Sundown

1. (Glad I'm) Not In Love
2. Rank And File
3. The Conductor Wore Black
4. Sundown
5. I Went Walking6. Lucky Day
7. I Don't Go Out Much Anymore
8. Coyote

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

What's all the fuss, they ain't like us.......2007-06-22

I was just messin' around on Amazon, thinking I wouldn't find any R&F on CD but searching anyway, just to see what would come up. The three Ranky spank albums weren't released on CD for the longest time (the third one was actually on CD in the 80s but went out of print), until Rhino Handmade got in on the action a few years ago and I got a coupla copies of that great compilation (which included the awesome "Post Office" and "Klansman").

But now, lo and behold, what a great surprise, here it is on CD. This CD rules the universe, no doubt. First track to last. The best "cowpunk" ever ever ever. Get it or be deprived of the best music, maynnnn. Superfan Pam pities the fool who doesn't snatch this up.

Not rank, file under ROCK.......2007-05-21

I don't know where my LP went (but I still had the pre-recorded tape), it might have been stolen or maybe I sold it, but I'm sure glad this is now on CD.

Kind of punk, kind of country, but pure rock. My fave tracks are: Ananda Ruth, Conductor Wore Black and Rank and File. But don't take that the wrong way, all the songs a great. One disapointment, the lyric sheet is printed in such a small font, you might think that it is a legal disclaimer.

It's kind of like listening to Johhny Cash on speed. I find myself reaching for the volume knob very often as the CD plays. Play it loud and play it often. Your ears will thank you for it.

Cheers, Tom

The only punk(ish)/country album ever? Clearly the finest........2006-01-13

Man, can these guys write music. The two brothers from the DILS, one of L.A.'s original punk bands got together with A. Escovedo from that very musical family if I'm not mistaken. This first album is head and shoulders better than their second album much in the same way that TELEVISION's Marquee Moon debut album is that much better than their second one.

And what a gem this is. I kept trying to see if there was some reissue version of this album with some sorta extra trax, either live or from some 7". No luck. Just 9 songs like the vinyl lp. The closest we get is two separate listings of the apparently same album on amazon.com which, well, didn't satisfy my music lust for obtaining more of this band's awesome songs. I have the album but I couldn't resist getting this CD.

I said for years that this album is too punk for country fans and too country for punk fans. After re-listening to it upon getting the CD (ok, ok, I'm busted, I rarely listen to my lps, least I finally bought a turn table after years of the vinyl just sitting around) I realized this isn't really punk. The only way it's punk is that the two brothers were formerly in a punk band. But it surely isn't straight country. I'm not sure how I can put my finger on it. All I know is, there's only one country act I like (of course, JOHNNY CASH) but if there were more bands that sounded like this I'd be all into them too.

The older I get the more it's clear that strong songwriting is a big deal, along with a fine voice. This band has it in spades. Really sing along songs. I just can't help myself. In fact, I'd put this album right in there with my other two most favorite albums where you basically can't help but sing along with almost every song: the MISFITS Walk Among Us and COCKNEY REJECTS Greatest Hits Vol. 1. I love music that sounds real American and RANK AND FILE totally captures that essense here. When John Doe and Excene do the KNITTERS getting their rootsy/country thang goin' it doesn't take me anywhere. This, this is perfection. Robust, stompin' really, and beautiful harmonies. Before I forget I gotta turn my dad onto this. He's 80. He loves good music but grew up with big band but turns out he loves NEIL YOUNG (ok, acoustic) and is real impressed with the honest presentation of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
chrisbct@hotmail.com

You Need This.......2005-10-27

Before the Americana/No Depression music came out, there was Rank And File. Back then it was known as Cowpunk (whatever that meant) as the Kinman Brothers, formerly leading the Punk band Dils, moved to Austin and recuited then unknown Alejandro Escovedo and Slim Evans and became Rank and File. On the album, side one had some heavy hitters such as Amanda Ruth (later covered by the Everly Brothers), Glad I'm Not In Love, and the band named Rank And File to which they throw in part of Ernest Tubb's Thanks a Lot to really throw a curve and The Conductor Wore Black to end things out on a classic note. On the title track Sundown, Tony Kinman's voice echos Johnny Cash, although on further listening, probaly inspired upcoming Nashville singer Josh Turner (probaly not but would it be amazing if Josh Turner had a copy of Sundown tucked there between the Randy Travis and Johnny Cash records in his collection), and thought the next three songs are pretty good, the album ends with the rocking Coyote. Soon afterwards Jason And the Scorchers would surface with their Fervor EP, which later Uncle Tupelo would later incoporate both styles into their No Depression leadoff, but Sundown was pioneering stuff, again falling into the too rock for country and too country for rock radio, which lead some lucky listeners to hear it on public radio (to which I heard the Rank And File song first and was knocked out and it took forever to find the album)

