Setting the Woods on Fire
Setting The Woods On Fire | ||||
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Studio album by The Walkabouts | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | by Ed Brooks at Ironwood Studios & Hanzek Audio, January/February 1994, mixed at Robert Lang Studios | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, alt country, roots rock, heartland rock | |||
Length | 63:12 | |||
Label | Creative Man/Cargo[1] | |||
Producer | Ed Brooks & the Walkabouts | |||
The Walkabouts chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Calgary Herald | B+[3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Setting The Woods On Fire is a studio album by The Walkabouts.[5]
Critical reception
Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St."[2] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material."[4] Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace."[6] Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly [the band's] haunted experimentalism."[7] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout."[8]
Track listing
All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.
- Good Luck Morning – 4:13
- Firetrap – 5:39
- Bordertown – 5:51
- Feeling No Pain – 5:12
- Old Crow – 4:26
- Almost Wisdom – 4:45
- Sand and Gravel – 6:34
- Nightdrive – 5:38
- Hole In The Mountain – 3:49
- Pass Me On Over – 4:10
- Up In The Graveyard – 6:12
- Promised – 6:33
Performers
The Walkabouts
- Glenn Slater - piano, organ, accordion, loops
- Michael Wells - bass guitar, harmonica
- Terri Moeller - drums, percussion, backup vocals
- Carla Torgerson - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
- Chris Eckman - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics
Additional musicians
- Larry Barrett - mandolin (11,12), lap steel (4,5)
- Bruce Wirth - violin (7)
- Andrew Hare - pedal steel (12)
Tiny Hot Orchestra Horns
- horn section on track 9
- Zach Permeson - trombone (9)
- Mark Condelaria - tenor sax (9)
- Marcus Membrane - trumpet (9)
- "Dutch Beef" Sout - tenor sax (9)
References
- ^ "WALKABOUTS' EUROPEAN SUCCESSES WIN IT SOME RESPECT BACK AT HOME". Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 9. 13 Jan 1995.
- ^ a b Jason Ankeny (1994). "Setting The Woods On Fire, The Walkabouts > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ "RECENT RELEASES". The Calgary Herald: B10. 28 May 1995.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 477.
- ^ "The Walkabouts | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Walkabouts". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "The Walkabouts - Watermarks: Selected Songs 1991-2001". March 31, 2003.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 25, 1995 – via Google Books.
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- Chris Eckman
- Carla Torgerson
- Michael Wells
- Glenn Slater
- Terri Moeller
- Paul Austin
- Fred Chalenor
- John Baker Saunders
- Brian Young
- See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens (1988)
- Cataract (1989)
- Scavenger (1991)
- New West Motel (1993)
- Satisfied Mind (1993)
- Setting the Woods on Fire (1994)
- Devil's Road (1996)
- Trail of Stars (1999)
- Acetylene (2005)
- Rag & Bone (1990)