Setting the Woods on Fire explained
| Setting the Woods on Fire |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Walkabouts |
| Cover: | Setting The Woods On Fire.jpg |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Recorded: | by Ed Brooks at Ironwood Studios & Hanzek Audio, January/February 1994, mixed at Robert Lang Studios |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 63:12 |
| Label: | Creative Man/Cargo[1] |
| Producer: | Ed Brooks, the Walkabouts |
| Prev Title: | Satisfied Mind |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Devil's Road |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Setting the Woods on Fire is a studio album by the Walkabouts.[2]
Critical reception
Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St." The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material." Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace."[3] Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly [the band's] haunted experimentalism."[4] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout."[5]
Track listing
All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.
- Good Luck Morning – 4:13
- Firetrap – 5:39
- Bordertown – 5:51
- Feeling No Pain – 5:12
- Old Crow – 4:26
- Almost Wisdom – 4:45
- Sand and Gravel – 6:34
- Nightdrive – 5:38
- Hole In The Mountain – 3:49
- Pass Me On Over – 4:10
- Up In The Graveyard – 6:12
- Promised – 6:33
Performers
The Walkabouts
- Glenn Slater - piano, organ, accordion, loops
- Michael Wells - bass guitar, harmonica
- Terri Moeller - drums, percussion, backup vocals
- Carla Torgerson - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
- Chris Eckman - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics
Additional musicians
- Larry Barrett - mandolin (11,12), lap steel (4,5)
- Bruce Wirth - violin (7)
- Andrew Hare - pedal steel (12)
Tiny Hot Orchestra Horns
horn section on track 9
- Zach Permeson - trombone (9)
- Mark Condelaria - tenor sax (9)
- Marcus Membrane - trumpet (9)
- "Dutch Beef" Sout - tenor sax (9)
Notes and References
- WALKABOUTS' EUROPEAN SUCCESSES WIN IT SOME RESPECT BACK AT HOME . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . 13 Jan 1995 . 9.
- Web site: The Walkabouts | Biography & History. AllMusic.
- Web site: Walkabouts . Trouser Press . 25 February 2021.
- Web site: The Walkabouts - Watermarks: Selected Songs 1991-2001. March 31, 2003.
- Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. September 25, 1995. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