Sadly good things don't seem to last and Alejandro Escovedo left to form the equally just as good True Believers whose albums were reissued on Rykodisc and have fallen out of print but you can still get it fairly cheap but that's another story. Rhino Handmade paired Sundown and Long Gone Dead a limited edition called The Slash Years and copies went by fast. However rejoice in the fact that Collector's Choice has heard the calls and have reissued both Sundown and Long Gone Dead on seperate CDs.

Sooooo, if you want to hear one of the best albums of the 80s, better than anything that MTV ever promote, and if you want to hear the beginnings of Americana, you need Sundown. It's that simple.

Average customer rating:

Exciting third album
One of their best !
B & D strike again.
GREAT ALBUM!
A winner

Waitin' on Sundown
Brooks & Dunn
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Little Miss Honky Tonk
She's Not The Cheatin Kind
Silver And Gold
I'll Never Forgive My Heart
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
My King Of Crazy
Whiskey Under The Bridge
If Thats The Way You Want It
She's The Kind Of Trouble
A Few Good Rides Away

Amazon.com

With the possible exception of Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart," Brooks & Dunn's 1992 mega-hit, "Boot Scootin' Boogie," did more to establish a big country audience for dance numbers than any other song. Today country fans often seem divided between an older crowd that likes to sit in its seats and listen to a heartbreaking ballad and a younger crowd that prefers to jump out of its seats and scoot their boots across the dance floor. Brooks & Dunn may be pioneers of the country-dance movement, but they refuse to take sides in this debate. Waitin' on Sundown is diplomatically divided between uptempo rabble-rousers, kicked along by a loud snare drum, and slow, sentimental confessions, underscored by a pedal steel guitar. As a result, the popular twosome reflects the balance in contemporary mainstream country as well as anyone. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Exciting third album.......2005-04-27

Kix and Ronnie began their career as a duo with two incredible albums. They have never quite matched that standard since but have nevertheless recorded a string of excellent albums. This was their third album and therefore lives in the shadow of the first two, but it contains a lot of great music. It has a generally mellower feel to it than its predecessors, simply because there are fewer hard-rocking songs and more ballads and mid-tempo songs - however, it is definitely not a mellow album.
The album yielded four major country hits - Little Miss Honky-tonk, Whiskey under the bridge, She's not the cheating kind and You're gonna miss me when I'm gone. Only one song (Silver and gold) did not feature either Kix or Ronnie among the songwriting credits but this, like all the others, is an original song although the song title was not new. For example, Dolly Parton recorded a different song titled Silver and gold for her album, Eagle when she flies.

The album begins with Little Miss Honky-tonk, which is a hard-rocking song of the type I'd come to expect from them. After that comes a series of excellent slow and mid-tempo songs, demonstrating that they can sing a variety of material. The second half of the collection is generally faster than the first half, but the only hard-rocking song is Whiskey under the bridge.

So this album is a little different from their first two but if you enjoy the music of Brooks and Dunn, this is well worth a listen - but buy those earlier albums first.

One of their best !.......2001-12-25

I've been a B&D fan ever since their debut CD in 91'. I think 'Waitin on Sundown' is one of their best. I bought the CD back in 95 & I still listen to it often. 'She's not the cheatin kind', 'Silver & Gold', & 'You're gonna miss me when I'm gone' are my favorite tracks. They are songs that get stuck in your head for the rest of the day. I think this CD should be in any B&D fans collection. I was lucky enough to see them in concert in Evansville, IN back in 97 with Reba. They ROCKED!

B & D strike again........2000-12-30

Brooks and Dunn's 3rd album certainly lives up to their previous ones. It starts off with the danceable "Little Miss Honky Tonk" which will set yer boots to scootin'. Then it slows down a bit for 4 songs before picking up the tempo again. Great songs, great beats, great lyrics, great album. And a great duo.

