Out of My Way explained

Out of My Way
Type:	studio
Artist:	Peter Holsapple
Cover:	Peter Holsapple - Out of My Way.jpg
Alt:	A cover with yellow and purple on the background and the artist name and title in red
Released:	1997
Genre:	Alternative rock
Label:	Monkey Hill
Producer:	Peter Holsapple
Next Title:	Game Day
Next Year:	2018

Out of My Way is the solo debut album by the American musician Peter Holsapple, released in 1997 on the New Orleans label Monkey Hill.^[1] The personnel includes keyboardist Benmont Tench and Holsapple's fellow Continental Drifters Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill.^[2]

Critical reception

Billboard deemed the album "a delightfully varied and distinctively played work that combines the rootsy elements of the Continental Drifters' sound with the pop-rock influences that have served Holsapple well throughout his career."^[3] Stereo Review concluded: "Sometimes cranky, sometimes despairing, and always doggedly hopeful, Out of My Way is some of the most tuneful catharsis around."^[4]

AllMusic's editors gave the album four out of five stars, praising wordplay in the lyrics and the bass guitar instrumentation.^[5]

Track listing

1. "I Been There" – 3:47
2. "No Sound" – 4:02
3. "Away with Love" – 3:47
4. "Pretty, Damned, Smart" – 3:34
5. "Couldn't Stop Lying to You" – 4:28
6. "Out of My Way" – 3:09
7. "Shirley" – 3:48
8. "Meet Me in the Middle" – 3:44
9. "I Am a Tree" – 2:37
10. "Don't Worry About John" – 2:15
11. "Here and Now" – 4:10

Personnel

• Peter Holsapple
• Musicians: Benmont Tench, Carlo Nuccio, Ilene Markell, Rob Savoy, Robert Johnston, Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson

Notes and References

1. News: Morse . Steve . Holsapple brings 'secret' Drifters to town . The Boston Globe . 17 Jan 1997 . D14.
2. News: New This Week . Newsday . 20 Jan 1997 . B2.
3. Morris . Chris . Flag Waving . Billboard . Feb 1, 1997 . 109 . 5 . 55.
4. Milano . Brett . Personal Holsapple . Stereo Review . Apr 1997 . 62 . 4 . 76.
5. Web site: Out of My Way – Peter Holsapple. . July 20, 2019 .