| No Regrets | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Leon Redbone |
| Cover: | No Regrets (Leon Redbone album).jpg |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Recorded: | 1988 |
| Studio: | Nashville Sound Connection, Nashville TN |
| Genre: | Country, jazz |
| Length: | 38:55 |
| Label: | Sugar Hill |
| Producer: | Beryl Handler, Leon Redbone |
| Prev Title: | Red to Blue |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Christmas Island |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
No Regrets is an album by the musician Leon Redbone, released in 1988.[1] [2] It followed a period where Redbone had concentrated on music for commercials. Redbone supported the album with a North American tour; he also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[3] [4] The album was reissued in 2004.[5]
Recorded in Nashville, the album was produced by Beryl Handler and Redbone. Béla Fleck played banjo on the album. Jerry Douglas contributed on pedal steel and dobro; Cindy Cashdollar played steel guitar on some tracks.[6] [7] "My Good Gal's Gone Blues" and "Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line" were written by Jimmie Rodgers.[8] "It's a Lonely World" is a version of the Ernest Tubb song; Tubb was one of Redbone's primary influences.[9]
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Employing a bluesy sound often reminiscent of primitive New Orleans jazz ... Redbone achieves an uncanny resemblance to the sound and spirit of country music's early recordings."[10] The Washington Post concluded that "Redbone's a kind of cartoon persona with one of popular music's most eccentric voices: muzzy, slurred and entirely enjoyable if you get the joke."[11] The Key West Citizen called the album "a stunning collection of classic country and jazz songs."[12]
The Atlanta Journal praised the "smoothly delivered songs."[13] The Austin American-Statesman stated that Redbone's "smooth, penetrating bass voice sparks renewed life into lost ditties."[14] The Nanaimo Daily News noted that, "as usual, Redbone's bluesy and laidback and in fine form."[15]
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of AllMusic wrote that, "while the songs and vocals are technically solid, they lack the spark that made earlier Redbone albums something special."