Unusual types of gramophone records vinyl colors became too high, but the different colored labels were continued, at least for popular music (black) and classical (red, as in "Red Seal"). In October 1945, RCA Victor put on the market its first "non-breakable" phonograph records. Made of a ruby-red, translucent vinyl resin plastic, they cost twice as much ($2 per disc) as the 12-inch Victor Red Seal. In the 1960s, a distinction was made in label colors of promotional copies of 45 RPM records as well, with pop music being issued on yellow labels and country on light green. In the 1970s, such gimmicks started to
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit are confessional, only they describe her material life and conflicted feelings acutely rather than dreamily, so that the songs occur in and are inflected by a deftly rendered physical and social world." In a less enthusiastic review, Christopher Monk of musicOMH called "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit" "a likeable, enjoyable album rather than a great one", writing that "the craft of Barnett's words dwarfs that of her music...there are too many compositions here that feel underwritten." "Rolling Stone" ranked "Pedestrian at Best" at number 4 on its annual year-end list to find the best songs