Drums Along the Mohawk is the debut solo album by the American musician Jean Beauvoir, released in 1986.[1][2] Its title was inspired by Beauvoir's hairstyle as well as the novel and film of the same name.[3] Beauvoir supported the album by opening for the Eurythmics on a North American tour.[4]
The first single was "Feel the Heat"; after viewing the video, Sylvester Stallone chose to use it as the theme song to his film Cobra.[3] The second single was "Missing the Young Days".[5]Drums Along the Mohawk peaked at No. 93 on the Billboard 200.[6]
Production
Beauvoir wrote and produced the songs and played most of the instruments; Mick Jones played guitar on one track.[7][8] Many of the songs were written in Sweden, a frequent travel destination of Beauvoir's.[9] Beauvoir spent six months working on the album, deciding after the basic tracks were completed to forgo using the session musicians that he had originally scheduled.[7] "Rockin' in the Street" incorporates elements of reggae; Beauvoir uses spoken word vocals on "Nina".[10]
The Chicago Sun-Times called the album "a richly textured collection of romantic urban anthems over street-beat rhythms."[16] The Toronto Star labeled Beauvoir an "earnest, tradition-conscious stylist whose music welds R'n'B spunk to a romantic, rock-ballad backdrop."[17] The Grand Forks Herald said that the album "has classic soul roots, but has applied them to modern synthesizer funk with distorted, pained, guitar solos."[18]
The Hartford Courant opined that some of the songs "are too similar to the memory lanes better traveled by Springsteen and Prince."[19] The Omaha World-Herald considered Drums Along the Mohawk to be "disappointingly bland... The lack of outside input is a prime weakness".[13]Trouser Press stated that it was a "mainstream rock LP" that was influenced primarily by Prince; likewise, The Morning Call characterized it as "FM-rock-radio slop".[20][8]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Feel the Heat"
2.
"Never Went Down"
3.
"Missing the Young Days"
4.
"Rockin' in the Street"
5.
"Sorry I Missed Your Wedding Day"
6.
"Drive You Home"
7.
"Same Song Plays On and On"
8.
"This Is Our House"
9.
"If I Was Me"
10.
"Nina"
References
↑ Toombs, Mikel (August 11, 1986). "Beauvoir tries to kick the gimmick habit". The San Diego Union. p.C7.
↑ Blush, Steven (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p.345.
1 2 Strauss, Duncan (August 5, 1986). "Opens for Eurythmics Beauvoir Feels Album 'Drums'". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p.2.
↑ "Mohawk in Manhattan". Billboard. Vol.98, no.40. October 4, 1986. p.25.
↑ Raso, Anne M. (September 28, 1986). "Jean Beauvoir: Voodoo, Hairdo and Rock 'n' Roll". City Lights. Daily News. New York. p.25.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-1996. Record Research Inc. p.68.
1 2 McShane, Larry (October 7, 1986). "Beauvoir's Out in Front Now". Valley News. AP. p.26.
1 2 Righi, Len (August 23, 1986). "Records". The Morning Call. p.A63.
↑ Means, Andrew (July 22, 1986). "Jean Beauvoir bided time en route to solo spotlight". The Arizona Republic. p.C5.
↑ Connal, Kevin (October 16, 1986). "Records". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p.14.
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