Sixes, Sevens & Nines | ||||
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Released | May 28, 1991 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Ed Stasium | |||
Junkyard chronology | ||||
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Sixes, Sevens & Nines is the second album by the American band Junkyard, released on May 28, 1991. [1] [2] The first single was "All the Time in the World", which was a rock radio and MTV hit. [3] [4] The band supported the album with a UK tour that was followed by a North American tour opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd. [5] [6]
The album was produced by Ed Stasium. [7] "Slippin' Away" was cowritten by Steve Earle, who also contributed backing vocals to other tracks. [8] [9] Junkyard had a difficult time writing the album, spending almost a year on it, and discarding many songs that they felt were poor; Geffen initially hired songwriters to help them. [6] [10] The band considered the music to be rock that was influenced by punk's attitude. [5] Kenny Aronoff played drums on some of the tracks. [11] "Nowhere to Go but Down" is about drug addiction. [12]
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Calgary Herald | C+ [13] |
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The Chicago Tribune said, "Junkyard's riff-happy guitars, boogie-woogie piano and straight-ahead vocals make Sixes, Sevens & Nines a real hip-shaker." [15] The Calgary Herald called the music "still worthwhile straight-ahead rock tossed off in a proficient and streamlined fashion." [13] The St. Petersburg Times labeled the album "a punchy, even paunchy record by five rockers who dedicate themselves more to barroom rearrangements of the three-chord art form than to the preening of their hair." [17]
The Province noted that Sixes, Sevens & Nines "is loaded with editorial comment on their own scene (the attendant posing, drugging and hypocrisy) as well as a few convincing nods to the Stones, the blues and country-rock." [18] The Evening Chronicle labeled Junkyard "a class rock act who generate drive without being overwhelmed by power". [19] LA Weekly considered the band to be "an amped-up answer to Foghat ... equal to or better than the overrated Black Crowes". [20] The Capital Times opined that "their music sounds like a bad mix of Molly Hatchet and Poison." [21]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Back on the Streets" | |
2. | "All the Time in the World" | |
3. | "Give the Devil His Due" | |
4. | "Slippin' Away" | |
5. | "Nowhere to Go but Down" | |
6. | "Misery Loves Company" | |
7. | "Throw It All Away" | |
8. | "Killing Time" | |
9. | "Clean the Dirt" | |
10. | "Lost in the City" |