2003, Carrot Top
The Handsome Family's first album certainly stands apart from their later work; at this point, the group still had a live drummer, they were playing more rock-oriented material. Brett Sparks' plain but resonant Midwestern twang gives the songs on Odessa the ring of common truth, and he and Rennie Sparks had already established themselves as writers to be reckoned with, conjuring a lyrical voice that sounds homey and terribly alienated at the same time.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Here's Hopin' |
| 2 | Arlene |
| 3 | Pony |
| 4 | One Way Up |
| 5 | Water into Wine |
| 6 | Giant Ant |
| 7 | Everything That Rises Must Converge |
| 8 | Gorilla |
| 9 | Last |
| 10 | Claire Said |
| 11 | Moving Furniture Around |
| 12 | Big Bad Wolf |
| 13 | She Awoke with a Jerk |
| 14 | Happy Harvest |
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