| In the Good Old Country Way | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Vindaloo | |||
| Producer | Graham Dickson | |||
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In the Good Old Country Way is the third studio album released by British post-punk band The Nightingales. It was released in 1986 through the Vindaloo record label.
In 2005, it was re-released by Caroline True Records [1] and distributed by Shellshock. It included the following additional tracks:
In a review of the album in the New Musical Express, David Swift described the band as "well and truly rejuvenated and mixing it with the best of the rest." [2] James Robert described the album as "easily their most polished work". [3]
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