River City Revival

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River City Revival
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Studio album by
Released1999
Genre
Length44:57
Label Man's Ruin Records [1]
Alabama Thunderpussy chronology
Rise Again
(1998)
River City Revival
(1999)
Constellation
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rock Hard 7/10 [3]

River City Revival is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Alabama Thunderpussy, released in 1999. [4] [5]

Contents

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle thought that "with seven songs in just over a half hour, the crew's heavy but lyrical riffs are immersed in a raw V-8 production aesthetic, and the results weigh on your back like concentrated heat; could be a massage, could be a bruise." [6]

AllMusic wrote: "Forceful, brutal, and blistering, River City Revival fits right in with the alternative metal climate of the late '90s—this is hardly an album that can be accused of having a lot of slickness or pop gloss." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Dry Spell" - 3:28
  2. "Spineless" - 4:28
  3. "Heathen" - 6:52
  4. "Mosquito" - 3:43
  5. "Giving Up On Living" - 4:59
  6. "Own Worst Enemy" - 6:11
  7. "Rockin' Is Ma Business" (The Four Horsemen cover) - 3:57
  8. "Heavyweight" (on Relapse Records reissue) - 3:37
  9. "Rabdos" (on Relapse Records Reissue) - 4:37
  10. "I Can't Feel Nothin'"(on Relapse Records reissue) - 3:05

Personnel

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References

  1. "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 8, 1999 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "River City Revival - Alabama Thunderpussy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - River City Revival". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
  4. "Alabama Thunderpussy Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-0-313-34801-3 via Google Books.
  6. "ALABAMA THUNDER PUSSY River City Revival (Man's Ruin)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved September 18, 2021.