Lost & Found (Jason & the Scorchers album)

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Lost & Found
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Studio album by
Released1985
Genre Alternative country, Country rock, Americana
Label EMI America
Jason & the Scorchers chronology
Lost & Found
(1985)
Still Standing
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Lost and Found is the debut album by Jason & the Scorchers, released in 1985. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Released by EMI America, the album is regarded as the band's best. [1] [7]

Reception

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. [8] Billboard called it "ragged but righteous." [9] 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." [4]

The band made a music video for "White Lies," which got regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s. [10]

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) [11] 86

Personnel

Technical

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References

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  2. "Robert Christgau: Album: Jason & the Scorchers: Lost and Found". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 260.
  4. 1 2 "Jason and the Scorchers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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  6. Kelly, Peter (April 20, 1995). "Heavenly Fire". Houston Press.
  7. "The 50 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time". pastemagazine.com. July 26, 2016.
  8. "Jason & The Scorchers - Still Standing", No Depression , October 31, 2002. Retrieved May 15, 2017
  9. "Jason & the Scorchers Lost & Found", Billboard , March 16, 1985, p. 66. Retrieved May 15, 2017 via Google Books
  10. Spotnitz, Frank, for United Press International (18 April 1985). "SCORCHERS HEATING UP NASHVILLE". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. 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.