Lost & Found (Jason & the Scorchers album)

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Lost & Found
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Studio album by
Jason & the Scorchers
Released1985
Genre Country punk, [1] alternative country
Label EMI America
Jason & the Scorchers chronology
Lost & Found
(1985)		 Still Standing
(1986)

Lost and Found is the debut album by Jason & the Scorchers, released in 1985. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Released by EMI America, the album is regarded as the band's best. [1] [5]

Music

Fusing elements of punk rock and country music, Lost & Found is considered by some to be ahead of its time. According to Paste Magazine , "It’s a punk rock album at heart, but guitarist Warner Hodges has plenty of twangy licks up his sleeve." [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [7]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

AllMusic's Mark Deming called Lost & Found "the best record this fine band would ever make." [1] No Depression also viewed it as the band's best. [9] Billboard called it "ragged but righteous. [10] Trouser Press wrote that "more than just a pedigree to brag about, the band’s genuine hick beginnings make them a lot less inhibited and more apt to cross from cool to corny, punk to heavy metal without fretting much about it." [2]

The band made a music video for "White Lies," which got regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s. [11]

Track listing

Side one

  1. Last Time Around 3:06 (Ringenberg, Baggs, Johnson, Hodges)
  2. White Lies 3:19 (Baggs, Napier)
  3. If Money Talks 2:33 (Baggs, Napier)
  4. I Really Don't Want to Know 4:29 (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes)
  5. Blanket of Sorrow 2:19 (Ringenberg)
  6. Shop It Around 2:58 (Ringenberg)

Side two

  1. Lost Highway 2:00 (Payne)
  2. Still Tied 3:20 (Ringenberg)
  3. Broken Whiskey Glass 3:50 (Ringenberg)
  4. Far Behind 3:50 (Johnson, Baggs)
  5. Change the Tune 2:39 (Johnson, Ringenberg)

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [12] 86
US Billboard 200 96

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark "Lost & Found Review", AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2017
  2. 1 2 "Jason and the Scorchers". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jason and the Scorchers celebrate 30 years". Charleston Gazette-Mail. The Associated Press. January 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Peter (April 20, 1995). "Heavenly Fire". Houston Press.
  5. ↑ "The 50 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time". Paste. July 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The 70 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time". Paste Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: Jason & the Scorchers: Lost and Found". Robert Christgau.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 260.
  9. ↑ "Jason & the Scorchers Still Standing". No Depression . October 31, 2002.
  10. ↑ "Jason & the Scorchers Lost & Found". Billboard . March 16, 1985. p. 66.
  11. ↑ Spotnitz, Frank (April 18, 1985). "SCORCHERS HEATING UP NASHVILLE". Chicago Tribune.
  12. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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