Listen to the Song: The final track on the Nine Fine Lines album is a song written to sum up the conclusion of the Imaginary Lines era for Ric Albano. This simple and short song features an upbeat, rotating vibe and rapidly delivered, poetic lyrics Read More …
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Tommy’s Got a Gun
Listen to the Song: The first part of the lyrics to “Tommy’s Got a Gun” was written by Ric Albano shortly after the suicide of author Hunter S. Thompson in February 2005. A few months later Thompson’s suicide note was published and Albano quoted this Read More …
She Said
Listen to the Song: “She Said” is a lyrical riddle built on juxtaposed lyrics from classic rock song – in total nine different songs from nine different artists. In this sense, the song has a non-linear story, although Ric Albano did provide a completely original Read More …
You Sure Were Fun
Listen to the Song: This bluesy track was one of the more difficult to record, mainly because it employs four different rhythmic tempos. The original 2007 track featured a simple arrangement of only piano and bass by Ric Albano and drums by Ron Simasek. Later, Read More …
The Phoenix
Listen to the Song: “The Phoenix” was written by Ric Albano on his birthday in 2004 as a symbolic allegory of his return to making recorded music with the new Imaginary Lines, after an 8 year hiatus from any studio work. The original recording in Read More …
Here On the Beach
Listen to the Song: “Here on the Beach” was originally composed as the final part of “Ocean Suite”, a four-part suite that included “The Old Man and the Sea”, “Twilight of Innocence” and “Dawning of Decadence”. Three of the four pieces were included as stand-alone Read More …
Lorelei
Listen to the Song: “Lorelei” is a very unique track in the Sinclair Soul collection, as the recording on The Nine Fine Lines version of “Lorelei” is a mosaic of bits and pieces recorded at various studios of the course of 14 years. The original Read More …
Perfect Light
Listen to the Song: With lyrics that highlight the vanity and absurdity of Hollywood icons and their sycophantic press, “Perfect Light” is one of the more biting and sarcastic songs thematically. Musically, this song features a unique Baroque style hard rock sound brought on by Read More …
Louis Le Geant (No Dinner for You)
Listen to the Song: The opening track on the album Nine Fine Lines has gone through many iterations and name changes since it was first composed as an instrumental in 2006. The instrumental’s working title was “Hermit” but with the addition of lyrics in 2007, Read More …
Delicately Dancing the Dogwhistle Diddy
Listen to the Song: The final track on Reflections of Relevance was the most fun to make. Developed by Ric Albano as a multi-part, upbeat acoustic folk song, drums and percussion were next added by Ron Simasek as he portrayed his best John Bonham circa Read More …