Total Evaporation Explained

Total Evaporation
Type:studio
Artist:The Radiators
Cover:Radiators Total Evaporation.jpg
Released:1991
Genre:Swamp rock, roots rock
Label:Epic[1]
Producer:Jim Dickinson
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Total Evaporation is the fifth album by the Radiators, released in 1991.[2] The band and label parted ways before the year was over.[3] Total Evaporation sold more than 85,000 copies in its first six months of release.[4]

"Let the Red Wine Flow" was the first single.[5] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[6]

Production

Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson.[5] [7] Most of the songs were written by Ed Volker; he thought that the album incorporated a more pronounced soul influence.[8] [9] The Memphis Horns played on a few tracks.

Critical reception

USA Today praised the "funk-bitten Mardi Gras stomp."[10] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the band has yet to kick the homily habit or its reliance on funky rock retreads straight out of Little Feat and the Neville Brothers." The Waterloo Region Record opined that, "as a kind of roots-rock with country tinges, this album has too many competitors to make it worthwhile."[11] The Houston Chronicle deemed the Radiators a "quintessential bar band," writing that the majority of the album was the "usual funky-blues flow."[12] The Oregonian noted that the "relaxed arrangements ... avoid the beer-commercial-boogie cliches."[13]

Track listing

  1. "Soul Deep" (Ed Volker) — 4:34
  2. "Let the Red Wine Flow" (Volker, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin) — 4:53
  3. "Total Evaporation" (Volker, Malone, Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan) — 5:33
  4. "Grain of Salt" (Volker) — 3:46
  5. "Molasses" (Malone, Volker) — 3:43
  6. "Solid Ground" (Volker) — 6:03
  7. "Never Let Your Fire Go Out" (Malone, Baudoin, Scanlan, Frank Bua) — 3:40
  8. "Everything Gets in the Way" (Volker) — 4:02
  9. "You Can't Take It with You" (Malone, Baudoin, Scanlan, Bua) — 5:06
  10. "Good as Gone" (Volker) — 4:31
  11. "Party 'Til the Money Runs Out" (Volker) — 2:09
  12. "Honey from the Bee" (Volker) — 3:58
  13. "I Want to Go Where the Green Arrow Goes" (Volker) — 5:25

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Abbott . Jim . In the Bin . Orlando Sentinel . 15 Mar 1991 . Calendar . 40.
  2. News: Bream . Jim . Radiator fans can dance at Guthrie—in lobby . Star Tribune . 29 Mar 1991 . 8E.
  3. News: Locey . Bill . Musical Anti-Freeze . Los Angeles Times . 13 Feb 1992 . J4.
  4. News: Booth . Philip . Big Easy's Radiators are hot . The Tampa Tribune . September 13, 1991 . Tampa Bay Times . 18.
  5. News: Burliuk . Greg . Total Evaporation The Radiators . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 18 May 1991 . Magazine . 1.
  6. News: Lannert . John . This Weekend . Sun-Sentinel . 13 Sep 1991 . Features Showtime . 32.
  7. News: Heim . Chris . The Radiators, Tuesday at Park West . Chicago Tribune . 29 Mar 1991 . Friday . N.
  8. News: Washburn . Jim . These Radiators Run Cold . Los Angeles Times . 22 May 1991 . F2.
  9. News: Mason . Rick . Fishhead Funk . St. Paul Pioneer Press . March 29, 1991 . 18B.
  10. News: Gundersen . Edna . Take a bite of 'Alligator stomp' . USA Today . 24 Apr 1991 . 4D.
  11. News: Randall . Neil . Total Evaporation The Radiators . Waterloo Region Record . 20 June 1991 . C9.
  12. News: Racine . Marty . Total Evaporation The Radiators . Houston Chronicle . April 28, 1991 . Zest . 10.
  13. News: Hughley . Marty . Hot Radiators . The Oregonian . May 24, 1991 . Arts and Entertainment . 11.

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