Sixes, Sevens & Nines

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Sixes, Sevens & Nines
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Studio album by
Junkyard
ReleasedMay 28, 1991
Genre Rock
Label Geffen
Producer Ed Stasium
Junkyard chronology
Junkyard
(1989)		Sixes, Sevens & Nines
(1991)		Joker
(1998)

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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Calgary Herald C+ [13]
Chicago Sun-Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [15]
Reno Gazette-Journal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

References

  1. ↑ Hample, Chris (June 22, 1991). "Album corner". Red Deer Advocate. p. C2.
  2. ↑ "New Releases". Orange County Register. May 26, 1991. p. H18.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Belissa (June 6, 1991). "LA Deeda". LA Weekly. p. 142.
  4. ↑ Linafelt, Tom (August 15, 1991). "It's no heavy metal band—it's just Junkyard". The Sun News. p. 10C.
  5. 1 2 "No frills, just rock with the earthy sound". Evening Post. June 17, 1991. p. 15.
  6. 1 2 Caputo, Salvatore (July 12, 1991). "Junkyard at 'Sixes, Sevens'?". The Arizona Republic. p. D17.
  7. ↑ "Pop". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 24. June 15, 1991. p. 64.
  8. 1 2 McClary, Eric (July 21, 1991). "Rock". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 2C.
  9. 1 2 "Sixes, Sevens & Nines Review by John Franck". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ Danner, Jennifer (July 28, 1991). "Junkyard will stop at Club Met". Sunday Patriot-News. p. E3.
  11. ↑ Aronoff, Kenny (2016). Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' Roll! The Hardest Hitting Man in Show Business. Backbeat Books.
  12. ↑ Evans, Rick (October 1991). "Junkyard". Hit Parader. No. 325. p. 32.
  13. 1 2 White, Mary-Lynn (June 30, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C15.
  14. ↑ Corcoran, Michael (June 16, 1991). "Junkyard Sixes, Sevens & Nines". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 4.
  15. 1 2 Herrmann, Brenda (June 13, 1991). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  16. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 385–386.
  17. ↑ Hall, Dave (July 12, 1991). "Metal That Burns". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 16.
  18. ↑ Harrison, Tom (July 17, 1991). "Junkyard Sixes, Sevens and Nines". Entertainment. The Province. p. 51.
  19. ↑ Kinghorn, Peter (June 11, 1991). "Albums". Evening Chronicle. p. 5.
  20. ↑ Angel, Johnny (July 4, 1991). "Junkyard Sixes, Sevens & Nines". LA Weekly. p. 82.
  21. ↑ Rasmussen, Eric (July 25, 1991). "An overview of what's hot in rock music". The Capital Times. p. 8D.
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