After Dark | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | Ocean Way, The Complex, Baby-O, Record One, Summa, Rock Steady, Music Grinder Studios, and Studio One | |||
Genre | Chicano rock, [1] rock | |||
Length | 38:09 | |||
Label | Arista [2] | |||
Producer | Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Rodney Mills, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | |||
Cruzados chronology | ||||
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After Dark is the second album by the American band Cruzados, released in 1987. [3] [4] "Bed of Lies" reached No. 4 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart; "Small Town Love" peaked at No. 39. [5] The band supported the album with a North American tour that included a leg opening for Fleetwood Mac. [6] [7] They broke up the following year. [8]
The album was produced by Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel, Rodney Mills, Tom Kelly, and Billy Steinberg. [9] Marshall Rohner replaced Steven Hufsteter on lead guitar. [2] "Road of Truth" contains contributions from J.D. Souther on backing vocals and Paul Butterfield on harmonica; Souther was in the same studio as Cruzados and told the band that he wanted to sing on the track. [10] It was Butterfield's final recording. [11] Pat Benatar sang on "I Want Your World to Turn". [12]
The songs were inspired by Tito Larriva's years living in El Paso and Mexico City. [13] "Blue Sofa" was originally done by his band the Plugz. [9] "Bed of Lies" was cowritten by Lynne Marie Stewart. [14]
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Trouser Press called the album "a plain but solid effort" aside from "Time for Waiting", opining that it "sounds nauseatingly like the Eagles." [18] The Los Angeles Times noted the "Springsteen-Mellencamp-Petty territory," writing that "Larriva has developed into a good-enough singer and songwriter in the Little Steven/Southside Johnny vein that the record transcends its obvious reference points." [9] The San Diego Union-Tribune stated that "Cruzados play with the fire of the young Rolling Stones, but the fervor is wasted on a collection of weak songs." [19]
The St. Petersburg Times wrote that Larriva's "desperate vocals and yearning lyrics—coupled with the group's leftover punk instincts—gives After Dark a taut, emotional edge that California-rock always lacked." [1] The Chicago Sun-Times concluded that Larriva "is making music with far greater focus and immediacy than last time through." [12] The Omaha World-Herald determined that "despite the radio-friendly, slick production work ... several tunes here are membrane-thin in staying power." [20] The Houston Chronicle labeled the album "honest, lyrically incisive music that hoists [the band] onto the cutting edge of contemporary American rock." [17]
All songs written by Tito Larriva, except where noted.
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