Thomas Anderson (musician)
Thomas Anderson is an American singer-songwriter.
Early life
Anderson was born in Oklahoma and raised in a small town there.[1][2] He graduated from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater with an English degree.[2][3]
Musical career
Anderson recorded his debut album, Alright, It was Frank . . . and He's Risen From the Dead and Gone Off With His Truck, in Norman, Oklahoma in the late 1980s.[3] The album was released in 1989,[4] originally on vinyl on the Out There label.[5] He moved to Austin, Texas in 1992.[6] In 1993, Alright, It Was Frank... was re-released on CD by the Dutch East India label.[5]
His second album, Blues for the Flying Dutchman, was originally released by a small German label before being picked up by Dutch East India.[3] His third album, Moon Going Down, was released on the Marilyn label, which has been described as "slightly higher profile" than the labels he released his previous albums on.[4] In 1998, he released Bolide, a seven-track mini-album, on Red River Records.[7] In 2003, Anderson released another album, Norman, Oklahoma, also on Red River Records.[1] In 2012, he released The Moon in Transit, a collection of 12 of his four-track recordings taken from his 13-year archives, on the Out There label.[8] He followed this up the following year with another compilation album drawn from these archives, entitled On Becoming Human.[8][9]
Reception
In 1996, Tulsa World wrote that Anderson was "one of the most critically lauded yet efficiently obscure songwriters of the last decade."[4] Rolling Stone reviewed "Blues for the Flying Dutchman" favorably, giving it three and a half stars. The magazine said that the album "should find a place with everyone who believes that rock 'n' roll can still reflect and interpret the world in an original way - from the margins."[3] Robert Christgau has also given Anderson's albums multiple A grades.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Thomas Anderson - Norman, Oklahoma". No Depression. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b Smith, R.J. (29 December 1998). "Flying Saucer Rock & Roll". Village Voice. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Mark (14 December 1993). "Austin's Potential Lures Oklahoma Songwriter". Tulsa World. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b c Conner, Thomas (14 July 1996). "Thomas Anderson". Tulsa World. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Alright It Was Frank". Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Thomas Anderson - Angry Young Grad Student". No Depression. 31 December 1996. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Conner, Thomas (12 March 1999). "What a drag! Cast album brings groundbreaking show to the masses". Tulsa World. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Thomas Anderson". Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "On Becoming Human". Blurt. 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.