| Honky Tonk Masquerade | ||||
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| Released | February 1978 | |||
| Recorded | October 17–26, 1977 | |||
| Studio | Youngun's Sound Studios, Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country rock [1] | |||
| Length | 33:57 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Chip Young | |||
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Honky Tonk Masquerade is the second album by country singer-songwriter Joe Ely, released in 1978.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A [3] |
| Dirty Linen | (favorable) [4] |
| MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone |  [6] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Ely's pure, unadorned vocals and wry, gently philosophical songs revive the Hank Williams-Lefty Frizzell honky-tonk tradition in country music without showing any traces of nostalgia or self-consciousness." [7]
Honky Tonk Masquerade has been highly regarded by critics around the world. It was included in the 2005 book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [8] Writer Steve Pond places the album at number 40 on Rolling Stone's list of "50 Essential Albums of the 70s", calling it "the decade's most sure-footed country-rock collaboration". [1] Pond places the album in the same class as such 1970s "country landmarks" as Guy Clark's Old No. 1 , Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger , and Terry Allen's Lubbock (On Everything) . In addition, New Zealand critic Fred Muller places the album on his list of the top ten "best albums of the rock era". [9]
All songs by Joe Ely; except as indicated.
Credits as listed in liner notes. [10]
In 2000, a remastered edition of Ely's first two albums ( Joe Ely and Honky Tonk Masquerade) were released together on a single disk. Dirty Linen reported that this disk was especially worth seeking out since it was (at least at the time), "the only place on two continents you can get Ely's debut". The reviewer described Ely's first two albums together: "Ely's self-titled effort and HTM are a bit leaner than most of his other honky-tonk rockers, with a bit more piano than electric guitar backing his lonesome warble – dry and forceful as the wind whistling through Waco." [4]
| year | format | record company | catalog number |
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| 1978 | LP | MCA | 2333 |
| MCA | 20378 | ||
| CD | MCA | MCAD-10220 | |
| Cassette | MCA | MCAC-10220 | |
| 1995 | Cassette | Universal Special Products | 20378 |
| 2000 | CD | Beat Goes On (BGO) | BGOCD502 [12] |
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