Fastball – All The Pain Money Can Buy

I admit, thanks largely to VH-1, that I finally found the very Beatlesque single The Way too interesting (and well-written) to resist the album (especially since the album was on sale). And the verdict…? Honestly, even for eight bucks, I was a bit disappointed. If anything, this album reminds me a lot of Deadeye Dick’s A Different Story album – as was the case with “New Age Girl”, it seems like most of the album’s creative effort was poured into “The Way”, and the rest of the album isn’t as interesting. Hopefully you too will find this on sale, for it’s scarcely worth the already-inflated average full purchase price of a compact disc.

1. The Way (4:16)
2. Fire Escape (3:21)
3. Better Than It Was (2:48)
4. Which Way To The Top? (3:50)
5. Sooner Or Later (2:39)
6. Warm Fuzzy Feeling (1:55)
7. Slow Drag (3:37)
8. G.O.D. (Good Old Days) (3:31)
9. Charlie, The Methadone Man (3:17)
10. Out Of My Head (2:32)
11. Damaged Goods (3:02)
12. Nowhere Road (3:25)
13. Sweetwater, Texas (3:53)

Released by: Hollywood Records
Release date: 1998
Total running time: 42:10