"You Sound Like Louis Burdett" is a song by Australian band The Whitlams. It was released in January 1997[1] as the lead single from their third studio album, Eternal Nightcap. The single was placed at number 53 of Triple J's Hottest 100 of that year.
| "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" | ||||
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| Single by The Whitlams | ||||
| from the album Eternal Nightcap | ||||
| Released | January 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Black Yak / Phantom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tim Freedman, Mark Wells | |||
| Producer(s) | Rob Taylor & Tim Freedman | |||
| The Whitlams singles chronology | ||||
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Louis Burdett is an eccentric inner-west Sydney personality.[2] Tim Freedman once shared a cottage in Tempe with Burdett, who is described on the Whitlams' official site as "an underemployed avant-garde musician." The song's narrator repeatedly scolds himself for sounding like Louis Burdett.
Reception
editThe Guardian said, "Named for the drummer and Freedman’s one-time housemate, this energetic song is filled with sleazy guitar, jangling piano and a breathless account of life in Sydney that is bewildering to Whitlams fans living anywhere else."[3]
Track listing
edit- "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" – 4:00
- "10 or 11 Drink Clown" – 3:49
- "Charlie No.3" – 4:29
- "Hurt" – 3:17
References
edit- ^ "The Whitlams singles - Release 6 (You Sound Like Louis Burdett)".
- ^ "Louis Burdett". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Sian Cain (11 September 2022). "The Whitlams: their 25 best songs – sorted!". The Guardian.