Michael Penn : Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947

Lyrically, you cannot expect less from Michael Penn than Dylanesque craftsmanship and use of vocabulary on any of his albums, and Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 is no exception. His dry delivery of his songs does not belie the complex emotions and situations they often represent, and it is in exploring his lyrical ideas that his songs bloom.

Musically, the songs follow Penn