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Real Gone Music is very, very proud to announce that we have arranged with the Verlaine estate to release Tom’s last three solo albums on LP; \u003ci\u003eSongs and Other Things\u003c\/i\u003e was the last record he released, in the same year as the all-instrumental \u003ci\u003eAround\u003c\/i\u003e. As the title indicates, this was indeed a return to lyrics and vocals, the first record with “songs” since 1990’s \u003ci\u003eThe Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e (although the first song, “A Parade in Littleton”—one of the “Other Things”—is a low-key, funky instrumental that would have been home on a late Talking Heads album). The time off clearly allowed Verlaine to build up a strong cache of compositions, with “Nice Actress” and “The Earth Is in the Sky” among the highlights. The record also marks a welcome return of Verlaine’s enigmatic lyrics, which as always prompt head scratching while somehow making intuitive sense. But in the end, it’s the amazing guitar work—ably supported by Fred Smith of Television fame and Jay Dee Daugherty of The Patti Smith Group among others—that elevates Songs and Other Things to essential status, worthy of its exalted position as the final release of Tom Verlaine’s career. 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