| Clear Impetuous Morning | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Label | Mammoth | |||
| Producer | Warner Hodges, Jeff Johnson | |||
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Clear Impetuous Morning is an album by the American band Jason & the Scorchers, released in 1996. [1] [2] The band supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with Slobberbone. [3] [4] The band's second studio album after their reunion, it was also their last with bass player Jeff Johnson. [5] [6]
Produced by bandmembers Warner Hodges and Johnson, the album was recorded over three months at a friend's Nashville studio in an amp repair shop. [7] [8] Frontman Jason Ringenberg considered the recording sessions for Clear Impetuous Morning to be the easiest of the band's career. [8] The band made more use of acoustic guitars than on previous albums, employing them on the majority of the songs. [9] Songwriter Tommy Womack worked on some of the songs. [10] Emmylou Harris sang on "Everything Has a Cost". [11] "Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man" is a cover of the Gram Parsons song, which Jason considered to be "an anti-Nashville-music-business song." [12] [13] "Jeremy's Glory" is about the Civil War. [8] "Going Nowhere" is about a woman who decides to leave her hometown. [14]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [15] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [16] |
| USA Today |  [17] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "these country punkers once again prove themselves to be the only legitimate living incarnation of the Rolling Stones." [16] The Ottawa Citizen determined that "the Scorchers' sound tends to fade into a generic blues boogie obscurity, alongside the likes of the Georgia Satellites." [18] The Philadelphia Inquirer praised the "Hank Williams-meets-the-Sex-Pistols attack." [19] USA Today allowed that the album could be the band's "finest work ever." [17]
The Chicago Tribune concluded that the album "effectively meshes their past energy with a newfound slower-paced tunefulness." [20] Stereo Review stated: "Driven by the relentless guitar of Warner Hodges and the impassioned vocals of Jason Ringenberg, the Scorchers uncork some of their fiercest material." [21] The Sun Sentinel called the album "bristling with stinging licks and groove-a-licious tales of lovers, losers and loners." [22] The Lincoln Journal Star and The Sunday Times listed Clear Impetuous Morning among the best albums of 1996. [23] [24]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Self-Sabotage" | |
| 2. | "Cappuccino Rosie" | |
| 3. | "Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man" | |
| 4. | "Going Nowhere" | |
| 5. | "Uncertain Girl" | |
| 6. | "2 + 1 = Nothing" | |
| 7. | "Victory Road" | |
| 8. | "Kick Me Down" | |
| 9. | "Everything Has a Cost" | |
| 10. | "To Feel No Love" | |
| 11. | "Walking a Vanishing Line" | |
| 12. | "Tomorrow Has Come Today" | |
| 13. | "Jeremy's Glory" | |
| 14. | "I'm Sticking with You" |
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