Consumer Guide Album

T-Bone Burnett: The Talking Animals [Columbia, 1988]
I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but this guy is pretentious. He's not dumb, not incapable, not even charmless (incredible shaggy dog story at the close). And country change-of-pace aside, his parables and exhortations have gotten more pointless with every record. Help him, Jesus. B-