GREAT ALBUM!.......2000-01-28

This album is fantastic! It produced what I consider to be two of the best songs of Brooks & Dunn's whole career: She's Not The Cheatin' Kind and You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone. Other good songs are Silver and Gold, I'll Never Forgive My Heart, and Whiskey Under The Bridge. There are a couple of songs that I could've done without, but it's easy to overlook a couple of bad songs when you listen to all of the excellent songs on this album. Buy it today! You'll be glad you did!

A winner.......1999-05-09

This is my fourth Brooks & Dunn purchase. I've bought "If You See Her," "The Greatest Hits Collection," and "Hard Workin' Man" in that order. My favorite song on this album is "Little Miss Honky Tonk," but I like all of the other songs. Compared to "Hard Workin' Man," there are more ballads, but that's not really a bad thing. I am definately buying the remaining two albums . I think that they are one of the greatest vocal duos of all time, if not the greatest.

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Waitin' on Sundown
Brooks & Dunn
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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She's Not The Cheatin' Kind
Silver & Gold
I'll Never Forgive My Heart
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
My Kind Of Crazy
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If That's The Way You Want It
She's The Kind Of Trouble
A Few Good Rides Away

Album Description

A budget-priced 10-track collection of country classics from Brooks & Dunn. All original recordings.

The Dream Band, Vol. 2: The Sundown Sessions

Average customer rating:

Required Listening...

The Dream Band, Vol. 2: The Sundown Sessions
Terry Gibbs
Manufacturer: Contemporary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

Required Listening..........2004-01-23

Well, it ought to be...This is quite possibly a perfect big band album. Anyone who likes Jazz, thinks they might, or anyone who Hates Jazz should have this disc. If you Love Jazz, You'll Love it more, If you Hate Jazz, It'll change your mind! From the best version of Moonglow since Benny Goodman's to the ROCKIN' The Claw, you will listen to this disc over and over and over. In fact, you might want to just go ahead and buy two copies, cause you'll wear out the first one. Terry Gibbs is possibly the most underrated Jazz player in history. His band is simply amazing on every track, and his cool swing will make you rethink what you thought cool was. (In case you can't tell, I get really excited by this recording.) In my humble opinion, I think everyone ought to own this disc, as well as parade Terry around on our shoulders for his greatness as well as courage in putting and keeping this band together AFTER the Big Bands had died out. Its my understanding that during some of the particularly dry patches he paid the band out of his own pocket just to keep the band together. You may never hear a tighter band, or one that is having as much fun! BUY THIS NOW!!!!!!

Average customer rating:

Underrated album
"Hurry Sundown" alone makes this 2 for 1 CD worth the money
Unremarkable
In the Eye of the Storm/... Revisited
In the Eye of the Storm/... [IMPORT]

In the Eye of the Storm/Hurry Sundown
The Outlaws
Manufacturer: Magic Records France
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009QRC5
Release Date: 2003-05-01

Tracks:

Lights Are on But Nobody's Home
Long Gone
It's All Right
Miracle Man
Comin' Home
Blueswater
(Come On) Dance With Me
Too Long Without Her
I'll Be Leaving Soon
Gunsmoke
Hearin' My Heart Talkin'
So Afraid
Holiday
Hurry Sundown
Gold and Lonesome
Night Wines
Heavenly Blues
Man of the Hour

Album Description

Full title - In The Eye Of The Storm/Hurry Sundown. Remastered (in high definition 24-bit) digipak reissue featuring the southern outfit's 1979 & 1977 albums on one CD. Magic. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Underrated album.......2007-02-05

This is not one of their more well known albums, but it's one of my favorites. If you like good southern rock, you'l love this.

"Hurry Sundown" alone makes this 2 for 1 CD worth the money.......2006-10-25

You'll get debates as to which Outlaws CD is their best. Some will stand by their earliest efforts that laid the groundwork, and what future recordings would be judged by. And to be fair songs like "Waterhole; Knoxville Girl; Freeborn Man" and "Green Grass and High Tides" are tough acts to follow. But in my opinion, Their most solid beginning to end record to listen to, as well as the best produced is "Hurry Sundown." From the opening guitar strums of "Gunsmoke", through the ending guitar licks of the mood setting "Man of the Hour", "Hurry Sundown" is a variance of well written songs, and well produced music, courtesy of Bill Syzmick (producer of quality Eagles records) that showed a band confident in putting out a variety of songs that tilt in the more contemporary direction for the most part, as opposed to the powerful attacking guitar assaults of some of their earlier music. That's not an affirmation or condemnation on either approach, merely a fair contrast to let one know what to expect. "So 'Fraid" and "Heavenly Blue" are two of my all time favorite Outlaw tunes and I challenge one not to find themselves tapping their toes or singing along to some extemely catchy tunes. But "Hurry Sundown; Hearing My Heart Talkin'" and "Holiday" are solid Outlaw classics whose opening cues when played in concert excite many an Outaw fan. The solo "Hurry Sundown" CD I own is a fabulous transfer and great sounding CD. I can't speak for the recording sound quality for "In The Eye of the Storm", but do know the CD itself, while not up to previous Outlaw standards, isn't a bad record. It can be said that the writing is a little lazier than in the past. Though "The Lights Are On But Nobody's Home" and "It's Alright" are catchy tunes, they are the polar opposite of aforementioned songs from some of the earliest Outlaw songs- very repetitive in lyrics and guitar work. "Long Gone" is a powerfuly sung, guitar attack worthy or recognition. And their cover of Elvis Costello's "Miracle Man" is a catchy rendition that carries definitive Outlaw flavor. But while those songs are the ones I tilt to the most, added along with the remaining songs, it's just not the full throttled quality recording Outlaws fans grew accustomed to. Given that and things I've heard about the quality of the recording of that segment of this 2 for 1 CD, it's hard to give it a ringing endorsement. But if the quality is even a 7 out of 10 for "Storm", with "Hurry Sundown" there to pick up the slack (a 5 star CD in its own right) the combination gives a strong sampling of the Outlaws evolution from the mid 70s to the mid 80s and for the price available is a worthy purchase.

Unremarkable.......2006-06-02

The Outlaws give it another try, and come up short once again. Only a slight improvement over their previous release (Playin' To Win), the material on In the Eye of the Storm is largely forgettable. Only a few tracks are worth repeated listening (It's All Right, Blueswater and Too Long Without Her, all of which harken back to the band's early glory days). A couple of tracks show promise (Dance With Me and I'll Be Leaving Soon) but never quite seem to gel. Maybe it's because they sound like Burton Cummings is singing them?

Once again, though, the CD sound quality is substandard its almost criminal, rendering another poor album virtually unlistenable.

In the Eye of the Storm/... Revisited.......2003-07-17

Dear fellow Outlaw fans. I feel I was a bit harsh in my earlier review and wanted to take the opportunity to lighten-up a little.
For the most part, the first eight tracks of "In The Eye Of The Storm" are mixed fairly well. When listening to the original album, I was quickly reminded this was not one of the better produced efforts to begin with. However, track 9. "I'll Be Leaving Soon", which is one of my favorite tracks was not remastered well at all. Once the acoustic guitar opening fades and the song starts to kick at the 53-55 second mark, you can tell an album was used as the reccording source. Listen for the bump sound.

The Hurry Sundown tracks are just fine. All in all, the CD would be a good addition to any Outlaw fan's collection. But it would still be nice if the original masters were used for "In The Eye of The Storm" and "Playin To Win". To any record label thinking of issuing " The Outlaws, Los Hombres Malo 1982 release in the future, do us fans a favor. Please use the original Arista master tapes!

In the Eye of the Storm/... [IMPORT].......2003-07-16

Most Outlaws fans including myself would agree "In The Eye Of The Storm" was not one of their best. However, it still has some nice tracks, and we have waited so long for it's release. Similar to Playin To Win" release by same record label, what you have here is a 24 bit remastering from an LP. If you listen very carefully, you can even hear a few nicks, pops and bumps on some tracks. This is in reference to the songs from "In The Eye of The Storm" tracks, not Hurry Sundown.

The vocals on some of the tracks are distorted & scratchy, especially when the letter "S" is involved in any phrase. If you do not own a copy of the album "In The Eye Of The Storm" or Hurry Sundown on CD, then go for it. If you already own In The Eye on LP,and Hurry Sundown on CD, save your money. It's really a shame to pay good money and not get the quality re-issues we deserve.

Alligator Stomp, Vol. 2
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Another Gem from the Vaults at Rhino

Go Go Zydeco

The Best of the Alligators

Alligator Stomp, Vol. 2
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