The Criminal Under My Own Hat


The Criminal Under My Own Hat is an album by T Bone Burnett that was released in 1992. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Reception

Music critic Mark Deming of AllMusic said the album was "easily T-Bone Burnett's strongest album since Proof Through the Night, and a rare pleasure for thinking music fans". Trouser Press critic Ira Robbins called the album a "huge improvement" over Burnett's previous one, observing that "The Criminal Under My Own Hat largely abandons the slick pretensions of The Talking Animals and returns to the modest rootsiness of ." Despite a few weak tracks, Robbins hailed it as "Burnett’s best album or at least his most underrated one."

Track listing

All tracks written by T Bone Burnett; except where indicated
  1. "Over You" – 2:20
  2. "Tear This Building Down" – 4:37
  3. "It's Not Too Late" – 4:26
  4. "Humans from Earth" – 2:48
  5. "Primitives" – 3:15
  6. "Criminals" – 3:44
  7. "Every Little Thing" – 2:53
  8. "I Can Explain Everything" – 1:53
  9. "Any Time at All" – 3:03
  10. "I Can Explain Everything " – 3:19
  11. "The Long Time Now" – 3:00
  12. "Kill Switch" – 2:55

Personnel