Son Volt / Honky Tonk
| Album: | Honky Tonk | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Son Volt | Added: | Jun 2013 | |
| Label: | Rounder Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-07-14 | Pull Date: | 2013-09-15 |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 4 | Jul 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 29, 2013: | Happy Hour
Brick Walls |
2. | Jul 18, 2013: | no way to say
Down The Highway |
Album Review
Joseph
Reviewed 2013-07-14
Reviewed 2013-07-14
Son Volt
“Honky Tonk”
Label: Rounder Records
Joseph
Reviewed 7/14/13
“Honky Tonk” really only in instrumentation, with twin fiddles and pedal steel figuring in
most of the tracks. Otherwise, the sound is tried and true Son Volt, with Jay Farrar’s languid
vocal stylings.
No FCCs detected
*= favorite cuts
1 – (3:45) Hearts and Minds* Lilting waltz, pretty song.
2 – (2:07) Brick Walls* Nice honky tonk sound, great pedal steel.
3 – (2:56) Wild Side Slow-paced, softer ballad.
4 – (3:58) Down the Highway Plaintive vocals, mid-tempo, regular SV sound.
5 – (2:06) Bakersfield* Good, up-tempo country shuffle, mentions radio, heartbreak,
and prison cell.
6 – (3:34) Livin’ On Slow, sad tune about lost hope.
7 – (2:50) Tears of Change* Mid-tempo bounce, about nothing lasts forever.
8 – (4:00) Angel of the Blues Slow ballad, just so-so.
9 – (3:18) Seawall* Mid-tempo shuffle about decay through time.
10 – (3:36) Barricades Another just OK song. Slow.
11 – (3:32) Shine On Slow to mid-tempo, another so-so offering.
“Honky Tonk”
Label: Rounder Records
Joseph
Reviewed 7/14/13
“Honky Tonk” really only in instrumentation, with twin fiddles and pedal steel figuring in
most of the tracks. Otherwise, the sound is tried and true Son Volt, with Jay Farrar’s languid
vocal stylings.
No FCCs detected
*= favorite cuts
1 – (3:45) Hearts and Minds* Lilting waltz, pretty song.
2 – (2:07) Brick Walls* Nice honky tonk sound, great pedal steel.
3 – (2:56) Wild Side Slow-paced, softer ballad.
4 – (3:58) Down the Highway Plaintive vocals, mid-tempo, regular SV sound.
5 – (2:06) Bakersfield* Good, up-tempo country shuffle, mentions radio, heartbreak,
and prison cell.
6 – (3:34) Livin’ On Slow, sad tune about lost hope.
7 – (2:50) Tears of Change* Mid-tempo bounce, about nothing lasts forever.
8 – (4:00) Angel of the Blues Slow ballad, just so-so.
9 – (3:18) Seawall* Mid-tempo shuffle about decay through time.
10 – (3:36) Barricades Another just OK song. Slow.
11 – (3:32) Shine On Slow to mid-tempo, another so-so offering.
Track Listing
| 1. | Hearts And Minds | 7. | Tears Of Change | |||
| 2. | Brick Walls | 8. | Angel Of The Blues | |||
| 3. | Wild Side | 9. | Seawall | |||
| 4. | Down The Highway | 10. | Barricades | |||
| 5. | Bakersfield | 11. | Shine On | |||
| 6. | Livin' On | . |