Consumer Guide Album

Todd Snider: Crank It, We're Doomed [Aimless/30 Tigers, 2023]
About half of these 15 old songs have surfaced since Snider decided they didn't cohere into an album circa 2008, a few--the stoned Dock Ellis tribute "America's Favorite Pastime," say, or the stoned anti-bullying preachment "The War on Terror"--as what his devoted fanbase would regard as beloved classics if that wasn't too corny to suit them. But to quote the structurally climactic "Slim Chance Is Still a Chance," "You don't necessarily have to pay the fiddler to dance." B+