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- Date Released: April 15, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alt-Country, Indie Rock
- Label: Black Dog Recording / The Orchard
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They Say...
The Hilltops' second release showed a maturity in sound, while also highlighting more the differences in styles of the principal songwriters Hudson and Stirratt. Hudson's Americana and country-blues roots were becoming more obvious and pointing to the sound of his future band Blue Mountain, while Stirratt's, though still with a dose of country, continued in the more Replacements-style punk of Holler and '60s pop/rock (which would be more realized in his future project, the Autumn Defense). The instruments reflect the more ambitious songwriting -- fiddle, mandolin, and harmonica are mixed with acoustic and electric guitars, unlike the predominantly electric Holler. Hudson, in particular, shines on the album, from the hoedown of the lead-off "Double Nickel Breakdown" into empathetic tales of the down-and-out in "Broke Down and Busted" and "Dead End Street" (later redone with Blue Mountain, but better here) and the altered tuning title song, which is a charged and driving road song that's the centerpiece of the album. On top of that, he sings like a man possessed on the band's gutbucket blues cover of Robert Johnson's "Judgement Day," a track which shows the band at its rawest. "Blue," "Walk a Mile," and "Seafoam Green" from Holler were added to the re-release.
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Double Nickel Breakdown |
0:56 |
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| 02. | |
Broke Down And Busted |
3:56 |
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| 03. | |
Old House |
3:06 |
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| 04. | |
Mary Jane |
3:25 |
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| 05. | |
I'd Like To See You |
2:32 |
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| 06. | |
Dead End Street |
4:14 |
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| 07. | |
900 Miles |
3:07 |
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| 08. | |
Sidewalk |
3:02 |
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| 09. | |
Big Black River |
5:53 |
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| 10. | |
I Might Be The Last One |
1:56 |
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| 11. | |
Strange Love |
4:08 |
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| 12. | |
Blue |
3:09 |
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| 13. | |
Walk A Mile |
2:35 |
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| 14. | |
Judgement Day |
3:16 |
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| 15. | |
Seafoam Green |
3:15 |
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15 Total Tracks, 48:30 Total Length
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Credits
- John Stirratt - Bass // John Stirratt - Guitar // John Stirratt - Mandolin // John Stirratt - Vocals // Hilltops - Main Performer // Newt - Layout Design // Laurie Stirratt - Guitar // Laurie Stirratt - Vocals // Cary Hudson - Fiddle // Cary Hudson - Guitar // Cary Hudson - Harmonica // Cary Hudson - Mandolin // Cary Hudson - Vocals // Cary Hudson - Photography
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