Blend (album)

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Blend
Bodeans-blend.jpg
Studio album by
BoDeans
Released1996
Genre Alternative
Label Slash
Producer BoDeans, Greg Goldman
BoDeans chronology
Joe Dirt Car
(1995)		Blend
(1996)		 Resolution
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C [2]

Blend is the BoDeans sixth studio album, and was released in 1996. It peaked at number 132 on the Billboard 200 chart.

BoDeans American rock band

BoDeans is an American rock band. Formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin, BoDeans came to prominence in the 1980s. The band's sound encompasses multiple rock genres, including roots rock, heartland rock, and alternative rock. The band's biggest hit to date is "Closer to Free", which was used as the theme song to the hit TV series Party of Five. The band has been described as "one of the most successful, and best known, bands to come out of the Milwaukee area". BoDeans has a permanent installation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

Contents

Overview

After the band achieved fame and a new audience with '"Closer to Free", they resisted the pressure to duplicate the single's success and wanted to avoid rehashing the same formula. Like Go Slow Down , the band chose to record their next album at Hacksville, their studio in a rented storefront, and self-produced the album with the assistance of producer/engineer Greg Goldman. Recording took place over a two-year period during the time in between tours. Bob Clearmountain was hired to mix "The Understanding" and "Hurt By Love", while Tchad Blake mixed the uptempo "Hey Pretty Girl". The result was a more rock-oriented sound than their previous album, though it continued along a similar direction.

Closer to Free 1993 single by BoDeans

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit, peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five.

<i>Go Slow Down</i> 1993 studio album by BoDeans

Go Slow Down is the BoDeans fifth studio album, and was released on October 12, 1993. It peaked at number 127 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Bob Clearmountain American record producer

Bob Clearmountain is an American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones as well as their Tattoo You album, Bryan Adams, Robbie Williams, Toto, Bon Jovi, Altered State, Simple Minds, and 235 other artists. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and won a Latin Grammy Award in 2007 for Best Male Pop Vocal Album for his work with engineering Ricky Martin's "MTV Unplugged". He has also won an Emmy and he has won seven TEC Awards for "Best Recording Engineer", two others for "Best Broadcast Engineer", one special "Les Paul Award" and a Monitor Award for the Rolling Stone's Voodoo Lounge pay-per-view show. He is married to Apogee Electronics CEO, Betty Bennett.

Reception

Despite not matching the success of "Closer to Free", "Hurt By Love" saw minor chart success and critics commented on the album's consistency. Music critic Rick Anderson, writing for AllMusic, praised the songwriting though he criticized the lyrics. He said, "'Hurt By Love' is what the BoDeans are trying for throughout this whole album, but they only get there once or twice." [1] However, Chuck Eddy of Entertainment Weekly gave it a mixed review, stating: "Having finally achieved pop stardom via their Party of Five theme song, this long-suffering Wisconsin bar band now tries to preserve their meager integrity by acting as un-Hollywood as possible. With its timid, muffled harmonies over numbing guitar thrumming, Blend has enough forlorn corn to fill every silo in the heartland." [2]

AllMusic Online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web. As of 2015, AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne.

<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> American entertainment magazine published by Meredith Corporation

Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

Track listing

All songs written by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas.

  1. "The Understanding" – 4:10
  2. "Heart of a Miracle" – 4:11
  3. "Count On Me" – 3:48
  4. "Can't Stop Thinking" – 3:20
  5. "Hurt By Love" – 3:58
  6. "Hey Pretty Girl" – 2:44
  7. "All I Ever Wanted" – 5:04
  8. "Do What You Want" – 3:15
  9. "Red Roses" – 4:08
  10. "Lullabye" – 4:02

Personnel

Kurt Neumann (musician) American musician

Kurt Robert Neumann is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is a co-founder of the roots-rock band BoDeans.

Samuel J. "Sam" Llanas is an American singer, acoustic guitarist, and songwriter in several rock and roots rock bands active from the 1980s to the 2000s, including BoDeans and Absinthe.

Additional personnel

Danny Federici American musician

Daniel Paul "Danny" Federici was an American musician, best known as the organ, glockenspiel, and accordion player and a founding member for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. In 2014, Federici was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.

Alex Acuña Peruvian musician

Alejandro Neciosup Acuña, known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist.

Tchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.

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References

  1. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Blend - BoDeans". AllMusic . Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Eddy, Chuck (November 8, 1996). "Music Review: 'Blend' Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 15, 2012.
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