Good Evening Explained

Good Evening
Type:	studio
Artist:	Marshall Crenshaw
Cover:	GoodEveningAlbum.jpg
Released:	1989
Genre:	Rock
Length:	37:58
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	David Kershenbaum, Paul McKenna
Prev Title:	Mary Jean & 9 Others
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Life's Too Short
Next Year:	1991

Good Evening is a 1989 album by Marshall Crenshaw.^[1] Although critically well-received, it failed to chart.

Crenshaw attributed the Traveling Wilburys' debut album as an influence for the album's sound.^[2] The album was Crenshaw's last for Warner Bros. Records and, due to his soured relationship with the label, he chose to fill the album with covers. He recalled, "I wasn't writing many songs back then. I didn't want to write any songs for the album, because I had very little faith and I couldn't get myself to make that kind of commitment to the record. I decided to save my energy."

The album's opening track, "You Should've Been There", has a longer intro on this album than on Rhino's compilation, . The album includes the first commercial release of the Diane Warren song "Some Hearts", which became a hit in 2005 in a version by country singer Carrie Underwood. Crenshaw later described the experience of covering a Warren song as "strange."

Track listing

1. "You Should've Been There" (Leroy Preston, Marshall Crenshaw) – 3:52
2. "Valerie" (Richard Thompson) – 3:35
3. "She Hates to Go Home" (Leroy Preston, Marshall Crenshaw) – 4:46
4. "Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me" (John Hiatt) – 4:01
5. "Radio Girl" (Kurt Neumann, Marshall Crenshaw, Sam Llanas) – 4:04
6. "On the Run" (Marshall Crenshaw) – 3:14
7. "Live It Up" (Chris Jasper, Isley Brothers) – 3:36
8. "Some Hearts" (Diane Warren) – 4:21
9. "Whatever Way the Wind Blows" (Marshall Crenshaw) – 3:25
10. "Let Her Dance" (Bobby Fuller) – 2:55

Personnel

• Marshall Crenshaw - vocals, guitar
• Bob Marlette - keyboards, bass, drums
• Sonny Landreth - slide guitar
• David Lindley - slide guitar, fiddle, mandolin
• Graham Maby - bass
• Steve Conn - keyboards
• Kenny Aronoff - drums, percussion
• James Burton - guitar on "Whatever Way the Wind Blows"
• Eric Pressley - bass on "Whatever Way the Wind Blows"
• J.D. Maness - steel guitar on "Whatever Way the Wind Blows"
• The Bodeans, Robert Crenshaw, Patti McCarron, Syd Straw - background vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marshall Crenshaw.
2. Web site: 1991-12-07. Marshall Crenshaw Runs Mild : The Singer Says He's Not Looking for a Change in His Unassuming Performing Style. 2020-06-08. Los Angeles Times. en-US.