The Inevitable (album) explained
The Inevitable is the first album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1995.[1] [2]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote: "Vic Godard, Brian Setzer and other modern nostalgists have tiptoed through these tulips before, but none with the straight-faced charm lofted by this merry bunch of coconuts."[3]
Track listing
- "Lover's Lane" (Jimbo Mathus) – 3:03
- "Danny Diamond" (Ken Mosher) – 3:49
- "I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 2:42
- "Anything But Love" (Don Raleigh) – 2:38
- "Good Enough for Granddad" (Mathus, Raleigh) – 2:17
- "Wished for You" (Mathus) – 2:14
- "La Grippe" (Mathus) – 3:10
- "Lugubrious Whing Whang" (Mathus) – 2:38
- "Club Limbo" (Tom Maxwell) – 2:56
- "Wash Jones" (Mathus) – 3:04
- "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:46
- "Plenty More" (Maxwell) – 3:27
Personnel
- Jimbo Mathus – guitar, vocals
- Katharine Whalen – banjo, vocals
- Tom Maxwell – guitar, percussion, vocals
- Ken Mosher – guitar, alto and baritone saxophone, vocals
- Stacy Guess – trumpet
- John Kempannin – violin
- Don Raleigh – bass
- Chris Phillips – drums, percussion
- Steve Balcom – executive producer
- Jay Faires – executive producer
- Brian Paulson – engineer, mixing, producer
Notes and References
- Book: Menconi . David . Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk . 2020 . University of North Carolina Press . 169.
- O'Hara . Gail . Review . CMJ New Music Monthly . Apr 1995 . 20 . 42.
- Web site: Squirrel Nut Zippers . Trouser Press . 12 June 2024.
