Like most of the Television Personalities '90s releases, 1998's DON'T CRY BABY, IT'S ONLY A MOVIE is a Daniel Treacy solo album in all but name. The 10 songs are based around acoustic guitar, piano and hand percussion, with occasional odd touches like the woozy slowed-down tape effects on the vocals in the opening "Love Changes Everything," and the siren which punctuates Treacy's hypnotic cover of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso." Richman is actually a good touchstone for this album; if you're a fan of any of his post-Modern Lovers work or his guitar-and-voice concerts, you're halfway to an appreciation of this set. Rampant Anglophilia would also add to the enjoyment of Treacy's very British work. "TV On in Bed" and the charmingly ragged title track are the highlights, but this is one of the best late-period Television Personalities albums.

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Like most of the Television Personalities '90s releases, 1998's DON'T CRY BABY, IT'S ONLY A MOVIE is a Daniel Treacy solo album in all but name. The 10 songs are based around acoustic guitar, piano and hand percussion, with occasional odd touches like the woozy slowed-down tape effects on the vocals in the opening "Love Changes Everything," and the siren which punctuates Treacy's hypnotic cover of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso." Richman is actually a good touchstone for this album; if you're a fan of any of his post-Modern Lovers work or his guitar-and-voice concerts, you're halfway to an appreciation of this set. Rampant Anglophilia would also add to the enjoyment of Treacy's very British work. "TV On in Bed" and the charmingly ragged title track are the highlights, but this is one of the best late-period Television Personalities albums.