Happy Hour (Ted Hawkins album)

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Happy Hour
Happy Hour - Ted Hawkins.jpg
Studio album by
Ted Hawkins
Released1986
StudioMusic Lab, Los Angeles
Genre Blues
Label Windows On The World, Rounder
Producer Bruce Bromberg, Dennis Walker [1]
Ted Hawkins chronology
Watch Your Step
(1982)		Happy Hour
(1986)		On the Boardwalk (The Venice Beach Tapes)
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s B [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [5]

Happy Hour is an album by Ted Hawkins. [6] [7] It was released in 1986. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Hawkins blended soul and urban blues stylings with country and rural blues inflections and rhythms, making another first-rate release." [2] Trouser Press praised Hawkins's "sturdy emotional delivery." [8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Theodore Hawkins, Jnr.; except where indicated

  1. "Bad Dog"
  2. "Happy Hour" (Dave Mackechnie, Steve Gillette)
  3. "Don't Make Me Explain It"
  4. "The Constitution"
  5. "My Last Goodbye"
  6. "You Pushed My Head Away"
  7. "Revenge of Scorpio"
  8. "California Song"
  9. "Cold & Bitter Tears"
  10. "Gypsy Woman" (Curtis Mayfield)
  11. "Ain't That Pretty"
  12. "One Hundred Miles"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "HAWKINS--UP FROM THE BOARDWALK". Los Angeles Times. May 3, 1987.
  2. 1 2 "Happy Hour - Ted Hawkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Ted Hawkins". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 185.
  5. 1 2 Hull, Tom (May 10, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ Sasfy, Joe (May 14, 1987). "Ted Hawkins--Happy Hour". Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ted Hawkins | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ "Ted Hawkins". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 13, 2020.


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