Restless (Skydiggers album)

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Restless
Studio album by
Skydiggers
Released1992
RecordedGrant Avenue Studio Hamilton, Umbrella Sound Toronto
Genre Roots rock
Label FRE/Capitol [1]
Producer John Oliveira and Skydiggers
Skydiggers chronology
Skydiggers
(1991)		Restless
(1992)		 Just Over This Mountain
(1993)

Restless is an album by the Canadian band Skydiggers, released in 1992. [2] [3] It was the band's most commercially successful release, and produced their biggest chart hit, "A Penny More". The band and album were nominated for two Juno Awards. [4]

Contents

In 1996, the album disappeared from Canadian record stores after the band's label, FRE Records, filed for bankruptcy. Although the band pursued litigation to win back the master tapes, they were not successful. As a result, in 1999, they released an alternate version of the album, Still Restless: The Lost Tapes .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Calgary Herald B+ [6]

The Toronto Star called the album "so comfy and narcoleptic the band sounds like it's having a tough time staying awake through 11 tracks." [7] The Calgary Herald deemed it "a journal of life's frustrations, an inevitable part of existence," writing that "the Skydiggers capture this plaintive feel better than most bands, pacing their second album like drizzle on a windowsill." [6] The Globe and Mail determined that Restless "recalls at times a folkier version of R.E.M.'s earlier albums, not so much because of the Byrds-like harmonies and jangly guitars but because the plainspoken, soulful songs." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Accusations" – 2:42 (Skydiggers)
  2. "Feel You Closer" – 2:24 (P.Cash)
  3. "A Penny More" – 4:15 (Finlayson/Maize)
  4. "Restless (It's Alright)" – 2:33 (Finlayson/Maize)
  5. "This Old Town" – 2:42 (P.Cash)
  6. "Swamp Boogie" – 3:11 (P.Cash)
  7. "Don't Blame it On Me" – 3:22 (P.Cash)
  8. "I Don't Know Why" – 3:56 (P.Cash)
  9. "I Don't Want To Talk About It" – 4:54 (Finlayson/Maize)
  10. "Just Before the Rain" – 2:34 (P.Cash)
  11. "Slow Burning Fire" – 3:24 (J.Buckingham)
  12. "It's Sunday Pouring Down Rain" – 2:42 (P.Cash)
  13. "She'd Calm Down" – 3:02 (Skydiggers)

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References

  1. ↑ "Restless Skydiggers". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 23 July 1992. p. C17.
  2. ↑ Parisien, Roch (11 June 1992). "Old-fashioned Skydiggers tap into 'Restless' mood". Ottawa Citizen. p. E2.
  3. ↑ Burliuk, Greg (13 Aug 1992). "Restless Skydiggers". Entertainment. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "1993 Juno nominees". Edmonton Journal. 10 Feb 1993. p. C12.
  5. ↑ "Restless Review by Roch Parisien". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 Alberts, Sheldon (2 Aug 1992). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  7. ↑ Stoute, Lenny (23 July 1992). "On the Record". Toronto Star. p. G11.
  8. ↑ Dafoe, Chris (14 Sep 1992). "Waxing quixotic on Really Big Themes". The Globe and Mail. p. C1.
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