Hog Wild (album)

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Hog Wild
Hog Wild (Hank Williams, Jr Album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1995 (1995-01-24)
StudioMid Town Studios, Tone and Volume Studios, Treasure Isle Studios
Genre Country
Length38:41
Label Curb Records
Producer Chuck Howard, Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Tribute to My Father
(1993)
Hog Wild
(1995)
A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
(1996)

Hog Wild is an album by the American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. [1] [2] It was released on January 24, 1995 by Curb Records. [3] Williams supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Chuck Howard and Williams. [5] Williams wrote or cowrote six of the 10 songs. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Calgary Herald D [8]
Entertainment Weekly F [9]
The Indianapolis Star Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Entertainment Weekly called the album "lame," noting that "Junior salutes the girls of Daytona Beach and makes pig calls on the title song." [9] The Calgary Herald dismissed it as "two-bit rock 'n' roll." [8]

The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "Williams's two biker tunes, 'Hog Wild' and 'Iron Horse', both have a spirited kind of energy." [11] The Indianapolis Star concluded that "'Daytona Nights' and 'It's a Start' are sure to appeal to women who don't mind being bedded, then stalked." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Hog Wild – 3:31 (Hank Williams Jr., Rick Arnold)
  2. "I Ain't Goin' Peacefully" – 3:02 (Williams Jr.)
  3. "Between Heaven and Hell" – 3:22 (Tommy Barnes)
  4. "Iron Horse" – 3:43 (Williams Jr.)
  5. "Daytona Nights" – 4:19 (Williams Jr.)
  6. "Tobacco Road" – 4:11 (John D. Loudermilk)
  7. "It's a Start" – 2:59 (Danny Bear Mayo, Bob Regan)
  8. "Greeted in Enid" – 2:46 (Williams Jr.)
  9. "Eyes of Waylon" – 6:16 (Williams Jr.)
  10. "Wild Thing" – 7:35 (Chip Taylor)

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums14
U.S. Billboard 200 [12] 91

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