Romeo's Escape

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Romeo's Escape
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Studio album by
Dave Alvin
Released1987
Recorded1986–87
StudioRock Steady Studios, Control Center Studios, Airdrome Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Folk rock, country rock
Length44:04
Label Demon
Producer Steve Berlin, Mark Linett [1]
Dave Alvin chronology
Romeo's Escape
(1987)		 Blue Blvd
(1991)

Romeo's Escape is the debut album by American artist Dave Alvin, released in 1987. [2] It was released in Europe as Every Night About This Time. It has been reissued multiple times under both titles. The album included three songs previously written and recorded by Alvin with the Blasters, ("Long White Cadillac", "Border Radio" and "Jubilee Train").

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

AllMusic critic Mark Deming wrote: "If Alvin was still getting his sea legs as a vocalist on Romeo's Escape, his emotional conviction and intelligent phrasing outweigh his somewhat limited range, and he's rarely rocked harder in the studio... Romeo's Escape left no doubt he had the goods to be a first-rate frontman, while his gifts as a guitarist and writer remained as strong as ever.." [3] Robert Christgau stated that "Alvin's hoarse timbre, bellowing passion, and approximate pitch call up other songwriter front men—such dubious predecessors as John Prine and Guy Clark, who at least can claim to sound like themselves. Nevertheless, he's a born songwriter--guitarist." [4] Jon Young, in Trouser Press , called it " familiar roots rock and country, ranging from scorching boogie ('New Tattoo') to the weary testimony of a union man ('Brother on the Line')." [7]

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin.

  1. "Fourth of July" – 4:01
  2. "Long White Cadillac" – 4:46
  3. "Every Night About This Time" – 3:56
  4. "Romeo's Escape" – 3:50
  5. "Brother (On the Line)" – 4:14
  6. "Jubilee Train" – 3:53
  7. "Border Radio" – 3:34
  8. "Far Away" – 4:33
  9. "New Tattoo" – 3:46
  10. "You Got Me" – 3:50
  11. "I Wish It Was Saturday Night" – 3:38

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 23.
  2. ↑ Himes, Geoffrey (August 30, 1987). "DAVE ALVIN'S BUMPY BLASTOFF" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Romeo's Escape > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 16, 2020– via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 149.
  6. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Dave Alvin". www.trouserpress.com.
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