Haircut (album)

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Haircut
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Studio album by
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
ReleasedJuly 27, 1993 (1993-07-27)
Studio Sounds Unreel Studios, Memphis, TN
Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre
Length42:49
Label EMI America [1]
Producer Terry Manning, The Delaware Destroyers
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Boogie People
(1991)		Haircut
(1993)		 Live: Let's Work Together
(1995)
Singles from Haircut
  1. "Get a Haircut"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Gone Dead Train"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Howlin' for My Baby"
    Released: 1993

Haircut is the ninth studio album by American rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 27, 1993. [2] [3] [4] The first single from the album was "Get a Haircut". [5] The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200. [6] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [7]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Terry Manning and the Delaware Destroyers. [8] "Want Ad Blues" is a cover of the John Lee Hooker song. [9] "Gone Dead Train" was written by Jack Nitzsche. [10] Thorogood wrote "Baby Don't Go". [11] The album cover art is by Peter Bagge. [12]

Critical reception

The Windsor Star wrote that "the guitar-slinging motor mouth offers another round of stinging and rocking blues, featuring that consistently fat sound with which his band has made its trademark style." [13] The Calgary Herald deemed Haircut "boogie blues and rock 'n' roll ... And, yep, he hasn`t changed a thing." [14] The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph opined that "since shtick is exactly what Thorogood's become reduced to, the only phrase that comes to mind listening to this is, 'get a real job'." [15]

The Canadian Press called it "another slice of devil-may-care, comically anti-authoritarian riff rock." [16] The Boston Globe concluded that "Thorogood doesn't gain any dramatic ground, but his loyalty to his favorite idioms remains genuine." [11] The Indianapolis Star praised the "stark, deliberative" "Killer's Bluze". [17]

Track listing

Haircut Track Listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get a Haircut"David Avery, Bill Birch4:12
2."Howlin' for My Baby" Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf 5:14
3."Killer's Bluze"Dex Rogers6:10
4."Down in the Bottom"Willie Dixon4:03
5."I'm Ready"Willie Dixon3:36
6."Cops and Robbers" Bo Diddley 4:50
7."Gone Dead Train" Jack Nitzsche, Russ Titelman 4:07
8."Want Ad Blues" John Lee Hooker 5:06
9."My Friend Robert" Patrick Sky 2:30
10."Baby Don't Go" George Thorogood 3:24
Total length:42:49
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Calgary Herald B [14]
The Indianapolis Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Windsor Star B+ [13]

Personnel

The following personnel are credited on the album:

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Haircut
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 41
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 37

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  14. 1 2 Muretich, James (25 July 1993). "George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Haircut". Calgary Herald. p. B8.
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