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The Believer, 2006
Written by Rhett Miller
Listen for the silent E!
John Coltrane, of course, has an album of the same name, and I really appreciate how Miller drops a reference to the Trane in this song: "We had love supreme as you could find / I wanted to be one in a million, baby do you mind?" This song is as rocking as Miller gets, with a couple of ferocious buzzy guitar solos. The narrator in this song is a wild man. He had a weekend with a lover and now he wants everything. He wants that one in a million type of love. Is that so wrong? Is that so strange? Miller's characters are always fighting the bottle or their own thwarted desires. This one is is using primal rock therapy. A top-tier track from an always inventive and witty lyricist.
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