Search - Richard X. Heyman :: Tiers/And Other Stories

DISC ONE: 01. Hot On the Trail of Innocence 4:51 - 02. Golden In This Town 4:03 - 03. Last Thought In My Mind 3:33 - 04. Good To Go 3:45 -
05. Horizon 5:17 - 06. Fire In the Country 3:13 - 07. Yellow and Blue 4:03 - 08. Game Stays the Same 5:08 -
09. The Real Deal 3:37 - 10. One Thing I Still Have 5:20 - 11. On Gallery Row 5:11 -
12. There's A Train 4:29 -
13. Everyone's Moving In the Wrong Direction 4:20 -
14. The Empire Lights 3:42 -
15. Tiers 4:03 -
DISC TWO:
01. Agnostic's Prayer 4:52 -
02. Birds 3:10 -
03. Rec Room For a Generation/Baby Boom 5:06 -
04. Branded In The Sky 3:53 -
05. No Time To Rest On Sunday 4:42 -
06. Gravity 4:01 -
07. The Day Before Tomorrow 3:34 -
08. Beyond the Setting Sun 5:16 -
09. When Willy Played Guitar 3:05 -
10. Hustler's Last Stand 4:47 -
11. Wild Souls 5:02 -
12. Going For Baroque 4:02 -
13. The Finish Line 4:54 - 14. Only For You 4:01 -
15. Heaven Surrounds Me 4:27 ---
"Tiers" is a pop opera, the story of Richard meeting a girl in Bethesda, Maryland, then leaving her after a brief courtship to go do battle with the music industry in Los Angeles. It took three years for the reason to rhyme, as Richard puts it, but he finally figured out that the girl he left behind was the love of his life. This musical travelogue takes us from Maryland to California to New York City where Richard reunites with his future wife, Nancy. --
"And Other Stories" is just that - tales of life in NYC. Many of the tracks are what he calls "lifestyle songs", lyrically dealing with strongly held beliefs on love, life and loss. Along with the usual suspects (Beatles, Dylan, Who, Byrds, Kinks), Richard has always been a huge fan of Broadway musicals, especially the older classics like West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Oklahoma. He also admires the music of Aaron Copland as well as other classical composers. All these influences shaped Richard's musical landscape and you can really hear this diversity on these two new releases.