| Romeo's Escape | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Dave Alvin |
| Cover: | DaveAlvinRomeosEscape.jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Recorded: | 1986–87 |
| Studio: | Rock Steady Studios, Control Center Studios, Airdrome Studios, Los Angeles, California |
| Genre: | Folk rock, country rock |
| Length: | 44:04 |
| Label: | Demon |
| Producer: | Steve Berlin, Mark Linett |
| Next Title: | Blue Blvd |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
Romeo's Escape is the debut album by American artist Dave Alvin, released in 1987.[1] It was released in Europe as Every Night About This Time. It has been reissued multiple times under both titles. The album included three songs previously written and recorded by Alvin with The Blasters, ("Long White Cadillac", "Border Radio" and "Jubilee Train").
AllMusic critic Mark Deming wrote: "If Alvin was still getting his sea legs as a vocalist on Romeo's Escape, his emotional conviction and intelligent phrasing outweigh his somewhat limited range, and he's rarely rocked harder in the studio... Romeo's Escape left no doubt he had the goods to be a first-rate frontman, while his gifts as a guitarist and writer remained as strong as ever.." Robert Christgau stated that "Alvin's hoarse timbre, bellowing passion, and approximate pitch call up other songwriter front men—such dubious predecessors as John Prine and Guy Clark, who at least can claim to sound like themselves. Nevertheless, he's a born songwriter--guitarist." Jon Young, in Trouser Press, called it " familiar roots rock and country, ranging from scorching boogie ('New Tattoo') to the weary testimony of a union man ('Brother on the Line')."[2]
All songs by Dave Alvin.