Robert Ellis

Half country, half folk...and guess which half I like better?

Robert Ellis
Photographs
(New West)

Houston songwriter Robert Ellis splits his sophomore album right down the middle, with one half of Photographs dedicated to sensitive, enlightened, modern-day folk pop, the other to straight-on, bootkicking and somewhat misogynist country. It's a bit of a Jeckyl and Hyde act, with Ellis happy to drive his ex to the airport for parts unknown on Jansch-like "Friends Like That," and even ready to chip in to redecorate in the mildly rollicking, extremely domesticated "Two Cans of Paint." Yet by side two, he's put on a bad-ass country hat, dragging himself home stinking drunk and belligerent in "What's In It For Me?" and threatening real harm if his girl steps out on "No Fun."

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This is one of the country songs.

"What's In It For Me"