Not since Ray Davies has a songwriter been able to craft such sharply observed vignettes in the space of a three-minute pop song like the late Adam Schlesinger. And on 2007's Traffic and Weather, Fountains of Wayne's fourth album, Schlesinger took his art to a new level, singing short stories as varied as crushing on a DMV clerk (""Yolanda Hayes""), celebrating the sexiness of a car not generally considered sporting (""92 Subaru""), being broke (""Strapped for Cash"") and having luggage lost by an airline (""Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim""). And while it lacks a radio-friendly hit like ""Stacy's Mom""-it should be mentioned that Chris Collingwood only contributed three songs to this record-there are still earworms aplenty, particularly on ""I-95,"" Collingwood's ""Seatbacks and Traytables,"" and the title tune. Finally out on vinyl, our Real Gone release comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics and in a gold with black swirl pressing limited to 5000 copies, exclusive for RSD/Black Friday!
