| Hybrid Vigor | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, hard rock, roots rock | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Bobby Field | |||
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Hybrid Vigor is the second album by the American musician Webb Wilder, released in 1989. [1] [2] Wilder supported the album by touring with the Georgia Satellites. [3] The first single was "Human Cannonball", which was a hit on college radio. [4] [5]
The album was produced by Bobby Field. [6] The majority of the songs were written by Wilder and Field. [7] Wilder aimed to make a commercial album that did not betray the sound of his debut; he also wanted to use his bigger budget to experiment in the studio. [8] [9] "Louisiana Hannah" is a cover of the Larry Williams song. [10] "Ain't That a Lot of Love" is a cover of the song made famous by Sam & Dave. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Chicago Tribune | [12] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [13] |
| Ottawa Citizen | [14] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [15] |
The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "glorious rock 'n' roll for the misanthrope in all of us." [12] The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "Wilder has an uncontrolled B-movie mentality that takes his Chuck Berry licks through detective thriller and Sci-Fi territory." [14] The Edmonton Journal called Hybrid Vigor "snappy, off-the-wall, way cool hard rock written by people who know the definition of irony but also know when to lay off and simply turn the volume up." [16] Trouser Press panned the often "hellish metal-country experiment." [17]
The Globe and Mail determined that "Webb sound[s] fresh in comparison to all those other grave-robbing, heritage-hawking roots rockers." [18] The Vancouver Sun considered it "a pedal-to-the-metal blast of trashed-up rhythm and boozy rock, all nasty licks and hilarious little lyrics." [19] The Houston Chronicle noted that the album "threatens to out-Stone the Stones with its raunchy, twangy, hard-charging attack that adds up to pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll." [20]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hittin' Where It Hurts" | |
| 2. | "Human Cannonball" | |
| 3. | "Do You Know Something (I Don't Know)" | |
| 4. | "Cold Front" | |
| 5. | "Safeside" | |
| 6. | "Wild Honey" | |
| 7. | "What's Got Wrong with You?" | |
| 8. | "Ain't That a Lot of Love" | |
| 9. | "Skeleton Crew" | |
| 10. | "Louisiana Hannah" |
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