A real people music masterpiece, D.R. Hooker’s 1972 debut meets at the be-in of drug-addled hippy psychedelia and evangelical Christianity. Conjuring visions of an L.S.D.-damaged Frank Sinatra or Lou Reed playing the role of a divorced suburban dad, The Truth is a religious midlife crisis disguised as a private press LP. Forge your own chains, indeed.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. The Sea
2. Fall In Love
3. A Stranger’s Smile
4. Weather Girl
5. This Thing

SIDE B
1. Forge Your Own Chains
2. I’m Leaving You
3. The Truth
4. The Bible
5. Falling Asleep