Slug Line

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Slug Line
Hiatt Slug.jpg
Studio album by
John Hiatt
Released1979
Genre Rock [1]
Length38:22
Label MCA
Producer Denny Bruce
John Hiatt chronology
Overcoats
(1975)		Slug Line
(1979)		 Two Bit Monsters
(1980)

Slug Line is the third album by John Hiatt, released in 1979. [2] It was the first of two albums with MCA Records. It was his first charting album, reaching No. 202 on Billboard's album charts, and also the highest-charting album during his first 15 years as a recording artist.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Smash Hits favorable [6]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Hiatt evinces a talent for disarmingly pretty ballads." [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt, except where noted

  1. "You Used to Kiss the Girls" – 2:36
  2. "The Negroes Were Dancing" – 2:46
  3. "Slug Line" – 3:02
  4. "Madonna Road" – 4:23 (Hiatt, Jim Wismar)
  5. "(No More) Dancin' in the Street" – 2:22
  6. "Long Night" – 5:18
  7. "The Night That Kenny Died" – 2:37
  8. "Radio Girl" – 2:57
  9. "You're My Love Interest" – 3:19
  10. "Take Off Your Uniform" – 4:08
  11. "Sharon's Got a Drugstore" – 2:12
  12. "Washable Ink" – 3:15

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "John Hiatt – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Allan, Marc (July 24, 1980). "Records". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Slug Line at AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 26, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  5. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 318.
  6. ↑ Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (October 4–17, 1979): 29.


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