drop-dead, now classic cool honky tonk gems like "Every Kinda Music But Country," "The Buck Starts Here," and the sing-a-long fave "She Took A Lot Of Pills (And Died)." |
Robbie Fulks
Couples In Trouble [ Boondoggle / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] 12 songs about, well, couples in trouble--jumping from pop, rock, bluegrass, to country and back again...effortlessly crafted together to clarify and color each scenario. |
Robbie Fulks
Revenge! [ Yep Roc / 2 CD - released 23/Jul/2007 ] On the opening cut of Robbie Fulks' album Revenge, Fulks and his band are interrupted while singing about the dubious joys of life on tour by a phone call from one of the head honchos at Yep Roc Records, who informs Fulks that the label wants a new... |
Robbie Fulks
South Mouth [ Bloodshot Records / CD ] Fulks uses a backing musician cavalcade on each track in this exploration of "the dark side of country music." Not strictly downbeat, there is plenty of humor here, too ("I Told Her Lies," etc.). Especially noteworthy are the steel guitar players... |
Robbie Fulks
Upland Stories [ Bloodshot / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] |
Robbie Fulks
The Very Best Of [ Bloodshot Records / CD ] Indicative of Robbie Fulks' sly sense of humor, The Very Best of Robbie Fulks is nothing of the sort, but a collection of tracks culled from EPs, promos, limited-release 45s, soundtracks, and various obscure compilations. While much of the material... |
Robbie Fulks
Georgia Hard [ Yep Roc Records / CD - released 24/May/2005 ] After several years out of the spotlight, Fulks is back with a new album of new songs - aimed at country fans that wondered where their music went. |
Robbie Fulks
Gone Away Backward [ Bloodshot / CD - released 23/Aug/2013 ] As hopeful as it is dark, modern as it is historical. City and country. MP3 and dusty 45. It's autobiographical and all-embracing storytelling. The album is rooted deeply in the interplay between Fulks and a brilliant cast of Appalachian-style slingers. |
Fulks, Robbie
Gone Away Backward (LP) [ Bloodshot Records LP / LP - released 23/Aug/2013 ] In the mid-1990s, Chicago-based artist Robbie Fulks became known as the sharp-as-a-tack, wry genius of the alternative country scene. Today - after ten releases spanning various shades of twang (Country Love Songs), somber yet popconscious roots-rock... |