Smokin' the Dummy/Bloodlines

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Smokin' the Dummy/Bloodlines
Terry Allen Smokin The Dummy Bloodlines.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980/1983
RecordedJuly-August 1980
StudioCaldwell Studios, Lubbock, Texas
Genre Country
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines
Terry Allen chronology
Lubbock (On Everything)
(1979)
Smokin' the Dummy/Bloodlines
(1980)
Bloodlines
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide B [1]

Smokin' the Dummy and Bloodlines are two albums released by Terry Allen in 1980 and 1983, respectively. The albums have been recently reissued on a single compact disc on Sugar Hill Records. [2] The album features The Panhandle Mystery Band, Terry's backing band.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Terry Allen; except where indicated

  1. "The Heart of California"
  2. "What Ever Happened to Jesus (And Maybellene)" (Chuck Berry)
  3. "Helena Montana"
  4. "Texas Tears"
  5. "Feeling Easy"
  6. "The Night Cafe"
  7. "Roll Truck Roll"
  8. "Red Bird"
  9. "The Lubbock Tornado"
  10. "Bloodlines (I)"
  11. "Gimme a Ride to Heaven Boy"
  12. "Cantina Carlotta"
  13. "Ourland"
  14. "Oh Hally Lou"
  15. "Oh What a Dangerous Life"
  16. "Manhattan Bluebird"
  17. "There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern CA"
  18. "Bloodlines (II)"

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 16, 2020 via robertchristgau.com.
  2. "Sugar Hill Records".