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''Don't Cry Too Hard'' is the debut album by
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band Leslie Spit Treeo, released in 1990. The album's primary single on radio was a cover of
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's "Angel from Montgomery", although the songs "Heat" and "The Sound" (which had previously appeared on the soundtrack to Bruce McDonald's film ''
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'') also garnered radio airplay. Following the album's release, the band won the
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for Most Promising Group at the
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.


Critical reception

Helen Metella of the ''
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'' praised the album's "stark but sturdy songs", writing that they were made special by the "throaty, elastic and daring performance of ead singer LauraHubert, who can switch from dreamy folk (Separate) to deeply ironic C&W (Talkin') as quickly as most buskers can whip out the hat".Helen Metella, "Don't Cry Too Hard: The Leslie Spit Treeo". ''
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'', September 30, 1990.


Track listing

# "Separate" # "Like Yesterday" # "
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" # "Moon at Noon" # "UFO (Catch the Highway)" # "One Thought Too Long" # "Real" # "Heat" # "Dust" # "Talkin'" # "In the Round" # "The Sound"


References

Leslie Spit Treeo albums 1990 debut albums Capitol Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub