Gentleman's Blues Explained

Gentleman's Blues
Type:studio
Artist:Cracker
Cover:CrackerGentlemansBlues.jpg
Released:August 25, 1998
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:73:02
Label:Virgin
Producer:Don Smith[1]
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Gentleman's Blues is Cracker's fourth studio album.[2] [3] It was released in 1998 by Virgin Records.[4] [5]

Cracker frontman David Lowery said that the album's name arose when guitarist Johnny Hickman heard him playing a tune on the piano and observed that it sounded like an old Southern gentleman trying to play the blues.[6]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "The gospel-tinged rocker 'Seven Days' showcases Lowery's way with a punchy chorus; 'James River' and the spooky title track find him delving deeper into dirgy, swampy blues; and Johnny Hickman continues to provide muscle and sinew with his crackling guitar leads and rootsier song contributions."[7] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album a return "to American rock fundamentals with something approaching resignation, perhaps even nostalgia."[8] The Los Angeles Times thought that "Hickman’s stellar, nuanced guitar work fluidly adapts to twangy rockers and dreamlike ballads, while Lowery’s nasal rasp gives voice to characters with good lives and bad, who invariably carry one of his most consistent messages: You control your destiny, so quit whining and face it."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Good Life"
(Lowery, Hickman) - 3:50
  1. "Seven Days"
(Lowery, Hickman) - 4:24
  1. "Star"
(Lowery, Hickman) - 3:21
  1. "James River"
(Lowery) - 5:03
  1. "My Life Is Totally Boring Without You"
(Lowery, Hickman, Rupe) - 3:17
  1. "Been Around the World"
(Lowery) - 5:02
  1. "The World Is Mine"
(Lowery, Hickman) (from Gillette Fusion 2009 Commercial) - 3:45
  1. "Lullabye"
(Lowery) - 4:59
  1. "Waiting for You Girl"
(Lowery, Hickman) - 4:01
  1. "Trials & Tribulations"
(Hickman) - 3:01
  1. "Wild One"
(Lowery, Hickman, Rupe) - 4:25
  1. "Hold of Myself"
(Hickman) - 3:57
  1. "Gentleman's Blues"
(Lowery, Hickman) - 4:58
  1. "I Want Out of the Circus"
(Lowery) - 4:53
  1. "Wedding Day"
(Hickman) - 3:47
  1. "Hallelujah"
(Lowery) - 4:10
  1. [Silence]
  2. "1-202-456-1414" (the touch-tone phone number for the White House)[10] - :08
  3. [Silence]
  4. "1-202-514-8688" (a U.S. Department of Justice phone number, formerly held by Ken Starr)[11] - :08
  5. [Silence]
  6. "1-310-289-4459" (presently, the phone number for Beverly Hills psychotherapist Julia Kantor)[12] - :12
  7. [Silence]
  8. "Cinderella"
(Lowery) - 5:03

Tracks after 16 "Hallelujah" are all hidden tracks. Track 24 has vocals by LP,[13] who also sings backup on "Star" and "Hallelujah."[14]

Personnel

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HAVE ANOTHER BITE OF CRACKER BLUES. ALAN SCULLEY Last Word. Features. dailypress.com.
  2. Web site: Live Report: Cracker. Sean. Daly. August 27, 1998.
  3. Web site: Cracker: Gentleman's Blues. Music.
  4. Web site: Cracker.
  5. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. June 21, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Interview with David Lowery of Cracker . NY Rock . 2012-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180834/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/cracker_int.htm . 2012-07-16 .
  7. Web site: CRACKER. Mark. Caro. chicagotribune.com.
  8. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. June 21, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
  9. Web site: Still Crisp. August 23, 1998. Los Angeles Times.
  10. Web site: Contact the White House | The White House . Whitehouse.gov . 2012-02-17.
  11. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/icreport/hd105-311/vol5/tab21.pdf
  12. Web site: De beste bron van informatie over meaningfulengagement . meaningfulengagement.com . 2012-07-12.
  13. Web site: News . lprock.com . 21 July 2021.
  14. Gentleman's Blues. Cracker. 1998.
  15. Web site: Cracker. Billboard.

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