Dave Mallett - This Town (1993)

A folk/rock/pop effort that sometimes detours into pop-country, This Town showed Dave Mallet to be a thoughtful and expressive storyteller. Mallet was also an obscure storyteller -- this little known CD wasn't a huge seller by any means. But those who were lucky enough to hear it agreed that Mallet was someone who deserved a higher profile. The singer did much of the writing on This Town, and the stories that he tells are stories that stick with you. "Main Street" laments the commercialization of a small town, while "How Much More" and "Take the Time" question the fast-paced, rat-race lifestyle of the '90s. All of these songs sound quite personal to Mallett, who obviously has a great fondness for small-town America and yearns for a simpler, less hectic time. As far as influences go, he seems to have learned a few things from Gordon Lightfoot as well as Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard (even though this is far from a hardcore country album). But whatever his influences, Mallett is very much his own man. This Town is well worth searching for.

Tracklist:
1 01. Dave Mallett - This Town (03:13)
1 02. Dave Mallett - The Road Goes On Forever (03:54)
1 03. Dave Mallett - Main Street (03:42)
1 04. Dave Mallett - Somewhere In Time (03:04)
1 05. Dave Mallett - Rock And Roll Heart (02:59)
1 06. Dave Mallett - Autumn (03:44)
1 07. Dave Mallett - How Much More (03:38)
1 08. Dave Mallett - Long Distance Lover (02:47)
1 09. Dave Mallett - Pray For Rain (03:55)
1 10. Dave Mallett - Take Time (02:50)
1 11. Dave Mallett - Old Soldiers (03:29)
1 12. Dave Mallett - Change Of The Seasons (03:33)