| Based on a True Story | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:26 | |||
| Label | Enigma Records | |||
| Producer | Neil Giraldo | |||
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Based on a True Story is an album by the American band the Del-Lords, released in 1988 on Enigma Records. [1] [2] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [3]
Recorded in Los Angeles, the album cost $120,000. [4] It was produced by Neil Giraldo. [5] Pat Benatar duetted with Scott Kempner on "Poem of the River". [6]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [8] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [9] |
The Washington Post wrote that "Kempner spreads on the working-class persona a little thick at times, but this is still the equal of any previous Del-Lords set." [10] The Toronto Star deemed the album "a rip-snorting, noisy, trashy little garage opus." [11]
The Chicago Tribune determined that "the album, energy and polish notwithstanding, emerges as a good but not great package with a faintly 'generic' feel." [8] The New York Times concluded that "the straightforward, stomping rock songs on the band's third album ... insist on independent thinking and truthfulness." [12]
All songs written by Scott Kempner.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crawl in Bed" | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Judas Kiss" | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Ashes to Ashes" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "I'm Gonna Be Around" | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Poem of the River" | 5:58 |
| 6. | "The Cool and the Crazy" | 5:18 |
| 7. | "Cheyenne" | 3:47 |
| 8. | "A Lover's Prayer" | 4:45 |
| 9. | "Whole Lotta Nothin' Goin' On" | 3:34 |
| 10. | "River of Justice" | 5:10 |
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