The Good News and the Bad News explained

The Good News and the Bad News
Type:Album
Artist:The Rainmakers
Cover:File:Rainmakers_GoodNews.jpg
Released:1989
Recorded:December 1988 – February 1989
Studio:Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:Rock
Length:40:44
Label:Mercury
Producer:Jeff Glixman, Bob Walkenhorst
Prev Title:Tornado
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Oslo-Wichita LIVE
Next Year:1990

The Good News and the Bad News is the third studio album by the American band the Rainmakers, released in 1989.[1] [2] "Spend It on Love" was released as a single.[3] The band supported the album by touring with the Doobie Brothers.[4]

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with seven additional bonus tracks.

Production

The album was primarily produced by Jeff Glixman.[5] Bob Walkenhorst chose to forgo obvious messages in his lyrics.[6]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune concluded: "What sounded like a good bunch of musicians who played some pretty thoughtful music has evolved into a band of unquestionable conscience and substance." The Toronto Star noted the "honest, unabashedly familiar guitar crunch that runs the same catalogue of riffs favored by Georgia Satellites and several thousand others."[7] The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "the sound is a mixture of twangy electric and thumping acoustic guitars."[8] The Times determined that "the album showcases some fine songwriting, and an old-fashioned, passionate commitment to the rock'n'roll craft."[9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.

  1. "Reckoning Day" – 3:10
  2. "Hoo Dee Hoo" – 4:28
  3. "Spend It on Love" – 2:54
  4. "Battle of the Roses" – 4:08
  5. "Wild Oats" – 3:17
  6. "We Walk the Levee" – 4:14
  7. "Thirty Days" – 4:08
  8. "Knock on Wood" (Steve Phillips) – 3:18
  9. "Dry Dry Land" – 3:31
  10. "Shiny Shiny" – 2:52
  11. "Johnny Reb" – 2:32
  12. "Horn O Plenty" – 2:12

Bonus tracks on 2010 Remastered CD

  1. "Frustration Train" (acoustic) – 5:11
  2. "Renaissance Man" (acoustic) – 4:10
  3. "Prove Me Wrong" (acoustic) – 4:18
  4. "Downstream" (acoustic) – 3:04
  5. "Johnny Reb" (acoustic) – 2:41
  6. "Spend It on Love" (acoustic) – 3:05
  7. "Shenandoah" (traditional American folk song) (acoustic) – 2:46

Personnel

The Rainmakers

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. News: Mitchell . Justin . Here's thinking-man's music you can dance to . Windsor Star . Scripps Howard Service . 24 June 1989 . C5.
  2. Givens . Rob . Popular Music: The Rainmakers . Stereo Review . Sep 1989 . 54 . 9 . 134.
  3. News: Scott . Jane . The opening act, the Kansas-based Rainmakers... . The Plain Dealer . June 26, 1989.
  4. News: Johns . Jeff . Opening the show... . The Buffalo News . June 30, 1989 . G45.
  5. News: Righi . Len . Rainmakers' Lyrics Have Fans Pouring in to Hear the Message . The Morning Call . 30 June 1989 . D1.
  6. News: King . Louise . Rainmakers: Long Way from Kansas City in Just Six Years . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . August 24, 1989 . 9G.
  7. News: Potter . Mitch . Rainmakers The Good News and the Bad News . Toronto Star . 7 July 1989 . E16.
  8. News: Burliuk . Greg . The Good News and the Bad News The Rainmakers . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 7 Oct 1989 . Magazine . 1.
  9. News: Sinclair . David . Out with the frills, in with the skills – Rock Records . The Times . July 1, 1989 . Features.

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