Chippy (album)

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Chippy
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Studio album by
Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, Jo Carol Pierce
Released1994
RecordedSpur Studio, Austin, TX
Feb. & Mar. 1994
Genre Texas Country
Label Hollywood [1]
Producer Joe Ely, Terry Allen
Professional ratings
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Chippy, also known as Songs from "Chippy", is an album by Terry Allen, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, and Jo Carol Pierce. [5] [6] It contains original music from the musical, Chippy, which was written by Jo Harvey and Terry Allen and commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia, where it received its world premiere in 1994. [2] The setting of the musical is West Texas in the 1930s. [7]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded at Joe Ely's home studio. [8] It was produced by Ely and Terry Allen. [4]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times called Chippy "one of the best albums of the year in country music, or any other genre," writing that "crusty singing voices abound, and they are utterly persuasive in creating the illusion that we are listening to people who moved across a landscape of barrooms and oil fields more than 50 years ago." [8] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "it's particularly wonderful to hear Ely back in an acoustic country vein, especially with his former bandmate Lloyd Maines on steel guitar and dobro." [9] Spin deemed it "a dusty grab bag of gritty and smart West Texas tunery." [10] The Santa Fe New Mexican opined that "even without the benefit of the dialogue and sets, however, the Songs From Chippy set makes an evocative, moving collection centered on our particularly American obsession with the open road." [11] Rolling Stone wrote that it "captures the uneven stage show's high points; spoken-word snippets are inserted between the best songs." [12]

Track listing

  1. "Goodnight Dear Diary" (Joe Ely)
  2. "Across the Great Divide" (Jo Carol Pierce)
  3. "Chippy Narration"
  4. "Buildin' More Fires" (Joe Ely)
  5. "Wind's Gonna Blow You Away" (Butch Hancock)
  6. "Gonna California" (Terry Allen)
  7. "Thunderstorms & Neon Signs" (Wayne Hancock)
  8. "Fate with a Capital F" (Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen)
  9. "The Way I Was Raised" (Jo Harvey Allen)
  10. "Cup of Tea" (Joe Ely, Jo Harvey Allen)
  11. "Tongues"
  12. "Low Lights of Town" (Butch Hancock)
  13. "I Blame God" (Jo Carol Pierce)
  14. "Oil Wells"
  15. "Cold Black Hammer" (Joe Ely)
  16. "Boomtown Boogie" (Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, Joe Ely, J. Allen)
  17. "Back to Black" (Terry Allen)
  18. "Just Dancin"
  19. "Whiskey and Women and Money to Burn" (Joe Ely)
  20. "Morning Goodness" (Butch Hancock)
  21. "Angels of the Wind" (Terry Allen)
  22. "Roll Around" (Butch Hancock)
  23. "Goodnight" (Joe Ely)

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Q&A: Joe Ely". September 1, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Songs from Chippy - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: Songs from Chippy". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. 1 2 MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Richards, David (July 29, 1994). "THEATER REVIEW;Songs of a Hapless Hooker Who Kept Count". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Bad Girls Get Old". Texas Monthly – Featured. June 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ Willis, John (March 1, 2000). Theatre World 1994-1995. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9781557832504 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 "Various Artists "Songs From Chippy" / Hollywood Records". Los Angeles Times. August 11, 1994.
  9. ↑ Gettelman, Parry. "SONGS FROM 'CHIPPY'". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  10. ↑ Gehr, Richard (Oct 1994). "Ballads of a Working Girl". SPIN. 10 (7): 26.
  11. ↑ Prince, David (29 July 1994). "'SONGS FROM CHIPPY': EVOCATIVE, MOVING COLLECTION". The Santa Fe New Mexican: 42.
  12. ↑ George-Warren, Holly (Sep 22, 1994). "Honky-tonk woman". Rolling Stone. No. 691. p. 33.
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