Juarez (album)

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Juarez
TerryAllen Juarez.jpg
Studio album by
Released1975
Genre Country
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Jamie Howell, Terry Allen
Terry Allen chronology
Juarez
(1975)
Lubbock (On Everything)
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [1]
Pitchfork Media 8.0/10 [2]

Juarez is the debut album by Terry Allen. [3] It was released in 1975. The album was reissued on compact disc by Sugar Hill Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Terry Allen

  1. "The Juarez Device" (aka "Texican Badman")
  2. "The Characters/ A Simple Story"
  3. "Cortez Sail"
  4. "Border Palace"
  5. "Dogwood"
  6. "Writing On Rocks Across The USA"
  7. "The Radio...And Real Life"
  8. "There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California"
  9. "What of Alicia"
  10. "Honeymoon in Cortez"
  11. "Four Corners"
  12. "The Run South"
  13. "Jabo/Street Walkin' Woman"
  14. "Cantina Carlotta"
  15. "La Despedida (The Parting)"
  16. "El Camino Instrumental"
  17. "El Camino"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Robert Christgau: CG: Terry Allen". robertchristgau.com.
  2. "Terry Allen: Juarez". Pitchfork.
  3. Sullivan, James (May 16, 2016). "Terry Allen Resurrects Iconic Concept Album 'Juarez'".
  4. "Sugar Hill Records". Archived from the original on May 26, 2007.